Given that this community has generally positive view of Stalin, I’m curious what he did that my comrades find irredeemable or out of line. Since it’s easy to criticize the Soviet Union from a western perspective, bonus points if you explain how this was detrimental to the development of socialism and/or communism.
You might be right, it’s kinda funny because we have the same source
Your link comes from the socialist faq, right above your link there’s this one
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/joseph-mother-fucking-stain
A podcast about Stalin where they talk about his limited support during the civil war (amongst other things). It’s a good podcast with many primary sources