tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post9014491033705702160..comments2024-03-09T10:17:03.382+00:00Comments on John Molyneux: The Nature of StalinismJohn Molyneuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505576725875193235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-56379413228025854372009-02-16T01:33:00.000+00:002009-02-16T01:33:00.000+00:00"State capitalism" is a silly theory. The USSR was..."State capitalism" is a silly theory. The USSR was a degenerated workers' state. If comes to choosing between Cliff or Trotsky (!) in the quality of their class analysis of the USSR, I rather think Trotsky walks it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-78741492427321175792007-06-11T20:09:00.000+00:002007-06-11T20:09:00.000+00:00In reponse to the above comment, Cliff's use of th...In reponse to the above comment, Cliff's use of the term 'State Capitalism' differs from both the writers you mentioned definition of the NEP(also Lenin termed the NEP in a similar way) and of people like Raya Dunayevskaya's meaning of the term to define the USSR. Same term different meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30608474.post-63696417876395489502007-06-08T04:46:00.000+00:002007-06-08T04:46:00.000+00:00Comrades, about the label of "state capitalism" (o...Comrades, about the label of "state capitalism" (or plainly "capitalism") for the real nature of the Soviet regime, it was used by the Communist Left (Bordiga, Pannekoek, Gorter and other minority members of the Comintern) as soon as 1922, when Lenin was still alive and well, so was the Bolshevik no-fraction party, the NEP roared with kulaks and bussinessmen, and Trotsky and Stalin were still good comrades. Check it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_communismUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713763278317027771noreply@blogger.com