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Not trying to be a pit bulll, so since you apparently have a short-term memory problem, let me reproduce the sequence of comments: . 1. Dogan-- "I would even not mind to defend Stalin against him, because all his criticism is intended to destroy Marxism. I am looking forward to reading it." 2. Mark--"And I look forward to reading an honest defense of Stalin." 3.Dogan--"It is already there if you are an Italian or a German reader. Check out Domenico Losurdo's Stalin-book." 4. Dogan-- A short review of Domenico Losurdo's book on Stalin is below: *Stalin. **Story and Critics of a black legend** * (Domenico Losurdo, Stalin. Storia e critica di una leggenda nera, Carocci, Rom 2009, pp. 382) 5. Then comes the review with presents Stalin as clear-eyed and temperate, and trying to restore the USSR to normalcy; oh and it throws in as the left and right hands of the same body, anglo-saxon anti-Sovietism and "trotskyite" claims to purity in socialism, both of which converge in Kruschev's denounciation of Stalin-- "bloodthirsty," "criminal etc." as being distinctly intemperate in the analysis of the USSR and Stalinism So--- with all due respect to logic, there's no leap required in concluding that Dogan is endorsing the review of a book that endorses the book that he has originally endorsed as an honest defense of Stalin. Maybe your logic is different, but that's mine. The crap you want to cut isn't coming from me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Quimby" <wqui...@embarqmail.com> To: "David Schanoes" <sartes...@earthlink.net> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism] Trotsky lives -- Paul Le Blanc reviewsRobertService's biography. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
