Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 11:39:03 +0900
From: Guy Yasko <guyy-AT-aqu.bekkoame.or.jp>
Subject: Dear Uncle Joe


In message <199503230105.UAA04721-AT-top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  writes:
> In defense of Uncle Joe.
>           I have become mildly distressed reading the mush about the
> so-called "crimes of Stalin".  Joe Stalin, "Uncle Joe" to the millions of
> European workers who waited for liberation by the RED ARMY during WW 2, was
> a revolutionary communist.  Attacks on Joe Stalin, whether from Rush or
> from some pseudo-leftist is in reality an attack on communism, workers'
> power.  

OK, but  I challenge you to explain how Stalin and Stalinism fostered workers' 
power.  You'll have to explain why other revolutionary communists rebelled 
against Stalin and Stalinism all over the world. 

gy




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