Jeffrey Lewis - History of Communism - Soviet Union

[Jeronknight]

1.Who ever said the GULAGs were a bad thing? 2.Of course no one would have starved to death in the Ukraine if the soviets hadn't been there. Riggghhttt? /sarcasm

[roboticterror]

He forgot the part about how Lenin started the gulags,or how Soviet policies starved 2.6 million to 10 million poeple in The Ukraine.

[Bluedevil668]

thats pretty cool, except Trotsky was an arrogant chump that did more to hurt the revolution than help it. His attitude and constant attacks on the soviet union did much to destroy worldwide solidarity and unity. The worst mistake one can make is to idolize that guy.

[troutmasked]

pretty cool, but the civil war bit aint right- the socialist parties of the mensheviks and social revolutionaries were labelled whites too

[Jimisonjons]

@troutmasked That's because the Mensheviks and SRs joined the counter-revolutionary whites.