Communism is conflated with the history of the USSR and the crimes of the bureaucracy and Stalin. Those who disagree with the Marxists blame communism itself for this. In actual fact, Lenin himself recognised the emerging bureaucracy and fought against it. This talk will cover Lenin’s fight against bureaucracy and for a healthy regime in the party.
Reading list
Articles
Zinoviev and the Stalinist degeneration of the Comintern – John Peterson
Bureaucratism or workers power – Ted Grant and Roger Silverman
Workers’ democracy in the Russian Revolution – Daniel Morley
Stalinism and Bolshevism – Leon Trotsky
Books
Stalin – Leon Trotsky
In defence of Marxism – Leon Trotsky
The Revolution Betrayed – Leon Trotsky
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