Schlagwort: Glasnost
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Lynn Walsh: Trotzki rehabilitieren
[eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Militant International Review, Nr. 44, Sommer 1990] Die offene Neubewertung Trotzkis in der UdSSR, argumentiert Lynn Walsh, ist der Schlüssel zum Verständnis des Aufstiegs des Stalinismus – und zur Formulierung eines Programms, das der Arbeiter*innenklasse einen Ausweg aus der bürokratischen Sackgasse bieten kann. „Die Wiederherstellung der historischen und juristischen…
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Lynn Walsh: Rehabilitating Trotsky
[Militant International Review, No 44, Summer 1990, p. 6-11] The open re-appraisal of Trotsky in the USSR, argues Lynn Walsh, is the key to understanding the rise of Stalinism – and to formulating a programme which can provide the working class with a way out of the bureaucratic impasse. “Restoring historical and judicial justice is…
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Elizabeth Clarke: Soviet Union in turmoil
[Militant International Review, No. 45, New Year 1991, p. 42-49] The Soviet Union is being torn apart by contradictory processes of revolution and counter-revolution, argues Elizabeth Clarke. Workers‘ patience with the deprivations of the mismanaged planned economy have been exhausted The Soviet Union is being torn apart by contradictory processes of revolution and counter-revolution. The…
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Lynn Walsh: Russian leaders admit frame-ups
[Militant No. 884, 19 February 1988, p. 6] One of the most famous ‘non-persons’ of the Russian revolution has been officially readmitted to the pages of soviet history. By Lynn Walsh Nikolai Bukharin, prominent Bolshevik leader and friend of Lenin, was not a traitor, spy, or fascist agent. Like twenty other defendants, he was the…
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Militant: Introduction (to the pamphlet “Stalinism in Crisis“)
[pamphlet “Stalinism in Crisis“, p. 1] Since Gorbachev’s first statements about glasnost in 1986, and his speech at the February 1987 Communist Party congress, the ruling bureaucracy in the Soviet Union has been in turmoil. More significantly, the divisions and splits at the top have been the signal for the biggest movement of the working…
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Jeremy Birch: Bureaucracy or Workers’ Democracy?
[pamphlet „Stalinism in Crisis“, p. 2-5] The western press’ enthusiastically applauded Gorbachev’s performance at the June 1988 special Communist Party conference. They praised his ‘democratic reforms’, his courage and steadfastness. Many workers and young people in Britain are now asking: Will Gorbachev really clear out bureaucratism, will the Russian workers now be able to enjoy…
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Peter Taaffe: Splits at the Top, Upheavals from Below
[20 May 1988, pamphlet „Stalinism in Crisis“, p. 10-17] “Revolution starts from the top”, said Marx. Sensing an impending revolt by the working class, the summits of society begin to split into different camps, one looking for reforms to stave off the deluge, while another looks towards increasing repression. Marx was speaking about differences within…
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Peter Taaffe: Gorbachev’s National Dilemma
[25 March 1988, pamphlet „Stalinism in Crisis“, p. 19-29] The mighty events in Armenia just a few weeks ago have shaken the Stalinist regime represented by Gorbachev to its foundations. Never before, at least in its own ‘backyard’, has the bureaucratic elite which dominates Russian society faced a challenge on such a scale. A mounting…
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Peter Taaffe: Gorbatschow und die Linke
[eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Militant International Review, Nr. 42, Herbst 1988, S. 7-14] Peter Taaffe, Herausgeber des „Militant“, untersucht die Reaktion der Linken in der britischen Arbeiter*innenbewegung auf die turbulenten Ereignisse in der UdSSR und in Osteuropa. Der Machtantritt Gorbatschows vor mehr als drei Jahren war zweifelsohne ein bedeutendes Ereignis in der Entwicklung…
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Peter Taaffe: Spaltungen an der Spitze, Umwälzungen von unten
[20. Mai 1988, Broschüre „Stalinism in Crisis“ (Stalinismus in der Krise), S. 10-17] „Die Revolution beginnt von oben“, sagte Marx. Weil sie eine bevorstehende Revolte der Arbeiter*innenklasse spüren, beginnen sich die Spitzen der Gesellschaft in verschiedene Lager aufzuspalten: Die einen suchen nach Reformen, um die Flut abzuwehren, während die anderen auf zunehmende Repression setzen. Marx…