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Posted by: John Phoenix As the capitalist restoration in the former USSR wreaks havoc on the lives of the Russian masses, the latter, quite correctly, look back with nostalgia and fond memory to the glorious achievements of socialism under the leadership of Stalin. Even the revisionists of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), and its leadership, are obliged to pay respect to Joseph Stalin – such is the prestige in which he is held by the Russian masses. On the 120th anniversary of the birth of Stalin, Gennady Zyuganov, the chairman of the CPRF, placed flowers on his grave and during the ceremony described Stalin as the greatest leader in Russian history, adding that “Stalin came to power when the country was picking up the pieces and left it as one of the...

Posted by: John Phoenix INTRODUCTION: At the invitation of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), American academic and author of Khrushchev lied, GROVER FURR, addressed a packed meeting in Lucas Arms, Grays Inn Road, London, on Friday 20 June. In his contribution, lasting about 50 minutes, Grover exposed the lies concerning Soviet History, in particular Stalin, spread by the anti-communist, Trotskyist and revisionist ideologues. We reproduce almost his entire presentation in 2 parts, the first below, the second in the next issue. We believe the information the presentation imparts will be of enormous benefit to the working-class movement in this country and elsewhere. The history of the Soviet Union during the time of Joseph Stalin’s leadership ...

Posted by: John Phoenix 37th Prague Theoretic-Political Conference on “The anti-communist disinformation about the causes, course and results of World War II; … the danger of a new rise of fascism”. Presentation by Harpal Brar on behalf of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) On 18 April. to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over fascism, District Committee Prague 1 of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia held an impressive conference which was attended by more than 200 people, with the participation of 10 foreign delegates from different European countries. Harpal Brar represented the CPGB-ML, and we reproduce below his contribution to the Conference. Dear Comrades Allow me to thank the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia,...

Posted by: John Phoenix Lalkar pays tribute to two staunch communists, heroes of the USSR and of working people everywhere . Nikolay Belyaev Nikolay Belyaev, the last survivor of the group of Red Army heroes who raised the red hammer and sickle flag of the USSR above the Reichstag, tearing down the swastika, signifying the victory over Nazism on May Day 1945, died peacefully on 8 December 2015 in St Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) aged 93. During the Great Patriotic War, Lieutenant Belyaev was a Komsomol (Young Communist League) leader of the legendary 756th Regiment, which was entrusted with the taking of the Reichstag. The storming of the building began in the early hours of 30 April 1945. Comrade Stalin had reportedly ordered that it must be taken by 1 ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Today we commemorate the 70th death anniversary of Stalin, who died on March 5th, 1953. Some people suspect that he was poisoned by his enemies It is hard to find words that do justice to the irreparable loss it caused for the International Communist Movement as a whole, creating a sensation of the earth shaking. The International media left no stone unturned in  demonising Stalin ,heaping the title of ‘butcher’ or ‘tyrant’ on him, clubbing him with Hitler. A counter revolutionary wind was patronised by the West to completely discredit Stalin. After his death the International Communist Movement lost a citadel and path was paved for capitulation of anti-imperialist struggles globally and patronising of reactionary leaders. I can never forget ...

Posted by: John Phoenix This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Great Socialist Revolution in Russia. It was an epoch-making event which changed the world and which continues to shape our present-day reality. The October Revolution was not a purely Russian phenomenon; it had, and has, great international significance. In the course of this year we shall be publishing a number of articles on this, the most significant event in the calendar of the international proletariat. In this issue we reproduce Stalin’s speech on the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution, which brilliantly summarises its significance and epoch-making contribution. The October Revolution cannot be regarded merely as a revolution ‘within national bounds.’ It is, primarily, a revolution ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878  Ethan Pollock wrote Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars in 2006.  This review of the book shows how the Soviet archives provided evidence of the widespread debates and knowledge concerning science which took place throughout the Soviet Union during the period under consideration, namely 1945 to 1953, to which even this bourgeois academic had to attest. ____________________________________ The continuing plunder of Soviet archives by Western academia is having some unexpected, and for imperialism unwelcome, consequences.  The lavish grants and bursaries made available to send scholars out to Moscow to dig up anti-communist dirt are, in some cases, having quite the reverse effect...