Paul Avrich, Kronstadt: The 1921 Uprizing of Sailors in the Context of the Political Development of the New Soviet State*
White Guard Memorandum On Organizing An Uprising In Kronstadt, reprinted in Avrich
Primary source documents printed in “Kronshtadtskaia tragediia 1921 goda, dokumenty v dvukh knigakh” (“Kronstadt Tragedy”): -Kuzmin Report, 25 March 1921 -Agranov Report, April 1921 -“To All Posts of Kronstadt,” Kronstadt Izvestia -Ivan Oreshin, Volia Rossii (April-May 1921) -Kronstadt March 1 Resolution -Tseidler, Red Cross Activity in Organizing Provisions Aid to Kronstadt, 25 April 1921. -Kupolov, "Kronstadt and the Russian Counterrevolutionaries in Finland: From the Notes of a Former Member of the PRC” -Komarov Report, 25 March 1921 -Von Lampe's Diary entry -Minutes of Cheka Interrogation of Anatoly Lamanov
Kronstadt 1921: Bolshevism vs. Counterrevolution, Spartacist #6 Spring 2006 [Very good article, which brought many primary source documents to my attention. The article propagates erroneous Trotskyist views but luckily they have practically nothing to do with the topic of Kronstadt and can thus be ignored.]
Macartney, Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939
*Avrich provides a lot of useful factual information, however he is pro-anarchist. He sees the Kronstadt mutiny as a tragedy which could never have succeeded but he sympathizes with it. Despite everything he tries to deny that the mutiny was orchestrated by the Whites. He admits that the Kronstadt mutineers collaborated with Whites, Monarchists, Capitalists, foreign powers, Mensheviks and SRs but basically claims “that doesn't matter”. His book is from 1970 when the archives were still closed. For that reason he relies quite heavily on dishonest Menshevik and Anarchist sources which have nothing to support their claims, and often he takes Petrichenko's words at face value. He also doesn't understand Marxism and therefore distorts it. Perhaps it was impossible to publish in American academia unless one reached an anti-bolshevik conclusion? Still he deserves credit for his discoveries.
Paul Avrich, Kronstadt: The 1921 Uprizing of Sailors in the Context of the Political Development of the New Soviet State*
White Guard Memorandum On Organizing An Uprising In Kronstadt, reprinted in Avrich
Primary source documents printed in “Kronshtadtskaia tragediia 1921 goda, dokumenty v dvukh knigakh” (“Kronstadt Tragedy”): -Kuzmin Report, 25 March 1921 -Agranov Report, April 1921 -“To All Posts of Kronstadt,” Kronstadt Izvestia -Ivan Oreshin, Volia Rossii (April-May 1921) -Kronstadt March 1 Resolution -Tseidler, Red Cross Activity in Organizing Provisions Aid to Kronstadt, 25 April 1921. -Kupolov, "Kronstadt and the Russian Counterrevolutionaries in Finland: From the Notes of a Former Member of the PRC” -Komarov Report, 25 March 1921 -Von Lampe's Diary entry -Minutes of Cheka Interrogation of Anatoly Lamanov
Kronstadt 1921: Bolshevism vs. Counterrevolution, Spartacist #6 Spring 2006 [Very good article, which brought many primary source documents to my attention. The article propagates erroneous Trotskyist views but luckily they have practically nothing to do with the topic of Kronstadt and can thus be ignored.]
Macartney, Documents on British Foreign Policy 1919-1939
*Avrich provides a lot of useful factual information, however he is pro-anarchist. He sees the Kronstadt mutiny as a tragedy which could never have succeeded but he sympathizes with it. Despite everything he tries to deny that the mutiny was orchestrated by the Whites. He admits that the Kronstadt mutineers collaborated with Whites, Monarchists, Capitalists, foreign powers, Mensheviks and SRs but basically claims “that doesn't matter”. His book is from 1970 when the archives were still closed. For that reason he relies quite heavily on dishonest Menshevik and Anarchist sources which have nothing to support their claims, and often he takes Petrichenko's words at face value. He also doesn't understand Marxism and therefore distorts it. Perhaps it was impossible to publish in American academia unless one reached an anti-bolshevik conclusion? Still he deserves credit for his discoveries.Communism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 9) – No Compromises?TheFinnishBolshevik2023-03-04 | This time we discuss Chapter 8 of Lenin's book "LEFT-WING COMMUNISM": AN INFANTILE DISORDER.
