tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126505819071547839.post2546446879682382371..comments2023-09-14T08:16:53.465-07:00Comments on Lawrence Helm's Blog: Lillian Hellman and StalinismLawrence Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215801232171928120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126505819071547839.post-8436286016402243232008-12-30T20:05:00.000-08:002008-12-30T20:05:00.000-08:00Ludwik,I wrote another post on this subject. I don...Ludwik,<BR/><BR/>I wrote another post on this subject. I don't intend to disagree with you. I agree that Soviet History and the history of Soviet activities in Communist-block countries should be studied. I don't mean to say it shouldn't. But I believe our own American history vis-a-vis Communism and the Radical Left should also be studied. It is still alive and well in the U.S. and the better we understand it, the better the chance that we might do something to curtail it. Our own revisionists are as active as their Russian comrades.<BR/><BR/>LawrenceLawrence Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215801232171928120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126505819071547839.post-9826737281028601992008-12-30T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-30T13:34:00.000-08:00I did not know who Lillian Hellman was. On the bas...I did not know who Lillian Hellman was. On the basis of information given above, I suppose she was one of many who believed in Soviet propaganda. In the late 1930s, the scale of Stalinist brutality and violence against Soviet people was not widely known to Western intellectuals, even to those who visited the USSR. <BR/><BR/>The present situation is very different; documented information about horrors of proletarian dictatorship is widely available. Marxism is said to be a theory based on experimental data (historical facts). Those who defend Marxism today must confront such data. What mistakes were made by Lenin and Stalin? How should the old ideas be changed to prevent repetitions? That should be their main preoccupation. Calling Soviet experimental data, such as horrors of collectivization, as "greatly exaggerated" and "cold war propaganda" is not acceptable. Soviet history, and the history of other communist countries must be studied, not ignored.Ludwik Kowalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352305940031104480noreply@blogger.com