[Marxism] Anniversary

[Louis Proyect]

Michael Costello:
>     b) Louis Proyect writes that the Soviet "invasion" of Hungary 
> "discredited the Soviet Union in the world's eyes." I do not agree. This 
> certainly did not apply in the the countries of Africa and Asia where the 
> struggle for national liberation was going on, nor in Japan or in the 
> Middle East and elsewhere where the whole spectrum of progressive forces 
> recognised the Soviet Union as their principal ally. In Europe, in France 
> and Italy, for instance, the Communist parties, seen as the strongest 
> supporters of the Soviet Union, continued to grow in strength and public 
> support after 1956. What is meant by the side-swipe about cheating the 
> Vietnamese, escapes me.

What do I mean about Vietnam? I mean that the Soviet Union agreed to 
partition of the country in 1954 after the Viet Minh had defeated the 
French. This left southern Vietnam in the clutches of the most voracious 
imperialist country in history. Therefore, I find the notion of Russian 
tanks being sent to Hungary 2 years later in order to fight against 
imperialism to be total bullshit.

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