USSR – CYM

“A Nazi-defeating, Space-Racing, Industrial Powerhouse”: The case for ‘Socialism in One Country’

March 21, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Cuba, DPRK, History & Theory, Internationalism, Socialist Construction, USSR

“Socialism in One Country” allowed the USSR in 40 years to develop from a feudal backwater, stricken with regular famine to one of the planet’s two superpowers. By focusing on internal development, the USSR was subsequently able to look outwards and reliably support revolutionary struggle the world over, and its example was taken up by many other states to great success.

Statements

103 Years Since the October Revolution

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 editor 0 Comments USSR

We celebrate the event that launched a thousand struggles – the Great October Socialist Revolution, and remember its lessons for communists today.

Culture

How the Soviets dominated the world of chess – The Queen’s Gambit

October 29, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Health, Sport, Sports & Culture, USSR

With the considerable amount of leisure time resulting from a universal eight-hour day (an anomaly for the era), a passion for mass activity, excellent facilities available at no cost, public transport and free access to services, in 6 of the 8 Summer Olympics they competed in, the Soviet Union was at the top of the medal count.

Culture Forward

What Actually was a Gulag? – Call of Duty’s 2020 Red Scare

April 20, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments History & Theory, Sports & Culture, Stalin, USSR, video games

The Soviets are frequently represented in fiction as comically excessive villains. The gulag is held up as the pinnacle of this malevolence, but is this focus on demonising socialist states a way for developers to avoid more relevant social criticism at home?

Education Forward War

The European Union’s Campaign to Rewrite History

February 12, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 1 Comment EU, History & Theory, USSR, War, WWII

In order to undercut any potential resistance to the European Empire, it is engaging in the historical comparisons of the Socialist countries to Nazism.