the image of communism

[slave-no-longer67]

About a year ago i started to question all authority most of all the government and what i was taught. I recently read many works on communism and socialism finding them great and elighthing. But one thing i cant shake is the image of the oppressive communism society that teachers, the media, and everybody else has played it out to be. So my question can anybody help me set it straight and try to get this image out of my mind by telling me the benefical things that i brings.

[black magick hustla]

It is pretty difficult to shake it .

Just read alot and when a teacher says something stupid, correct him. If he persists, win him over with facts.

[cph_shawarma]

Well, to battle the bourgeois notion of the USSR as communist, you could read Aufheben's superb quadrology "What was the USSR?", which can be found in its entirety here: http://libcom.org/library/what-was-ussr-aufheben

It maps out different perspectives on the Soviet Union, and then proposes their own perspective, which I haven't quite gotten to yet. I lean towards a Bordigist understanding of USSR as capitalism in becoming, with 5-year plans as primitive accumulation etc.

[tatu]

Either Narrow-Mindedness or Treason of the "Scientists" Ruined Socialism in the USSR:

[slave-no-longer67]

:D thanks for all the help

[enigma2517]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2005, 06:03 PM
Either Narrow-Mindedness or Treason of the "Scientists" Ruined Socialism in the USSR:
Are you saying that socialism could have existed in the USSR before it became capitalist first?