Re: [Marxism] Gorbachev defends Putin's methods

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walter Lippmann wrote:
> Under the domination of Stalinism, the USSR built itself up enough 
> that it could resist Germany's attacks. 

Walter, have you joined the CPUSA? I haven't read such feeble attempts 
at ex post facto justification of Stalin's rule outside Political 
Affairs. We don't need to get into a prolonged discussion about Stalin 
here, but it is pretty clear that WWII (ie., Germany's attacks) could 
have been prevented by a revolutionary foreign policy and democracy at 
home. After the Wehrmacht invaded the USSR, it was supported by 
Ukrainian peasants. If people felt that they had something to fight for, 
the invasion would have not gone so well initially. Stalin was able to 
beat back the Nazis through appealing to "Mother Russia" and through 
Draconian discipline imposed on Soviet fighters. This period is a 
terrible indictment of Stalin's rule. Period.

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