Re: [Marxism] Blum, Bin Laden and Wollenberg

[Brian Shannon <brian_shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 21, 2006, at 12:30 AM, Alex Briscoe wrote:

> This because, and what was really fascinating here,
> and has parallels to Bin Laden-Blum, is that from 1920
> to 1922, I believe, many German reactionaries looked
> to the Soviet Republic as the savior of Germany.  They
> lost faith in capitalism, did not have confidence in
> their own movement, and had witnessed the power of the
> period of revolutionary upsurge.


While not contradicting what some reactionaries in Germany might
think, especially those who are consuming with power and national
identity above all, there was also an important military/economic
agreement that benefitted both sides.
See http://www.feldgrau.com/ger-sov.html

Brian Shannon

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