Tim Cornelis

But they were not, in fact, defending the socialist revolution, because they were killing those who were responsible for the revolution. None of the people supposedly being "fascist saboteurs," were actually guilty. They were very often officials elected in the soviets at the point of the revolution.

It doesn't matter what contemporary idealistic views on the purges were. Unless you think the U.S.S.R. was a socialist state which was threatened by old bolsheviks turned fascist terrorists, it doesn't make sense to support the purges.

I might of been ranting, but I don't really think it was ironic.

your post in this thread I lol'd hard

Good response in the liberalism thread.

That's such a strange question you asked about the CP of China and India.

Er zijn inderdaad een hoop organisaties die via een dergelijk model hebben gewerkt, ik noemde er al een paar in m'n eerste post in die draad en daarnaast is er natuurlijk nog de SPD en de bredere Duitse arbeidersbeweging.

Ik zou zelf niks tegen een radicaal-links alternatief hebben in Nederland. Dat lijkt me een belangrijke stap vooruit zelfs

Hey,

Geen interesse meer in je draadje over polls? Ik vroeg me af hoe je de discussie totnogtoe vond gaan

Finally, you're coming around to my position on party-movements. Check out Vernon Lidtke's Alternative Culture. The pre-war SPD model is the true basis of the far-left popularity you post of.

thanks!

"India adopted a Soviet inspired "socialism" including central planning, consequently pointing that out would backfire if your opponent has historical knowledge regarding the subject. (Though unlike in the USSR, there was still a relatively major private sector)."

did you have any sources for this?