Wouldn't ya like to be a Stalinist, too? (was: Sedition Act)

[Hakki Alacakaptan]

West of the Urals and the Turkish border, it's pretty hard to find any
non-pejorative Stalinism. If you accept "real socialism" as a polite way of
saying Stalinism there's a "Real Socialism" page at
www.real-socialism.org.uk (West Lotharian Socialist Discussion List) but
apparently the owner(s) aren't aware of what the term means. No mention of
"socialism in one country (or county)" and they're anti-Lenin too. The page
has this GIF animation of a stick guy running on a spinning globe and the
caption reads "Our time to run the world".

I guess Chris could provide some echt Stalinist memorabilia (any of that
"Stalin's breath" perfume left?) that might fit the bill.

Turkey, however, is like a wildlife preserve for stalinists, so you still
have PKK, Kurtulus, DHKPC, and other alphabet soup groups berating
revisionism and swearing to fight for the true faith till the bitter end -
er, till the total victory of the working class, that is. The Kurtulus page
(http://www.kurtuluscephesi.com/eris/revizyon4b.html) has a Dante quote at
the end: "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir la genti !" Follow your path, and
let them talk! Unfortunately, they're not joking.

Hakki Alacakaptan

 || -----Original Message-----

 || From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

 || [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood

 || Sent: 11 Kasým 2001 Pazar 20:24

 || To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

 || Subject: Re: Wouldn't ya like to be a Stalinist, too? (was:

 || Sedition Act)

 ||

 ||

 || Kelley wrote:

 ||

 || >avoiding ancient list debates and standoffs, could someone explain

 || >to me what it means to say "i'm a stalinist" or "she's a stalinist"?

 || >is there a, uh, non-pejorative sense of the term?

 ||

 || I just google'd the name "Adolfo Oleachea" - the Peruvian aristocrat

 || now living in London exile who does PR for Shining Path, and who is

 || fond of invoking things like the need for an "iron broom" - and came

 || up nearly empty. Adolfo was a real charmer on the early Spoons

 || Marxism lists. A search for one of his hangouts, the Stalin Society

 || in London, also came up fairly empty. I did come across this obit

 || delivered to the Stalin Society for a longtime member (who was also

 || secretary of the Albania Society for 30 years). So here's a taste of

 || non-pejorative Stalinism for you:

 || <http://www.lalkar.demon.co.uk/issues/contents/may2001/bb.htm>.

 ||

 || Doug