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		 Eric Margolis <emargolis@lglobal.com>

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STALIN'S GHOST RISES FROM THE GRAVE
by
Eric Margolis  1 April 1996


Whenever a few imitation-Nazi skinheads in Germany stage an
ugly incident, the North American press inevitably reacts
with intense alarm.  Headlines scream: `Nazi resurgence in
Germany.' 

Now imagine the panic and consternation if the real Nazi
Party was reformed in Germany, under the name, `Democratic
National Socialists.' Werner Sturm, the DNS's new, 50-year
old leader, admits some `mistakes' were made during Hitler's
days.  This time around, promises Sturm, the party will
follow more democratic methods. 

`We plan to become Euro-Nazis,' says Sturm, `members of a
united, prosperous Europe.' But, he adds ominously, `Hitler
was right about a lot of things. We demand Germany's
rightful place in the sun.'  Polls show the DNS with a
commanding lead in June elections.    

While Sturm  speaks of democracy to TV cameras, the recently
retired commander of the German Army tells a convention of
senior officers, old Gestapo agents, and SS veterans that
once the DNS comes to power, it will quickly re-establish
the borders,  power and discipline of the Third Reich. 
Outside in the street, throngs of DNS supporters, young and
old, stage a candle lit march, carrying portraits of 
`martyred' Adolf Hitler, and banners: `Make the Reich Great
Again!' and `Jews Out!'  

This, of course, is merely an ugly fantasy. Germany is
thoroughly and resolutly democratic.  But while the `yin' of
totalitarianism is dead in Germany, its `yang' is alive and
well in Russia.  The above scenario is happening right now
in Moscow. Few westerners seem concerned.

The new communist leader, Gennady Zuganov, currently leads
the floundering Boris Yeltsin  in Russia's upcoming
presidential race, To westerners, Zuganov speaks in dulcet
tones. But to Russian audiences,  he orates about Stalin's
greatness, the need to return to strict communism, and the
urgency of restoring Mother Russia to a position of `respect
and power.'

On March 16, the popular former Soviet ground forces
commander,  Gen. Valentine Varennikov, told a meeting of
army officers and KGB men: don't worry, the `new' communist
party is not  `slipping toward `social-democratic' values.  
The communist party, the general revealed, was firmly
committed to the old Stalinist secret strategy called,
`Maximum Program.' This is nothing less than the creation of
a world communist hegemony, led by Moscow.

As Stalin's ghost was rising from the grave, western media and
political leaders remained curiously mute. Ever since 
Washington declared the Cold War over and won in 1991, the
western media and politicians have refused to see the
obvious facts about Russia.  Namely, that Moscow is slowly,
painfully reforming the old Soviet empire.  

Belarus is being drawn back into Russia's orbit. Kazakstan,
Uzbekistan and Kyrgizstan are already half way re-
integrated.   Russian troops are fighting in the Caucasus
and Tajikistan. Russian arms and agents are flowing into
war-torn Afghanistan. `Independent' Armenia and Georgia have
become Russian protectorates.   

Barely noticed by the western media, Russia's Defense
Minister issued his own `Grachev Doctrine' which says,
simply, that the old borders of the Soviet Union, everything
within them and around them, are the exclusive `security
zone' of Russia.  In other words, Russia exercises military
and strategic control over the entire former empire,
including the Baltic states and Ukraine. 

Any who dare resist, like the Chechen, will be mercilessly
crushed. President Clinton has given tacit approval of this
imperial doctrine,  and winked at Moscow's violation in the
Caucasus of  CFE, the main arms treaty with the west. Almost no
one believes the latest Carthaginian Peace for Chechnya
proclaimed over the weekend by Yeltsin means anything but more
slaughter. 

Why the west's ostrich-like behavior?  First, the western
media, with its traditional liberal bias in the US, and
socialist bias in Europe, has long depicted communism as a
far lesser threat than fascism. Recall, for good example,
the media's long love affair with Mao, Fidel Castro, and the
communist parties of France, Italy and Spain. Euro-communist
were good; Euro-Nazis wicked.   

Second, President Clinton has hitched his political wagon to
Boris Yeltsin's allegedly `benign Russia.'  Clinton, now
portraying himself as a steel-jawed international statesman,
needs a tranquil Russia run by Yeltsin for his re-election
campaign, That's why the Clinton Administration turned a
blind eye to Russia's criminal behavior in Chechnya, just
rammed a US $10.5 billion loan for Moscow through the IMF, 
and has even gone so far as to just supply huge quantities
of new $100 bills to Russia, much of which will be used by
Russian criminal gangs.

Western Europe's leaders have adopted a similar, if less
blatant, approach. A communist return to power means Europe
will likely have to significantly increase defense spending
and make a decision about what to do with the petrified
states of eastern Europe.  Germany, in particular, has
invested billions of marks in President Yeltsin and sees no
alternative to keeping its fingers crossed and whistle in
the dark.


Whistling won't change facts. The totalitarian impulse has
resumed in Russia.  Militant, aggressive communism has
resurfaced after being suppressed for the past six years. 
The communists have merely kicked out their old, dinosaur
leaders, and put a younger, more capable generation of better-
dressed communists in power.  

As Russia's economy finds its footing, whether  under
today's gangster capitalism, or updated communism, Russian
nationalism will intensify, and grow ever more assertive.

Pretending otherwise is naive - and dangerous.  Rosy
optimism is not a policy.

copyright  Eric Margolis 1996

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