The chapter discusses political compromises and alliances.
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comCommunist Reacts to Ted-Ed on LENIN (moderately stupid)TheFinnishBolshevik2023-02-17 | Most of the facts are simply given in the video, but for further reading/watching:
E. H. Carr, The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923, Vol. 1
I. P. and E. W., Land Reform in Hungary, in The World Today, London, Jan. 1949, V.
Ervin Pamlényi, A History of Hungary [Quite a good book otherwise, but the criticism of Rakosi and Stalin and the attempt to defend Titoism and Rajk in Chapter X section 2 and the attempt to justify Kadarism in Chapter X section 3 are totally erroneous.] archive.org/details/HistoryHungary/page/n1/mode/2up
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 7. Value Forms and Functions of MoneyTheFinnishBolshevik2023-01-20 | Each episode of the series will discuss important topics of Marxist political economy.
The video covers the following topics: -The 4 different value forms -The 5 functions of money
The next episode will discuss paper money vs gold money, inflation and the necessary amount of money etc.
This episode discusses: - The 1949 elections in Hungary and the Independent People's Front - The Five Year Plan (1950-54) and Hungarian industrialization - The Stakhanovite movement in Hungary
Other aspects of the Five Year Plan and socialist construction, such as agricultural collectivization, improvements in education and culture etc. will be discussed separately. This video focuses on the industrialization.
Zsuzsanna Borvendég & Mária Palasik in "In the Name of the Great Work: Stalin’s Plan for the Transformation of Nature and its Impact in Eastern Europe" ed. Doubravka Olšáková
Zinner, Revolution in Hungary
Stone, Hungary: A short history
László Borhi, Hungary in the Cold War, 1945-1956: between the United States and the Soviet Union
Ernst Helmreich, Hungary
Shawcross, Crime and compromise: Janos Kadar and the politics of Hungary since revolution
*Nemes, Borsanyi & Kende, Berecz and Vass are kadarist revisionist authors. They correctly describe the successes of the first 3 years of the Five Year Plan but falsely accuse the increased plan targets of being ultra-leftist and causing problems. This topic will be covered when we start discussing the rise of Hungarian revisionism.
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comSources of khrushchevite revisionism (just some thoughts)TheFinnishBolshevik2022-11-20 | I'm going to further develop the ideas expressed in this video. After a bunch more research I want to make a video exploring the rise of revisionism in the USSR in much more detail. I know I have a video on the Khrushchev coup etc., but they're only scratching the surface.
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 6. Capitalism, Labor theory of value, Commodity productionTheFinnishBolshevik2022-10-24 | Each episode of the series will discuss important topics of Marxist political economy.
The video covers the following topics: -Commodity production -Value, use-value and exchange-value -Socially necessary labor time -Simple and complex labor
This episode discusses: - the conflict between the Catholic church led by Cardinal Mindszenty and the Hungarian state - the trial of Mindszenty - relations between the church and state afterwards
O.L.S., “Is Mindszenty’s Trial Miscarriage of Justice?”, The Boston Herald, 12 February, 1949
H.J.S., “Feels Proof Lacking”, The Boston Herald, 12 February, 1949
Warriner, Revolution in Eastern Europe
Ignotus, Political Prisoner
The Nation, August 6, 1949
Christian Century, February 2, 1949
Investigation of Communist takeover and occupation of Hungary. Fifth interim report of hearings before the Subcommittee on Hungary of the Select Committee on Communist Aggression
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comCommunism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 8) – On ParliamentsTheFinnishBolshevik2022-09-15 | This time we discuss Chapter 7 of Lenin's book "LEFT-WING COMMUNISM": AN INFANTILE DISORDER.
The chapter discusses how the Communists should utilize capitalist parliaments and elections
My Email thefinnishbolshevik@gmail.comHow does Marxism view Religion?TheFinnishBolshevik2022-08-27 | Timestamps: 1:03 Was religion invented to control people? 5:17 How did religion emerge? How did it evolve? 16:40 Different classes see religion differently 19:01 How will religion disappear? 23:41 How should communists act towards religious people?
I would have discussed the policies of Socialist governments towards religion but the video would've simply gotten too long. I will discuss that topic in a future episode in my series on the Hungarian People's Republic.
