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Stalinism
Stalinism is a term used, largely by ideological opponents, to refer to the policies and ideology of Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) under him. The term is loosely also applied to states which are viewed as having reproduced Stalin's policies, such as the Warsaw Pact countries, Mao's People's Republic of China, etc.
The term "Stalinism" is seldom if ever used by supporters of Stalin, who instead consider Stalin as having developed Marxism–Leninism and remained true to Vladimir Lenin's vision as opposed to developing a new ideology. Despite this, some supporters of Stalin, such as "Hoxhaists", consider being branded a "Stalinist" an honor, with Enver Hoxha himself saying as such.
“The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is their aim. On the contrary, however, they glorify us with this epithet: it is an honour for us to be Stalinists, because, since we were Stalinists, the enemy could not conquer us, and never will conquer us as long as we remain Stalinists.” —Enver Hoxha
Related terms
Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism
Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism (MLS) is a term used by some Hoxha-aligned anti-revisionist groups such as the Greek Anasintaxi to emphasize Stalin's role in developing Marxism. Supporters of this term believe that Marxism–Leninism entered a new stage with the construction of socialism in the Soviet Union, Stalinism.[1] Hoxha himself used the term in his works.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "It is absolutely correct and acceptable to use the term 'Stalinism'". (October 14, 2007).
- ↑ Enver Hoxha (1969). The Demagogy of the Soviet Revisionists Cannot Conceal Their Traitorous Countenance.
"Despite the fact that not all the communists and the working class in the Soviet Union see that the present-day Communist Party of the Soviet Union has nothing in common with the Bolshevik Party of Lenin-Stalin, bolshevism is always alive in the Soviet Union and the Soviet Bolshevik revolutionaries will not be defeated in the face of the tragedy which the land of the Soviets is living, but they will restore the great traditions of October Revolution, of the heroic times of Lenin and Stalin. And the only road to this is the recreation of the Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist revolutionary party, that must take in its hands the banner of the struggle for the overthrow of the revisionist clique and the restoration of the dictatorship of the proletariat, to turn the Soviet Union back to the road of communism."