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| '''Marxism–Leninism–Stalinism''' ('''MLS'''), commonly known simply as '''Stalinism''', is the most advance stage in the development of [[Marxism]] and is the revolutionary science of the proletariat.<ref name=":2">[https://anasintaxi-en.blogspot.com/2007/10/it-is-absolutely-correct-and-adoptable.html It is absolutely correct and acceptable to use the term “Stalinism”] (14 October, 2007) ''Anasintaxi''</ref><ref name=":0">[https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv1n2/letters.htm Letter from Moscow, Russia] ''Revolutionary Democracy''</ref><ref name=":1">[https://books.google.com/books/about/Marxism_Leninism_Stalinism_the_State_the.html?id=2PH9vwEACAAJ Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism: the State, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, Socialism and Communism with Some Critical Comments on the Labor Theory of Value and the Materialistic Interpretation of History] by Calvin J. Plater et al. (1949)</ref><ref name=":4">[https://wisconsincommunist.blogspot.com/2023/03/what-is-stalinism.html Development and Theory of Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism] (30 March, 2023) ''Wisconsin Communist''</ref>
| | "'''Stalinism'''" is an erroneous pejorative term used by rightists and left [[Anti-communism|anti-communists]] alike to refer to the [[Soviet]] interpretation of [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxism-Leninism]], as well as its application in numerous other countries such as the [[DPRK]]. |
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| Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism was synthesized into a coherent ideology in 1978 by [[Enver Hoxha]],<ref name=":3">[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/1969/01/10.htm The Demagogy of the Soviet Revisionists Cannot Conceal Their Traitorous Countenance] by Enver Hoxha (January 10, 1969) | | Within the former [[socialist states|socialist bloc]], the term "Stalinism" was never used in theoretical publications or government documents, and Marxist-Leninists do not consider Stalinism to be an ideology separate from Marxism-Leninism; Stalin's theoretical contributions to Marxism-Leninism in fact include coining the name "Marxism-Leninism" itself. The only Marxists who call themselves Stalinists are proponents of [[Hoxhaism]]. This stems from [[Hoxha]] himself saying that is an honor to be called a Stalinist.<ref>{{Web citation |
| | | author = Enver Hoxha |
| | | title = Enver Hoxha Selected Works Volume IV |
| | | date = February 1966 - July 1975 |
| | | url = https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/albania/hoxha-4.pdf |
| | | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221022172252/https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/ebooks/sw/vol4.pdf |
| | | quote = The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is their aim. On the contrary, however, they glorify us with this epithet: it is an honour for us to be Stalinists, because, since we were Stalinists, the enemy could not conquer us, and never will conquer us as long as we remain Stalinists.}}</ref> |
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| ''<small>"[...] Bolshevism is always alive in the Soviet Union and the Soviet Bolshevik revolutionaries will not be defeated in the face of the tragedy which the land of the Soviets is living, but they will restore the great traditions of October Revolution, of the heroic times of Lenin and Stalin. And the only road to this is the [creation] of the Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist revolutionary party, that must take in its hands the banner of the struggle for the overthrow of [revisionism] and the [installment] of the dictatorship of the proletariat"</small>''</ref> along with the developments made by people such as [[Lazar Kaganovich]] and [[Nikos Zachariadis]].<ref>[https://neodemocracy.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-is-stalinism-use-of-term-stalinist.html What is Stalinism] (30 November, 2021) ''Neodemocracy''</ref> It is based on the theory and practice of [[Karl Marx|Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels|Engels]], [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]].<ref>[https://wisconcom.substack.com/p/who-are-hoxhaists Who are "Hoxhaists"?] (4 December, 2022) ''Stalinist Collective''</ref>
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| Currently, it is a relatively new revolutionary ideology, however, by the 2020s, it has begun to rapidly replace the now commonly [[Revisionism|revisionary]] "[[Dengism|Marxism-Leninism]]" which many modern revisionists claim to adhere to.<ref name=":4" />
| | * [[Dengist]] |
| | | * [[Commie]] |
| == Characteristics == | |
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| === Context of development ===
