Re: [Marxism] Russian CP in disarray

[Jim Farmelant <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

Isn't the Russian Communist Party suffering in part because
Putin has stolen much of their thunder? In the last elections,
the Communists ran on a platform that emphasized cracking
down on the oligarchs. Since then, Putin has made some
highly publicized moves against at least a couple of oligarchs
who had crossed him. His government has also talked of
renationalizing certain key industries like energy. I am not
sure that are any great programmatic differences between
Putin and the Communists.

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 09:01:28 -0400 Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> NY Times July 5, 2004
> Communists' Slide Weakens Checks on Putin's Power
> By C.J. CHIVERS
>
> Moscow, July 4 - When Russia's Communist Party convened what might
> have
> been its grand party congress this weekend, the setting could hardly
>
>

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