Remembering comrade Stalin
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Most criticisms of Joseph Stalin are nothing more than de-contextualized liberal ones. MSH is aware that it is extremely unpopular to uphold Stalin in the U$. Asking for a fair hearing on the Stalin question by Amerikans is like asking for a fair hearing for Osama Bin Laden. There is much new scholarship on Stalin since the opening of the Soviet archives that complicates the cold war image of the Stalin era. Yet Amerikans still cling to their cartoonish ideas about socialist societies. This isn?t surprising considering that Amerikans get their history from James Bond and Disney cartoons like Anastasia. Maybe a few Amerikans, between pondering the mysteries of catsup history or the bigfoot-ufo connection, catch a ?documentary? about the Soviet Union on the ?History? Channel. A few Amerikans read horrible anti-communist shams like the Black Book of Communism. Obviously, we don?t expect Amerikan goobers to change their opinions anytime soon. MSH encourages our readers who are interested in history to take a look at the new scholarship. It is important to note that Stalin is still very popular in the third world and in ex-Soviet nations. In any case, MSH does not shape its line around popularity. MSH shapes its line around truth.
MSH upholds Mao Zedong?s verdict on Stalin that, in his historic context, he should be judged as 70% correct. This is just a way of saying that while Stalin made major errors, he should be upheld overall.
Stalin led the Soviet Union to build the first industrialized socialist state. Under Stalin?s leadership, the Soviet Union advanced at breakneck speed to become a socialist superpower. Without Stalin?s foresight about the need for rapid industrial development, the Soviet Union would have been run over by the Nazis.
The Soviet Union, under Stalin?s leadership, saved the world from fascism and the eastward expansion of the Nazi settler empire. Hitler correctly compared the eastward expansion of Germany to the Amerikan westward expansion. The Soviet Union beat back the Nazi genocidal expansion and briefly imposed a dictatorship of the proletariat on the reactionary German population. This is an important precedent for Maoists. Nazi imperialism was not defeated from within, it was defeated from without. Since there is no significant Amerikan proletariat, we too should look outside the borders of the United $tates for the forces that will spearhead Amerika?s defeat.
In addition, Stalin was a promoter of the line that there is a Black nation, whose homeland is the Black Belt lands of the South. The line was imposed on the White chauvinist Communist Party (U$A) by Stalin. Stalin stood up for the Black internal semi-coloney within U$ borders.
Fake-Maoists have been attacking Stalin as a way to undermine global people?s war against the first world. They have been attacking Stalin as a way to promote Trotskyism, White nationalism and social fascism. They attack Stalin to attack national liberation and self-determination for oppressed nations. The fakes have been using Stalin as a bogy in the same way that they have been using Lin Biao, and even Jiang Qing to a lesser extent. It is important to understand what was wrong about Stalin, but it is equally important to understand what was correct about Stalin. In this spirit, MSH is honoring all that is correct about Stalin.
Paul Robeson sings the ?Stalin anthem? of the USSR:
(monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com)
Most criticisms of Joseph Stalin are nothing more than de-contextualized liberal ones. MSH is aware that it is extremely unpopular to uphold Stalin in the U$. Asking for a fair hearing on the Stalin question by Amerikans is like asking for a fair hearing for Osama Bin Laden. There is much new scholarship on Stalin since the opening of the Soviet archives that complicates the cold war image of the Stalin era. Yet Amerikans still cling to their cartoonish ideas about socialist societies. This isn?t surprising considering that Amerikans get their history from James Bond and Disney cartoons like Anastasia. Maybe a few Amerikans, between pondering the mysteries of catsup history or the bigfoot-ufo connection, catch a ?documentary? about the Soviet Union on the ?History? Channel. A few Amerikans read horrible anti-communist shams like the Black Book of Communism. Obviously, we don?t expect Amerikan goobers to change their opinions anytime soon. MSH encourages our readers who are interested in history to take a look at the new scholarship. It is important to note that Stalin is still very popular in the third world and in ex-Soviet nations. In any case, MSH does not shape its line around popularity. MSH shapes its line around truth.
MSH upholds Mao Zedong?s verdict on Stalin that, in his historic context, he should be judged as 70% correct. This is just a way of saying that while Stalin made major errors, he should be upheld overall.
Stalin led the Soviet Union to build the first industrialized socialist state. Under Stalin?s leadership, the Soviet Union advanced at breakneck speed to become a socialist superpower. Without Stalin?s foresight about the need for rapid industrial development, the Soviet Union would have been run over by the Nazis.
The Soviet Union, under Stalin?s leadership, saved the world from fascism and the eastward expansion of the Nazi settler empire. Hitler correctly compared the eastward expansion of Germany to the Amerikan westward expansion. The Soviet Union beat back the Nazi genocidal expansion and briefly imposed a dictatorship of the proletariat on the reactionary German population. This is an important precedent for Maoists. Nazi imperialism was not defeated from within, it was defeated from without. Since there is no significant Amerikan proletariat, we too should look outside the borders of the United $tates for the forces that will spearhead Amerika?s defeat.
In addition, Stalin was a promoter of the line that there is a Black nation, whose homeland is the Black Belt lands of the South. The line was imposed on the White chauvinist Communist Party (U$A) by Stalin. Stalin stood up for the Black internal semi-coloney within U$ borders.
Fake-Maoists have been attacking Stalin as a way to undermine global people?s war against the first world. They have been attacking Stalin as a way to promote Trotskyism, White nationalism and social fascism. They attack Stalin to attack national liberation and self-determination for oppressed nations. The fakes have been using Stalin as a bogy in the same way that they have been using Lin Biao, and even Jiang Qing to a lesser extent. It is important to understand what was wrong about Stalin, but it is equally important to understand what was correct about Stalin. In this spirit, MSH is honoring all that is correct about Stalin.
Paul Robeson sings the ?Stalin anthem? of the USSR:
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