>>> jmage at panix.com 11/04/00 01:16PM >>>
But the key to the victory for humanity on the "Eastern Front" was the
organizational ability of the cadres of the Communist Party of the USSR
who took a leading role - by ALL accounts - both in the military
resistance, and in the phenomenal organization of a war economy under
the most drastic of conditions. As I've said here before, they're
collectively the foremost heroes of the 20th Century. And foremost among
Stalin's victims.
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CB: Thanks for the education on these issues, John.
To me an interesting point here is that doesn't this mean that there was socialism in the SU in this period ? I mean for those who conclude that Stalin was an obstacle to victory, that means that the CPSU and the Soviet people and working class, overcame Stalin AND the Nazi war machine. How could they have done all that unless they really were running themselves ? How could that occur under a "state capitalist" regime or dictatorship ?