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A History of Revolution

The LRB Podcast

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Stalinism Was Not a Counter-Revolution

Stalinism can be, of course, considered as a counter-revolution insofar as it destroyed many aspirations and hopes. But the purpose of Stalin wasn't to restore capitalism or to come back to the old regime. He had a true aspiration to build a new society. And he did. So this is one of the reasons for which my book is not an nostalgic book.

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