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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nStalin’s Ghost Haunts 
 Capitalism\nA Riposte to Stephen Kotkin’s ‘Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 
 1929-1941’, by Raj Sahai\n\n Stalin’s ghost haunts the U.S. ruling 
 class today, as the specter of Communism did European rulers in 1848.  As 
 significant sections of the U.S. population are beginning to take a second 
 look at socialism, the U.S. ruling class needs scholars, like Princeton 
 University historian Stephen Kotkin, to convince them that socialism is not 
 for them. In this talk Raj Sahai will examine Kotkin’s anti-communist 
 theses and his conclusions on the Soviet history of this crucial 
 period.\n\nBackground:\n\n   Princeton University historian Stephen Kotkin 
 is writing a monumental 3-volume biography of Joseph Stalin. Kotkin’s is 
 the latest in a large number of books on Stalin, starting with Isaac 
 Deutscher in 1949, so why yet another book on Stalin? Kotkin says Stalin 
 represents a “Gold Standard” in “Personal Dictatorship”, and more 
 archival documents are now accessible, so now a definitive biography of 
 Stalin can finally be written. Published in 2015, volume-1 was titled 
 ‘Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878 - 1928’. Volume-2, published in 
 November 2017, is titled ‘Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929 – 1941’. 
 In this Kotkin describes in great detail the three major developments in 
 this crucial 12-year period: Collectivization of Agriculture 1929-1933; The 
 Great Purge1936-1938; and diplomacy and the Molotov-Ribbentrop 
 Non-Aggression Pact signed in August 1939.  Germany invaded U.S.S.R. on the 
 early morning of June 22, 1941.\n\n   Stalin’s ghost haunts the U.S. 
 ruling class today, as the specter of Communism did European rulers in 
 1848. Over the past three decades, the lives of the majority of workers in 
 the US have become increasingly more precarious due to automation and 
 export of industrial jobs to low wage countries that have reduced 
 industrial well-paid jobs and pushed the workforce towards low wage, often 
 temporary work. Presidential election in 2016 showed a significant section 
 of the U.S. population beginning to take a second look at socialism. The 
 other developing trend is white-nationalism – in another word, Fascism. 
 \n\n   In this talk Raj Sahai will examine Kotkin’s anti-communist theses 
 and his conclusions on the Soviet history of this crucial period.\n\nSun, 
 Jan 28, 2018 – 10:30am-12:30pm\nNiebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 
 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)\nFREE - but hat will 
 be passed for donations to ICSS & NPML\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the 
 Marxist Library\nA weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the 
 work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for 
 the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past. \n\nFor 
 info or to subscribe to our weekly announcements, \nCall Gene Ruyle at 
 510-332-3865 or email: cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our full schedule, go to 
 icssmarx.org \nLabor donated by ICSS volunteers\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/21/18806106.php
SUMMARY:Stalin’s Ghost Haunts Capitalism
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of 
 Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/21/18806106.php
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