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| Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism is distinct from precursory developments of Marxist thought in that, while for instance, Leninism was the Marxism of the epoch of [[imperialism]] and nascent proletarian revolution, Stalinism is the socialism of moribund imperialism and developed socialism.<ref name=":1" /> Stalinism developed from the experience of socialist societies such as the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] (before 1956) and the [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania]].<ref>[https://espressostalinist.com/2012/01/29/nikos-zachariadis-on-marxism-leninism-stalinism/ Nikos Zachariadis on Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism] (29 January, 2012)</ref><ref>[https://espressostalinist.com/2012/01/29/dimitris-glinos-on-marxism-leninism-stalinism/ Dimitris Glinos on Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism] (29 January, 2012)</ref> Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism would later be augmented by its followers into the present day.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />
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| === Opposition to revisionism ===
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| Most modern Stalinists are in addition [[Anti-revisionism|anti-revisionists]] — drawing inspiration from the political and ideological struggles waged against revisionary trends, such as [[Khrushchevism]], and the figures who led such anti-revisionist struggles, namely Enver Hoxha and others.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060203090357/http://freespace.virgin.net/pep.talk/Bland.htm On Stalinism] by Bill Bland (30 April, 1999) </ref><ref name=":4" />
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| === Socialist economic self-reliance ===
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| Stalinists hold that within the context of the development of [[socialism]], the [[socialist state]] must rely on its own economic forces rather than external economies. The theory of socialist economic self-reliance was developed by Enver Hoxha, and was most elaborated in his work ''[[Imperialism and the Revolution]]'':<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/imp_rev/toc.htm Imperialism and the Revolution], by Enver Hoxha (1978)</ref><blockquote>"In no case do the [[Bourgeoisie|capitalists]] provide their credits for the construction of socialism. They provide them to destroy socialism. Therefore a genuine socialist country never accepts credits, in any form, from a capitalist, bourgeois or revisionist country." </blockquote>This theory was developed within the greater context of the struggle against social-imperialism. Thus, a socialist state, no matter how small in territorial size, may build [[socialism in one country]] without the interference of modern revisionist or capitalist states.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />
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| == Criticism and misconceptions ==
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| === Revisionists' conflation with "Hoxhaism" ===
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| Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism is often referred to as "Hoxhaism", largely by modern revisionists. The label "Hoxhaist" is meant as a pejorative, largely to suggest that Stalinists are merely adherents to the theory of Enver Hoxha and not the other classics of Marxism, or otherwise to imply "cultishness" from Stalinists towards Hoxha and his legacy. However, despite the claims that MLS is truly "Hoxhaism", the term "Hoxhaism" is ideologically and factually incorrect for a plethora of reasons:<ref>[https://wisconsincommunist.blogspot.com/2023/04/what-is-hoxhaism.html What is "Hoxhaism"?] (7 April, 2023) ''Wisconsin Communist''</ref>
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| # Enver Hoxha was merely a followers of the other four classics of Marxism. While he did concoct new theory, his practice was inspired almost in whole by the theory of Stalin, Lenin, etc.. In other words, without the theory of preexisting Marxists, Hoxha would lack any Marxist theory, therefore, "Hoxhaism" as a term is not factual in the sense that, metaphorically, Hoxha without the other classics of Marxism is like a single organ in a body without the rest of the body to attach to.
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| # Enver Hoxha rejected the concept that he founded "Hoxhaism", implicitly or explicitly, in the manner that he always remained and referred to himself as a Marxist-Leninist or later a Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist.
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| # Whereas "Hoxhaism" is metaphysical in that it suggests Hoxha was the only ideologist of "Hoxhaism", Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism correctly displays that Stalinism is founded in Leninism, that Leninism is founded in classical Marxism, etc..
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| Thus, from known facts, "Hoxhaism" does not exist as anything beyond a simple informalism or pejorative for Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism. "Hoxhaists" are Stalinists.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Anti-revisionism]] | |
| * [[Anasintaxi (communist party)|Anasintaxi]] | |
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