Keeping the Left Republicans in government was about laundering a revolutionary state as a normal parliamentary democracy. They were only there at the pleasure of the Socialists and Commies.
While this strategy was supposed to ellicit international aid that didn't materialize, it wasn't a horrible idea to maintain the pretense. the lack of Anarchist presence in the government was mostly from the Anarchists' antistatism, but they did enter the government anyway
Stalin did not 'side with' the Republicans.
Keeping the Left Republicans in government was about laundering a revolutionary state as a normal parliamentary democracy. They were only there at the pleasure of the Socialists and Commies.
While this strategy was supposed to ellicit international aid that didn't materialize, it wasn't a horrible idea to maintain the pretense. the lack of Anarchist presence in the government was mostly from the Anarchists' antistatism, but they did enter the government anyway
Yeah, it was a nice idea but ultimately the wrong decision since the west blockaded the Republic anyway.
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