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>> "Socialism" is now very different from Stalin's view of it Didn't released documents after 1989 show that most of the West European communist parties took o
by BugBrother 12y ago
>> "Socialism" is now very different from Stalin's view of it
Didn't released documents after 1989 show that most of the West European communist parties took orders directly from Moscow/Stalin?
IIRC, it was a big shock that the reason the Italian communist party was so reasonable after WW II was because it was orders from Moscow. (Stalin wanted to split Europe in two.)
I remember that the Swedish communist party used to be staunch Stalinists until Moscow told them he was wrong. Is that where the different view of Socialism came from? :-)
(The Swedish communists (SKP/VPK/V) claim to have stopped taking orders in the 1960s and have been critics of Soviet since 1989.)
- Intermernet 12y agoConsidering that Stalin died in 1953, it's improbable that he had any influence on the communist parties of Europe during the 80's. I'd also refrain from conflating the "communist" parties from Europe with "Socialism", despite the obvious, ideological connections. Times had changed, labels were still being re-used.