Stalinism’s failure to fight fascism
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Vashti Fox explains how Stalinism enabled and at times collaborated with fascist movements and states during the 1930s and ’40s, while the Stalinised Communist Parties undermined revolutionary working-class anti-fascism – a history that has important lessons for fighting the far right today.

drawing false equivalences between “Stalinism” and fascism, claiming the Soviets enabled fascists, they’re really playing the hits

  • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The first purge, If the Trotsky faction won, then the USSR is invading Poland in the early 30s and the entire world is working to destroy them with the Nazis help.

    2nd purge: If the Bukharin faction won, then the USSR would not be ready to fight the Nazis in 1941 and likely would’ve enabled the horrific consequences of Lebensraum.

    In both scenarios, Nazi Germany likely exist today.

    3rd purge: Unfortunately because Of these purges Stalin questioned the loyalty of many in the red army. With that being said by the end of the war the red army was the premier military with the best officer core.

    Do I want to say Stalin is perfect? No. Do I think he believed Germany and Western powers would try and destroy the USSR? Yes. I think many of the decisions made were to mainly done with the thought of something like Operation Barbosa happening.

    My point being, is that many of these complaints against Stalin end up being “I wish the Nazis won”.