DEBATE | In December 2023, we came across the circulation, on
"Marxist-Leninist" social networks, of an old polemic by Josef Stalin
against anarchism. This is his classic text Anarchism or Socialism?,
from 1907, which, from time to time, resurfaces resuming this historical
debate. ---- This time, the dissemination of Stalin's text was carried
out by the Rebellion Youth Union (UJR), associated with Popular Unity
(UP) and the Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR). These organizations,
as is evident on their website/newspaper (A Verdade) and on their social
networks, have been part of a recent effort in Brazil to rehabilitate
Stalin and Stalinism.
In this text, we, activists of the Libertarian Socialist Organization
(OSL), intend to contextualize the debate and return to important
questions in the history and theory of socialism. This will help to make
anarchist positions and their differences with Marxism truly known. We
want to show the fragility of Stalin's criticism, which can only be well
received by people who do not know (or pretend not to know) anarchism
and the history of socialism.
Our intention is not to polemicize with one or another organization in
particular, but to open a frank debate with the Brazilian radical left
about socialism and the paths to socialism. This discussion seems
relevant to us, given the context in which we are living.
Read it in full on our website: (Portuguese)
https://socialismolibertario.net/2024/04/12/marxismo-stalin-e-a-critica-ao-anarquismo/
https://www.facebook.com/felipe.c.pedro/posts
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"Marxist-Leninist" social networks, of an old polemic by Josef Stalin
against anarchism. This is his classic text Anarchism or Socialism?,
from 1907, which, from time to time, resurfaces resuming this historical
debate. ---- This time, the dissemination of Stalin's text was carried
out by the Rebellion Youth Union (UJR), associated with Popular Unity
(UP) and the Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR). These organizations,
as is evident on their website/newspaper (A Verdade) and on their social
networks, have been part of a recent effort in Brazil to rehabilitate
Stalin and Stalinism.
In this text, we, activists of the Libertarian Socialist Organization
(OSL), intend to contextualize the debate and return to important
questions in the history and theory of socialism. This will help to make
anarchist positions and their differences with Marxism truly known. We
want to show the fragility of Stalin's criticism, which can only be well
received by people who do not know (or pretend not to know) anarchism
and the history of socialism.
Our intention is not to polemicize with one or another organization in
particular, but to open a frank debate with the Brazilian radical left
about socialism and the paths to socialism. This discussion seems
relevant to us, given the context in which we are living.
Read it in full on our website: (Portuguese)
https://socialismolibertario.net/2024/04/12/marxismo-stalin-e-a-critica-ao-anarquismo/
https://www.facebook.com/felipe.c.pedro/posts
_________________________________________
A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E
By, For, and About Anarchists
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A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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