Tag: Soviet era

Opinion: From crisis to catastrophe (Horne on Ukraine, in ‘Black Agenda Report’)

Opinion: From crisis to catastrophe (Horne on Ukraine, in ‘Black Agenda Report’)

With Germany pledging to re-arm, we also witness the shortsightedness of world imperialism, which refuses to learn the lessons of the 20th century, especially the catastrophe of world war ending with the uncovering of industrial funeral pyres in 1945. Not only Washington but London, Brussels and Paris should be shuddering right now….

“A Socialist Defector” (Grossman reviewed in Socialism and Democracy)

“A Socialist Defector” (Grossman reviewed in Socialism and Democracy)

While deploring “shameful” aspects of Stalin’s rule and its “heavy hand” that limited economic experimentation, Grossman finds the Soviet presence to have been crucial in erasing fascism from public life, “breaking the chokehold of cartels, banks, chauvinist press lords and arrogant Junkers.”