This episode discusses: - the unification of the Social-Democrats and Communists in Hungary - the treacherous career of the Right-Wing Social-Democrats - theoretical issues related to the merger
------------------ This video is quite heavy on theory. There are a lot of quotes from Rakosi's theoretical articles and speeches. Hopefully you'll find it interesting, its a very important topic.
I briefly mentioned the “peaceful path” to socialism. To clarify: the “peaceful path” is not a universal or common phenomena, but was related to the very specific and even exceptional conditions of Hungary at the time. It also should not be understood as a “peaceful growing of capitalism into socialism” without a revolution, without the smashing and overthrow of the bourgeoisie. The "peaceful path" in this context only meant a successful socialist revolution without a violent uprising and civil war. ------------------
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 5. Fall of Feudalism & Rise of CapitalismTheFinnishBolshevik2022-07-18 | Each episode of the series will discuss important topics of Marxist political economy.
The video covers the following topics: -Primitive Accumulation (enclosure acts, colonialism) -Formation of the proletariat & capitalist class -Overthrowing feudalism (Peasant wars & boirgeois revolutions) -Economic theories during feodalism & rise of capitalism -Birth of socialist theories
SOURCES: Stephen Brain, Stalin's Environmentalism Stephen Brain, Song of the Forest: Russian Forestry and Stalinist Environmentalism, 1905-1953 A. Dan Tarlock, History of environmental law Jack Weiner, The Destalinization of Dmitrii Shostakovich's 'Song of the Forests', Op. 81 (1949) Kommunisti, no. 6, 1950
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comCommunism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 7) - On Trade UnionsTheFinnishBolshevik2022-05-03 | This time we discuss Chapter 6 of Lenin's book "LEFT-WING COMMUNISM": AN INFANTILE DISORDER.
The chapter discusses how the Communists should utilize trade unions in a Soviet State and inside Capitalist countries.
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comBest and Worst Anti-Communist Arguments (ft. Heitor & Flashy)TheFinnishBolshevik2022-04-15 | We discuss what we believe to be the best and worst anti-communist arguments.
0:48 Communism goes against human nature 7:50 Communism causes poverty & famine 19:20 Stalin was a monster 35:44 The USSR collapsed 45:33 Planned economy is inefficient 54:41 Revolution and building socialism is too difficult
The Youth of Maxim film youtube.com/watch?v=lg93RFh5sEYGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 4. Feudal Towns & ManorsTheFinnishBolshevik2022-03-28 | Each episode of the series will discuss important topics of Marxist political economy.
The video covers the following topics: -the manorial economy -feudal towns -guilds -rise of commodity production in feudalism
This episode discusses the Hungarian 1947 election. In the elections communists emerged as the largest party with 22% of the vote. The coalition government continued in power. The smallholders had previously split so their vote was reduced to 15%. The smallholder party was taken over by leftists and they supported the government coalition, while two right-wing groups split from smallholders and created new parties: the neo-fascist party of Pfeiffer, and the religious party of Barankovics.
The opposition parties won around 30% and the government coalition around 60% of the vote. The other government parties (national peasants, social-democrats and smallholders) had shifted to the left and accepted the most important parts of the communist program. The fact that the government coalition received more than 60% of the vote, meant that a majority of the population supported socialist policies, such as the Three Year Economic Plan and nationalization of banks and industries, which were advocated by all government parties, and especially by the communists.
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comReview of all books by historian Arch GettyTheFinnishBolshevik2022-02-13 | I review all the books by historian J. Arch Getty. They are the following (with timestamps): Origins of the Great Purges 03:29 Stalinist Terror 15:47 The Road to Terror 20:30 Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin's Iron Fist 27:50 Practicing Stalinism 38:10
[Getty also has a book called "The Central Party Archive: A Research Guide" which I did not review because it seems only like a manual for researchers]
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 3. Feudalism Overview (serfs, types of feudal rent etc.)TheFinnishBolshevik2022-01-14 | Each episode of the series will discuss important topics of Marxist political economy. This video discusses the feudal mode of production.
The video covers the following topics: -the roots of feudalism -feudal classes -types of feudal rent -differences in feudalism of different countries
The next video discusses the two parts of the feudal economy: feudal estates and medieval towns.
This episode discusses the struggle between the progressive forces of the left against the reactionary forces of the right in 1946-47. The episode deals mainly with the ousting of fascists from the smallholder party.
