From: cbcox-AT-rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Carrol Cox)
Subject: Re: Cockburn?
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 22:29:27 -0600 (CST)


    When we arrive at such recherche terms as "stalinoid" or even
"stalinoid historiography" (which one can smack of), I am about too
decide that the disyllable "stalin" is no longer of any political
or intelletual interest, and that it is even ceasing to be verys more
useful as a term of historical study.
    Carrol




>
> What is "impeccable Marxist" supposed to be?
>
> Cockburn does have a certain Stalinoid drift to him. His almost
> unconditional defense of the Serbs during the Balkan Civil War
> smacked of stalinoid historograpy: serbs = paritsans, Croats > Ustashi. He got better recently but his line wasn't just an
> "anti-imperialist" perspective of condeming US intervention, he
> was pastisan toward the political decendants of the Chetniks.
>
> In addtion, if you ever have a chance, ask him about the Spanish
> Revolution and see how he answers the question.
>
> David
>
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