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Collapse of Stalinism

Collapse of Stalinism

Gorbachev: An accidental architect of world change

August 31, 2022 Peter Taaffe

The former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, died yesterday. Eulogies have come from many sources, including reactionary defenders of the capitalist system, like Henry Kissinger. But what did Gorbachev really stand for? What was his real […]

Collapse of Stalinism

Gorbachev: Accidental architect of world change

February 19, 2018 Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) general secretary

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, left a truly historical legacy. Aiming to reform bureaucratic rule he helped unleash forces that led to the complete collapse of Stalinism in Russia and eastern Europe. That […]

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Russia: Twenty fifth anniversary of attempted coup

August 19, 2016 Clare Doyle, International Secretariat of the CWI

Attempted Stalinist counter-revolution speeds up capitalist counter-revolution

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