Re: The Soviet Anthem Unplugged
On Feb 6, 2007, at 10:34 PM, wrobert@uci.edu wrote:
And here I thought that these reforms were due to the large popular countersystemic movements within the United States. If anything, the subservience of the CPUSA to the USSR was more of a hindrance to
popular movements, rather than a benefit, leading the organization to make decisions that were not in the interests of pushing forwards a radical agenda within the U.S.
Oh no. What inclined the U.S. bourgeoisie to give an inch was fear of
the USSR - both fear of its domestic implications during the
depression, and fear of it as an alternative model for much of the
outside world after WW2.
And some of those countersystemic movements were given confidence by,
if not inspired by, the USSR. No USSR, and the U.S. bourgeoisie feels
like it can take and take and take.
Doug