Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism

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"Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism" is a critical political work by Max Eastman that analyzes and condemns the authoritarian nature of Stalinist rule and its betrayal of socialist ideals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
critical study ⓘ
political work ⓘ
aimsTo defend democratic socialist principles ⓘ
warn socialists about dangers of authoritarianism ⓘ
argues Soviet bureaucracy became a privileged caste ⓘ
Stalinism is a distortion of Marxism ⓘ
Stalin’s regime undermined workers’ democracy ⓘ
author Max Eastman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedBy pro-Soviet communists ⓘ
criticizes Stalinist dictatorship ⓘ
betrayal of socialist ideals by Stalinism ⓘ
bureaucratic centralism in the Soviet Union ⓘ
repression under Stalin ⓘ
describes authoritarian nature of Stalinist rule ⓘ
discusses degeneration of the Russian Revolution ⓘ
purges and terror under Stalin ⓘ
suppression of opposition in the Soviet Union ⓘ
genre historical analysis ⓘ
political criticism ⓘ
hasPerspective anti-totalitarian left ⓘ
historicalContext interwar period ⓘ
rise of Stalin in the Soviet Union ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation anti-communist left ⓘ
liberal socialist ⓘ
intendedAudience political activists ⓘ
readers interested in Soviet politics ⓘ
socialists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Stalinism ⓘ
linked to: Stalin era

authoritarianism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
opposes totalitarian socialism ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-Stalinist ⓘ
pro-democratic socialism ⓘ
relatedWork Max Eastman ⓘ
supports democratic forms of socialism ⓘ
usedAs source in debates on Stalinism ⓘ
workFocus consequences of Stalinist policies ⓘ
crisis of socialism in the 20th century ⓘ
relationship between socialism and democracy ⓘ

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Max Eastman → notableWork → Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism ⓘ
Marx and Lenin: The Science of Revolution → relatedWork → Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism ⓘ
Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism → argues → Stalinism is a distortion of Marxism ⓘ
linked to: Stalin’s Russia and the Crisis in Socialism