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I'm not sure what you mean by that Shane. I remember bringing something like that up after a YSA meeting in 1969-that Stalin had been an Okhrana stoolie-and being rebuked by an older member who dismissed that as an anti-communist lie, upbraiding me with the admonition that real Trotskyists, as opposed to the like of Healy, don't use Stalinist like methods like the big lie in dealing with political opponents, including Stalinists. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Shane Mage <shm...@pipeline.com> wrote: > > I have consistently referred to Castro as a real (however national) > revolutionary, and to Stalin as an Okhranik villain who restored a red- > tinted Tzarist regime. What more distinction is needed? > > > Shane Mage > > ________________________________________________ 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