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Was Stalin a Marxist? And If He Was, What Does This Mean for Marxism?

In: Historical Materialism
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Ronald Grigor Suny William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

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Abstract

Stalin was a Marxist, but a certain kind of Marxist who selected out of the body of work of Marx, Engels, and Lenin a non-democratic and inhumane form of Marxism leaving out the humanist and democratic aspects of the original Marxist programme. The means he chose to build what he considered a socialist society fatally tainted the goal of a society in which working people make the fundamental decisions that determine their lives.

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