EDIT: The author of this article is Alex Skopic, not Nathan J. Robinson

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      The CPSU didn't have the opportunity to rebuild their party the way the CPC did in Yanan after the Long March. There's a direct causation between WWII killing so many principled comrades and snakes like Khrushchev taking over the party after Stalin's death.

    • MaoistLandlord [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I highly doubt most modern communists in the global south - who are usually busy with actual organizing - have trouble forming a fair judgement about their parties and history

      It’s clear that Lenin and perhaps works about Lenin by Stalin is more useful to them, and debating about Stalin’s legacy is a waste of their time