Nemes, History of the Revolutionary Workers Movement in Hungary: 1944-1962
Miklos Molnar, A short history of the Hungarian Communist Party
Árpád Pünkösti, Rákosi a hatalomért
Paul E. Zinner, Revolution in Hungary
S. D. Kertesz, The Methods of Communist Conquest: Hungary 1944-1947
W. Burchett, People's Democracies
A. Gyorgy, Governments of Danubian Europe
Documents on the hostile activity of the United States Government against the Hungarian People’s Republic
Doreen Warriner, Revolution in Eastern Europe
Kovrig, The Hungarian People's Republic
Memoirs of Michael Karolyi: Faith without Illusion
Aczel & Meray, The Revolt of the Mind
SKP vuosikirja IV
J. Revai, The activities of the C.C. of the Hungarian Communist Party, published in ”For a Lasting Peace, For a People’s Democracy!”, No. 3, December 15, 1947)
H. Aptheker, The Truth About Hungary
Ferenc Nagy, Struggle behind the iron curtainSoldiers killed by Finland or Stalin (A Karelian Katyn)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-12-15 | --------------------------------- My patreon patreon.com/TheFinnishBolshevik
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comCommunism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 6)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-11-29 | This time we discuss Chapter 5 of Lenin's book "LEFT-WING COMMUNISM": AN INFANTILE DISORDER.
Chapter 5 deals with the question of leaders. The German "Left-Communists" (influenced by Erler, Pannekoek etc.) claimed that the movement shouldn't have leaders but only "the masses" and it should build a dictatorship of the class "not of the party". Some of them went so far that they claimed all parties are bourgeois, and communists should not have parties.
THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES: -damage to Hungary caused by the war -the liberation of Hungary (1944-45) -the Debrecen provisional government (1944) -the 1945 elections and democratic anti-fascist coalition government -land-reform (1945) -the inflation crisis and new currency (1945-46)
Dezső Nemes, History of the Revolutionary Workers Movement in Hungary: 1944-1962
SKP vuosikirja VI
Paul E. Zinner, The Revolution in Hungary
Bennett Kovrig, The Hungarian People's Republic
Balazs Apor, The invisible shining, p. 58)
Pal Ignotus, Hungary
John Gunther, Behind the curtain
R. R. Betts, ed., Central and South East Europe
Ilonya Polanyi, World Affairs, April, 1949
Doreen Warriner, Revolution in Eastern Europe
Eino Nevalainen, marxilaisen taloustieteen oppikirja osa 2
Borsányi & Kende, The History of the Working Class Movement in Hungary
Kertesz, S. D., The Methods of Communist Conquest: Hungary 1944-1947
Music from Ferenc Szabo, Bela Bartok, Franz Liszt, Ferenc ErkelGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 2. Slavery (birth of the state & cities, fall of Rome etc.)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-10-13 | Each episode of the series will discuss one important topic of Marxist political economy. This video discusses the first class society: the slave mode of production.
The video covers the following topics: -Rise of slavery -Rise of the state (and armies) -Rise of classes (slaves vs owners + peasants, handicraftsmen, lumpen) -Separation of cities and countryside -Division of labor: --Separation of handicraft from agriculture --Separation of banking and merchants from producers -Rise of science, philosophy etc. -Fall of the slave-owning mode of production
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comThe Rise and Fall of the Finnish Education System (History and Today)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-09-24 | Welfare for families with children 1948 http://www.kysy.fi/kysymys/astuiko-lapsilisalaki-suomessa-voimaan-vuonna-1948ja-oliko-sen-maara-600
Free school lunches 1948 https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/1271139/koululounas-on-lasten-terveyden-tasa-arvoteko
Unified basic education law 1968 passed by the Paasio government (Communists, People's Democrats, Agrarians, SocDems, SocDem Union of Workers and Small Peasants) and implemented in the 70s. https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/naineduskuntatoimii/kirjasto/aineistot/yhteiskunta/historia/eduskunta-tekee-paatoksen-peruskoulusta/Sivut/peruskoulun-puitelaki-hyvaksytaan.aspx
Paasio government https://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/m1/50
Universal public healthcare law 1972. It has been announced that due to privatizations and the SOTE reform this law will be abolished in January 1st, 2023. https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1972/19720066
"Finland has a DDR-type school system" https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/kaunaherra/115058-suomessa-ddr-mallinen-peruskoulu/
Pirkkala educational pilot program. The sources give completely warped anti-communist analysis, but the program was one example of the how Finnish educators looked to socialist countries (Eastern Europe, USSR and China) for models. The anti-communist lies against this program are entirely the work of one capitalist historian J. Leskinen. https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-8852894
