Anti Stalinist MLs?
Marxism-Leninism is essentially defined by the belief that Socialism can be established in one country and ML's point to the USSR to have been an example of a Socialist state, including the years of Stalin. Contrary to what the name suggests it is not the mere fusion of Lenin and Marx but also includes Stalin's theory 'Socialism in one country' which most other Marxist tendencies believe is a revision of Marx's and Lenin's thought and that Stalin merely used the term Marxism-Leninism as a justification for the policies persued by his government. The other inheritor of Leninist thought is Trotskyism, a theory which most other Marxist tendencies argue is far closer to Lenins thought, in spite of its name. Much of the issue revolves around language, for example the word 'Trotskyist' whilst only mentioning Trotsky also includes Marxism and Leninism as the foundations of this thought with Trotsky himself representing the fullest development of Marxist and Leninist theory. So it is possible to be be 'Marxist and Leninist' without being 'Marxist-Leninist' which as I mentioned before is used by those who believe that socialism is possible in one country (a theory first put forward by Stalin and his supporters) and indeed was realised in the USSR. To answer your question, there are many anti-Stalin ML's insofar as they oppose some of his policies (such as Khruschev who opposed the purges), but all accept the premise that socialism is possible in one country using the USSR as an example. Thus, many Marxists, including myself, believe that those who call themselves 'Marxist-Leninists' are actually Stalinist in theory regardless of what they think of the man or his policies.
