Forward from: Joti Brar
Josef Stalin, great pupil of Lenin, leader of Soviet socialist construction, leader of the WW2 defeat of fascism, is being steadily rediscovered by the masses, who are once again struggling to free themselves from the grip of crisis-ridden monopoly capital.
The bourgeoisie have spent the decades since Stalin's death maligning the reputation of this great revolutionary leader, who was universally admired by the working and oppressed peoples during is lifetime. They have worked overtime and thrown vast resources into their campaign to instil fear into our minds at the very mention of his name.
But in the end, the truth will out.
The more we wake up to the fact that we are lied to about almost everything important, the more we begin to question also the myths that have been propagated against JV Stalin.
Once we realise that our interests are diametrically opposed to those of the ruling class, then we start to question WHY they should loathe and despise certain figures and ideas – and why they want us to loathe and despise them too.
It's very encouraging to see this quote from Stalin inscribed on a big banner and hanging in the conference hall in Caracas, where the global antifascism congress is now taking place.
The past has many important lessons to teach us as we prepare for the coming battles. And Marxist science as practised by its most faithful adherents, remains as true today as it was a century ago.
The bourgeoisie have spent the decades since Stalin's death maligning the reputation of this great revolutionary leader, who was universally admired by the working and oppressed peoples during is lifetime. They have worked overtime and thrown vast resources into their campaign to instil fear into our minds at the very mention of his name.
But in the end, the truth will out.
The more we wake up to the fact that we are lied to about almost everything important, the more we begin to question also the myths that have been propagated against JV Stalin.
Once we realise that our interests are diametrically opposed to those of the ruling class, then we start to question WHY they should loathe and despise certain figures and ideas – and why they want us to loathe and despise them too.
It's very encouraging to see this quote from Stalin inscribed on a big banner and hanging in the conference hall in Caracas, where the global antifascism congress is now taking place.
The past has many important lessons to teach us as we prepare for the coming battles. And Marxist science as practised by its most faithful adherents, remains as true today as it was a century ago.