Most Finnish schools are old (built in the 50s). Since the 90s the repairs and maintenance have been totally neglected "to save money" which had led to the schools becoming rundown, dilapidated and infested with poisonous fungi & mold. The true number is unknown but as many as 20% of Finnish schools might have dangerous mold infestations which results in renovation that costs millions, or the school being demolished. So much for "saving money". https://www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi/rakentaminen/artikkeli-1.216886
Due to cuts to spending, it is now common for the school to only spend 70-80 cents on lunches to students! Such food cannot be adequate. https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/oma-raha/art-2000001834350.html
In one school they only spend on average 64 cents for lunches https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11148378
Proposal to abolish free lunches, reply: "for many children it is their only warm meal of the day" https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005288749.html
"Harsh numbers reveal that something is wrong - what has happened to Finnish schools?" https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000008198410.html
Some discussion of incompetent or unqualified teachers. The problem in real life is worse then in statistics. We all know its common to hire teachers without degrees and label them "substitutes" even if they remain for a year or many years. https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7071281 https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003484055.html
UP TO HALF OF REMAINING PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. I wish I knew how many were closed before this but the number must be high. https://www.kansanuutiset.fi/artikkeli/4297527-nykyisista-peruskouluista-suljetaan-jopa-puolet-seuraavien-20-vuoden-aikana
Due to lack of class rooms many classes have been combined into "giant classes" of as many as 100 students IN ONE ROOM. Such class rooms also have 2 or 3 teachers, but sometimes due to lack of teachers many classes of 20 students have been combined to classes of 40 or 60 with only 1 or 2 teachers. This is the real cause of the education crisis! https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000002762599.html https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/11/24/jopa-sadan-oppilaan-jattiluokat-hammentavat-kolme-asiaa-jotka-niista-on-hyva https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11937769
Half a million Finns have insufficient reading and writing skills now https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005833563.html
Dezső Nemes, History of the Revolutionary Workers Movement in Hungary: 1944-1962
Molnar, A concise history of Hungary
György Borsányi and János Kende, The History of the Working Class Movement in Hungary
Wilfred G. Burchett, Peoples' Democracies
ABOUT MY SOURCES:
Almost all my sources are established “respectable” anti-communist/pro-capitalist mainstream historians. The only exception is that I cite 2 books by Hungarian communist historians: one by Nemes and the other by Borsányi & Kende. Burchett is also a journalist with communist sympathies.
The facts I present here can be considered very reliable, because they are confirmed both by pro-communist and anti-communist sources. I chose to cite mostly anti-communist historians, since they obviously have no bias to lie on behalf of communism. This way the information should be acceptable to non-communists.
That said, capitalist historians are dishonest and biased against communism, so I typically don't recommend any of them. The only non-communist book on this topic I can recommend is “Revolution in Eastern Europe” by Doreen Warriner, it is both objective and well researched, with lots of emprical data. The other non-communist history books are extremely flawed, I had to verify everything I quoted from them from multiple sources and make sure it was true.
Nemes, Borsányi & Kende are not perfect either, they are kadarist revisionists. I agree with the facts I quoted from them, but not necessary with everything they might say.
At the end of this series I will probably make an episode where I discuss the research process and the sources in detail.
Music clips are from "Concerto for Orchestra", "Viola Concerto" and "Violin Concerto no. 2" by Béla Bartók, "Années de pèlerinage II 'Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa' S.161 Andante marziale" by Franz Liszt, "Hazatérés Concerto", "In Fury Rose the Ocean - Oratorio: VI, Hungarians will now triumph I am sure" and "Vallomás" by Ferenc Szabó, "Tábortűznél" by Lajos Bárdos and "Honvéd kantáta" by Endre SzervánszkyGuide to Marxist Economics - Ep 1. Primitive CommunismTheFinnishBolshevik2021-08-21 | Each episode of the series will discuss one important topic of Marxist political economy. This video discusses human history before the birth of class society.
[Correction: I said people have existed for 1-2 million years. Its actually longer then that, maybe even 4-5 million years. The earliest known Australopithecus is from 4.2 million years ago, which apparently already produced stone tools. The genus Homo appeared more then 2 million years ago]
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comMarxist Bookshelf TourTheFinnishBolshevik2021-08-05 | What marxist books do I have?Big Brain University - Episode 7 (part 2)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-07-19 | The earlier portion of this recording is on the Polinkazh channel. Renegade wasn't present for the episode so Mayan joined instead.
