Category: Life in Socialist Countries

• On Closed Speech of Khrushchev at the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU

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  Art & Culture, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Common Sense, Europe, Fascism, Fascist Massacres, German Imperialism, Grover Furr, History, Hypocrisy, Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Joseph Stalin, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Literary Criticism, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Reading Lists, Revisionism, Science, Social-Fascism, Spain, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Trotskyism

• On this Day, 1917: Bolsheviki Seize Buildings, Defying Kerensky

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  Armed Struggle, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Repression, Class Struggle, History, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Oddities, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Vladimir Lenin

• Victims of the Soviet Penal System in the Pre-war Years: A First Approach on the Basis of Archival Evidence

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  Asia, Baltic states, Belarus, Common Sense, Europe, History, Internationalism, Joseph Stalin, Kazakhstan, Lavrentiy Beria, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Russia, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory

• Michael Parenti on “Pure Socialism”

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  How Will Communism Work, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, Revolutionary Quotations, Socialist Revolution, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory

• Frederick Schuman on Kulak Destruction of Crops and Livestock

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  Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle, Environmental Destruction & Plunder, History, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Reactionary Watch, Reading Lists, Revolutionary Quotations, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory

• Marxist-Leninist Research Bureau: The Kirov Murder

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  Alliance (Marxist-Leninist), Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Common Sense, Communist League (UK), Fascism, History, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Third International (Comintern), Trotskyism

• Jules Humbert-Droz on Nikolai Bukharin and the Use of Individual Terror Against Stalin

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  Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle, Common Sense, History, Hypocrisy, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Reactionary Watch, Revisionism, Revolutionary Quotations, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Trotskyism

• Grover Furr: New Light On Old Stories About Marshal Tukhachevskii : Some Documents Reconsidered

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  Armed Struggle, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Christianity, Class Struggle, Common Sense, Fascism, German Imperialism, Grover Furr, History, Imperialism & Colonialism, Joseph Stalin, Judaism, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Racism, Reactionary Watch, Religion, Revisionism, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Trotskyism

• The Beijing Olympics and the Question of Tibet

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  Asia, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Exploitation, Capitalist Repression, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, China, Chinese Social-Imperialism, Communist Party of China, East Asian & South Asian Liberation, History, How Will Communism Work, Hypocrisy, Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Life in Socialist Countries, Mao Tse-tung, Maoism, Marxism-Leninism, National Liberation, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, Science, Socialist Revolution, Soviet Social-Imperialism, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Tibet, Titoism, U.S. Imperialism

• V.I. Lenin on Differences between Marxism and Anarchism

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  Common Sense, How Will Communism Work, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Revolutionary Quotations, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, Theory, Vladimir Lenin

• Enver Hoxha on Andrey Vyshinsky and the Moscow Trials

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  Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Europe, History, Internationalism, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Revisionism, Revolutionary Quotations, Social-Fascism, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Titoism, Trotskyism, Yugoslavia

• Grover Furr reviews Robert Thurston’s “Life and Terror in Stalin’s Russia, 1934 -1941”

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  Africa, Anti-Imperialism, Art & Culture, Asia, British Imperialism, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Exploitation, Capitalist Repression, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, China, Class Struggle, Ethiopia, Europe, Fascism, Finland, French Imperialism, German Imperialism, Germany, Grover Furr, History, How Will Communism Work, Imperialism & Colonialism, Imperialist War, Internationalism, Italy, Japan, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Literary Criticism, Marxism-Leninism, Mongolia, Myth-Busting, Poland, Polemics & Refutations, Russia, Spain, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, U.S. Imperialism, Ukraine

• Bill Bland & Norberto Steinmayr: In Defence of Enver Hoxha

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  Albania, Anti-Imperialism, Bill Bland, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Exploitation, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle, Enver Hoxha, Europe, History, How Will Communism Work, Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, Theory

• Bill Bland: Enver Hoxha As World Statesman

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  Albania, Anti-Imperialism, Asia, Bill Bland, Bulgaria, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, China, Class Struggle, Eastern Bloc, Enver Hoxha, Europe, Greece, Ho Chi Minh, How Will Communism Work, Hungary, Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, National Liberation, North America, Poland, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia

• American Party of Labor: Insights into Socialist Albania from “Pickaxe and Rifle”

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  Albania, American Party of Labor, Anti-Imperialism, Art & Culture, British Imperialism, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle, Enver Hoxha, Europe, Feminism and Women’s Rights, French Imperialism, How Will Communism Work, Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Joseph Stalin, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Life in Socialist Countries, Literary Criticism, Marxism-Leninism, National Liberation, Reading Lists, Revisionism, Socialist Revolution, Soviet Social-Imperialism, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Titoism, U.S. Imperialism

• Bruce Franklin’s Introduction to “The Essential Stalin”

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  Africa, Albania, Anti-Imperialism, Armenia, Asia, British Imperialism, Bulgaria, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Exploitation, Capitalist Repression, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, China, Common Sense, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, East Asian & South Asian Liberation, Eastern Bloc, Europe, Fascism, Fascist Massacres, Fidel Castro, France, French Imperialism, Genocide, Georgia, German Imperialism, Germany, Greece, History, Ho Chi Minh, How Will Communism Work, Hungary, Imperialism & Colonialism, Imperialist War, Internationalism, Italy, Japan, Joseph Stalin, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Mao Tse-tung, Maoism, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, National Liberation, NATO imperialism, North America, Poland, Polemics & Refutations, Reading Lists, Revisionism, Romania, Russia, Russian Imperialism, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Titoism, Trotskyism, Turkey, U.S. Imperialism, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Vladimir Lenin, Yugoslavia

• William Blum on Stalin’s Death Tolls

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  Asia, Common Sense, History, India, Internationalism, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, North America, Revolutionary Quotations, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), United States

• Stalin on Commodity Production Under Socialism

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  Class Struggle, Friedrich Engels, How Will Communism Work, Joseph Stalin, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Revolutionary Quotations, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory

• Anasintaxi KKE (1918-55) – Socialism – class struggle in the Soviet Union (1936-1953). The revolutionary trials of the 1930’s as the continuation and escalation of the class struggle

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  Anasintaxi (KKE 1918-55), Asia, Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Capitalist Restoration and Counterrevolution, Class Struggle, Fascism, Fascist Massacres, German Imperialism, History, How Will Communism Work, ICMLPO (Unity & Struggle), Imperialism & Colonialism, Internationalism, Japan, Joseph Stalin, Khrushchevism/ Brezhnevism, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, North America, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, Social-Democracy, Social-Fascism, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Theory, Third International (Comintern), Trotskyism, United Kingdom, United States

• Engels, Lenin and Stalin on Bourgeois “Equality” and Straw Man Arguments Against Marxism

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  Capitalism & Bourgeois Liberalism, Common Sense, Friedrich Engels, How Will Communism Work, Joseph Stalin, Lies & Propaganda, Life in Socialist Countries, Marxism-Leninism, Myth-Busting, Polemics & Refutations, Revisionism, Revolutionary Quotations, Socialist Revolution, The Classics, Theory, Vladimir Lenin