From: Paul Cockshott (clyder@GN.APC.ORG)
Date: Sun May 06 2007 - 14:42:20 EDT
Quoting Jerry Levy <Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM>: > > From what I can gather > > Che held Stalin in high regard, and insisted in planting flowers on > > his grave when visiting Moscow, some what to the embarasment of > > the Cuban ambassador. > > Hi Paul: > > Do you remember the source for this claim? Here is one source http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue25/farber25.htm A number of others are citing Castenada's book as evidence. In addition Indian Stalinist web sites claim him as a supporter of Stalin and claim that his Budgetary policy was modeled on the Soviet budgetary policy under Stalin. > > If true, I suspect it was a reflection more of his critical stance > towards Khrushchev and Brezhnev and the appeal of Maoism > than his holding of Stalin in high regard. > > In solidarity, Jerry > > PS: Thanks for the information on the Scottish elections. > Paul Cockshott www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc reality.gn.apc.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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