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comGuide to Marxist Economics - Introduction EpisodeTheFinnishBolshevik2021-07-05 | Each episode of the series will discuss one important topic of Marxist political economy.
SOURCES: Upton, The Finnish Revolution 1917-1918 Holodkovski, Suomen työväen vallankumous 1918 Mannerheim, Erinnerungen Paasivirta, Suomi vuonna 1918 Suodenjoki & Peltola, Köyhä Suomen kansa katkoo kahleitansa S. Jägerskiöld, Gustaf Mannerheim 1918 Esa Koskinen, Veljiksi kaikki ihmiset tulkaa Hyvönen, Suurten tapahtumien vuodet 1917-1918 "Красный архив", 1940, vol. 2 H. Soikkanen, Kansalaissota dokumentteina Kuusinen, “A Misleading Description of the “German October” marxists.org/archive/kuusinen/1925/05/german-october.htm Salomaa, Yrjö Sirola sosialistinen humanisti Vikström, Torpeedo
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comIsrael-Palestine 2021 conflict explained by Israeli CommunistTheFinnishBolshevik2021-05-24 | I Interview Comrade Koach/JB from the Israeli Communist Party about the situation in Israel and Palestine. A ceasefire was declared on the 21st. Let's hope it will hold.
It seems the ceasefire was declared because of the General Strike and because of widespread opposition to Netanyahu inside Israel. Wide sections of the population now believe (correctly) that Netanyahu is purposefully escalating violence to present himself as Israel's protector and exploit the situation for his own political gain.
Protests still continue. Stay safe out there. Free Palestine!
Khrushchev, Report to the Central Committee, 20th Congress of the CPSU
Khrushchev, "The Secret Speech" in The Crimes Of The Stalin Era, Special Report To The 20th Congress Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union, p. 554
J. V. Stalin, Reply to the Greetings of the Workers of the Chief Railway Workshops in Tiflis
J. V. Stalin, Letter to Comrade Shatunovsky, August 1930
J.V. Stalin, Speech Delivered at the First All-Union Congress of Collective Farm Shock Brigadiers
J. V. Stalin, Letter on Publications for Children Directed to the Central Committee of the All Union Communist Youth
J. V. Stalin, Talk With Colonel Robins, May 13 1933
R. Medvedev, Let History Judge
L. Pistrak, The Grand Tactician: Khrushchev's Rise to Power
J. V. Stalin, An Interview with the German Author Emil Ludwig
I didn't mention this in the video, but this book points out that Stalin's only involvement in the writing of his 1948 biography, was that Stalin diminished his own role. (pp. 117-121) archive.org/details/pdfy-nmIGAXUrq0OJ87zK
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comCommunism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 5)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-04-05 | We discuss the 4th chapter "The Struggle Against Which Enemies Within the Working-Class Movement Helped Bolshevism Develop, Gain Strength, and Become Steeled" of Lenin's famous book “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder.
In this video we mostly focus on the topics: -What are ultra-leftism and right-wing opportunism? -is ultra-leftism actually revolutionary? -the ultra-left outlook vs the marxist outlook -what kind of tactical compromises are possible?
Big thanks to comrade @king.katzer on instagram for making the thumbnail graphic and the black white portrait of Lenin!
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comCommunism for beginners: Left-Wing Communism by LENIN (Episode 4)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-02-18 | We discuss the 3rd chapter "The Principal Stages in the History of Bolshevism" of Lenin's famous book “Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder.
In this video we mostly focus on the topics: -main stages in the development of Bolshevism -revolutionary period and reactionary periods -different strategies for different periods
My blog mltheory.wordpress.comA liberals defense of socialism (David Pakman response)TheFinnishBolshevik2021-01-22 | David Pakman is a liberal who claims that Marxism-Leninism is a failure and has nothing in common with socialism, while utopian socialism, anarchism and "democratic socialism" are fantastic successes. As his evidence he says "Orwell said so". However, Pakman is not a supporter of any kind of socialism, he merely advocates for those things to steer people away from Marxism.
Sources:
Seidman, Agrarian Collectives during the Spanish Revolution and Civil War
Fraser, Blood of Spain
Bricall, Política econòmica de la Generalitat quoted in Fraser