Re: Stalinism

[Jim Farmelant <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:21:45 +1000 "Suarsos" <suarsos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:



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> For all these reasons, in the postwar era the CPs began to move away
> from
> their triangular situation towards becoming social democratic. The
> pioneers
> were the Italians, the best known name for the phenomenon was
> Eurocommunism.
> This effectively brought the end of Stalinism as a mass phenomenon
> in the
> West, though the road was long and there are residues even today.

Then there is the case of the French CP, which following WW II
became for most intents and purposes a social democratic party
(and for many years quite a successful one at that) while
retaining a Stalinist culture within the party, and generally
remaining  loyal to Moscow.

Jim F.

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