The second reason we are re-publishing these documents is as a political
provocation. Despite the opening of the Soviet archives and the rise of
a more nuanced historical treatment of the Soviet Union from the
“revisionist historians” than what was available during the Cold War,
the conspiracy theories of Stalinist politics – the claim that the
Moscow Trials were legitimate, the idea that Trotsky was a fascist
collaborator, and plenty of other bold and obvious lies – are being
regurgitated by a small but vocal (and especially online) subsection of
today’s Left, bolstered by charlatans like Grover Furr.Many on the Left
today claim that arguing about Stalin and his legacy is a dead letter,
and should just be avoided altogether.
https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/06/on-the-stalin-question/
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