{"id":1433,"date":"2024-04-01T14:16:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T12:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/?post_type=talk&#038;p=1433"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:14:45","slug":"did-communism-really-fail","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/es\/talk\/did-communism-really-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Did communism really fail?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Consistently we are told that the fall of the Soviet Union was incontrovertible evidence of the failure of communism. This concerted campaign of slanders and lies, which falsely ties communism to the bureaucratic crimes of Stalinism, is spread by the ruling class in order to undermine the struggle to overthrow capitalism today. This talk will explain how and why the USSR collapsed and demonstrate that it was not communism, but a bureaucratic deformation which failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:400px;aspect-ratio:unset;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2505\" height=\"1654\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-12645\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/map-world-rci-world-school-extra-light.svg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull stack-on-tablet--portrait is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column h-animate--from-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull stack-on-tablet--portrait is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column h-animate--from-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group h-animate--from-bottom has-border-color has-foreground-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><div style=\"position: relative; 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top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWnXR7Qj7zg?si=rI84vdt9rpgc9LwD\u201d frameborder=\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxist.com\/what-the-russian-revolution-achieved-and-why-it-degenerated.htm\">What the Russian Revolution achieved and why it degenerated \u2013 Alan Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolshevik.info\/the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union-and-the-rise-of-putin.htm\">The collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of Putin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/russia-from-revolution-to-counter-revolution\/\"><em>Russia from Revolution to Counter-Revolution<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Ted Grant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Revolution Betrayed<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Leon Trotsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/trotsky\/1936\/revbet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/revolution-betrayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4XwTM7-QIF0\">The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Stalinism<\/a> \u2013&nbsp; Marie Frederiksen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consistently we are told that the fall of the Soviet Union was incontrovertible evidence of the failure of communism. 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