It seems to me that Macdonald's point is important, but he overstates it.
Imperialist pressures and money could only do their work the way they did
because there was a large interior basis for it in Serbia. Think about the
difference of what happened in Serbia after the imperialist had for
Lou Paulsen wrote:
The author of this article, whom Owen recommends to us as having such
"insight", has never heard of class analysis. He has never heard of
Marxism.
which is normal, Lou. The author is a Guardian columnist.
Mine
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Mine Aysen Doyran
PhD Student
Department of Political
Just a further note: If we accept this argument as valid, then we could also splice in
every leader of any CP or similar type revolution, including Fidel Castro, Tito and
Lenin under the NEP. Such a flawed premise means we cannot accept the conclusion.
Macdonald
A. No socialist country has a
Interesting and insightful analysis from a Guardian columnist. I hope this
is a suitable answer to those such as Louis Proyect, or indeed that
hysterical ex-Maoist suffering from a case of acute Slavophilia,
Owen: Consider this a first warning. No personalizing.
Macdonald Stainsby,
The same is not true in Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan or Georgia, or
indeed Russia. Serbia's revolution was prompted by special factors, in
particular 10 years of pointless and lost wars. That may make Serbia a
unique exception which will not be repeated elsewhere. But the higher
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Interesting and insightful analysis from a Guardian columnist.
Really?
