Our latest episode tackles the Stalinist ideas that have become trendy in online left spaces. We focus on debunking three common Stalinist arguments:
- That leftists should recognise and support “actually existing socialism” in countries like China and Vietnam
- That “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”, i.e. that any country opposed to US imperialism is “anti-imperialist” and must be defended
- The slander that anti-Stalinists in the West are bought-off imperialist shills
We also delve into a bit of the history of Stalinism and Maoism, why they’re heinous distortions of genuine Marxism, and the dismissiveness many Maoists and Stalinists have towards the Western working class.
Read more
“The Marxist alternative to fake communism” by April Holcombe in Red Flag
“The Fraud of Stalinism” by D Taylor in Red Flag
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