Soriet Union was transitional.
Wadim argues: *The fact that the iransitional regime has continued ie exist despite the absence of moiran re olutions in the ties Or ameri • 40 rears Tates a sarato a jong overdue task."
To support this thesis Vladimir quores Trotsky saying: "If it is sotaoded that the present war (Second World War) will not prosoke rer olutions... then it would scablish that in its fundamental traits the present USSR was the precursor of a new exploitative This is a misquotation of Trotsky by taking his words out of context.
True, Trotsky believed that the Second World War, because it was an imperialist war, would provoke a Socidist Challenge *i3 March 1980 A GOOD PAPER HOW DO WE GET IT?
NOT LIKE THIS.
UNA ONEILL, London NI Poser YOUR COVERAGE of Zimbabwe last week was somewhat marred by Richard Carver's 'Will ZANU make room for capitalism?' It is not that many of the questions that Richard poses are incorrect.
It is simbly that to pose them the day after Mugabe's victory is like calling for a political revolution to overthrow the Vietnamese in the week after the fall of Saigon.
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