{"id":24,"date":"2011-08-04T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2011-09-23T19:50:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T19:50:39","slug":"competitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPETITORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a012.\u00a0 LECTURE:<em>\u00a0 Monday, \u00a0September 19.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEnemies of the People.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 High Stalinism was an era of extremes.\u00a0 Some of these extremes were reflected in the explosive growth of the Soviet economy in the 1930s and the\u00a0 glorification of the \u201cheroic worker,\u201d as you can see in these images of the Stakhanovite movement (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soviethistory.org\/bigScreenVideo.php?SubjectID=1936stakhanov&amp;Year=1936&amp;navi=byYear\">video<\/a>) and in the construction of the industrial city, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/Magnitogorsk1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/Magnitogorsk1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Magnitogorsk (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soviethistory.org\/bigScreenVideo.php?SubjectID=1929magnitogorsk&amp;Year=1929&amp;navi=byYear\">video<\/a>).\u00a0 But, there were also the indescribable and incomprehensible extremes of Stalin\u2019s purges and nothing less than the systematic extermination\u00a0of the old communist elite.\u00a0 It is both disturbing and puzzling to think that so many people (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soviethistory.org\/bigScreenVideo.php?SubjectID=1936terror&amp;Year=1936&amp;navi=byYear\">video<\/a>) went along with these polices.\u00a0 For the Soviet Union, the suffering was devastating, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaarchivum.org\/gulag\/index.html\">these slides<\/a> attest.\u00a0 But paradoxically, many people, both high officials and ordinary Russians, seemed to love Stalin all the more, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/soviet-purge-trial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-145\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/soviet-purge-trial-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/soviet-purge-trial-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/soviet-purge-trial.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>as you can see in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vXJh7PB6LOU&amp;feature=related\">video<\/a>\u00a0and this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/halsall\/mod\/stalin-worship.html\">hymn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\u201cZ\u201d, \u201cTo the Stalin Mausoleum,\u201d section VI.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Arthur Koestler, <em>Darkness at Noon<\/em>. Read the first half of the book.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Nikolai Bukharin\u2019s secret letter to Stalin, December 10, 1937:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/annals\/Reviews\/review_texts\/Walden_on_Getty_Ass._Newspapers_10.22.99.html\">HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n13.\u00a0 EVENING FILM:\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1990-09-26\/entertainment\/ca-912_1_krystyna-janda\">Interrogation<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will be able to choose between two showings of this required film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">First Showing of &#8220;Interrogation&#8221;:\u00a0<strong> Monday, September 19, at 7:00 pm in 114 Pasquerilla Center\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Second Showing of &#8220;Interrogation&#8221;:<strong>\u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, September 20, at\u00a07:00 pm in 114 Pasquerilla Center<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.\u00a0\u00a0 LECTURE: Wednesd<em>ay, September 21<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Stalinist Model spreads to East-Central Europe.<\/strong>\u00a0 In this lecture, I jump a bit into the future to examine Stalinism\u2019s impact on other European settings immediately after WWII.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wolfgang Leonhard, <em>Child of the Revolution<\/em>, \u201cThe Comintern School,\u201d in your <em>Course Reader<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>YOUR FIRST ESSAY ASSIGNMENT IS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Communism_Fall2011\/CommunismFirstEssay[1].docx\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.\u00a0\u00a0 DISCUSSION SECTION:\u00a0 Friday, September 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this section, focus on Koestler\u2019s portrayals of communist leaders and followers.\u00a0 What are the functions served by characters like Rubashov, Ivanov, Little Loewy, Richard, Arlova, and Gletkin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Arthur Koestler, <em>Darkness at Noon<\/em>.\u00a0 Complete the book.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>Reread Nikolai Bukharin\u2019s secret letter to Stalin, December 10, 1937:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/annals\/Reviews\/review_texts\/Walden_on_Getty_Ass._Newspapers_10.22.99.html\">HERE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Paragraph<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0What is Koestler&#8217;s theory about\u00a0why some of the old Bolsheviks went along with the trumped up charges against\u00a0even themselves?\u00a0 Is his explanation satisfactory?\u00a0 Compare his argument with Bukharin&#8217;s secret letter to Stalin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.\u00a0 LECTURE:\u00a0 <em>Monday, September 26<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Path of Armed Struggle.<\/strong>\u00a0 Now that we have considered Stalin\u2019s rise to power, I will address the Chinese revolution and the quite different path that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/longmarch1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/longmarch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>Mao Zedong followed, especially during the formative period of the \u201cLong March\u201d of 1934-1935.\u00a0 Mao&#8217;s ability to foment revolution in the\u00a0countryside occurred as much because of the unintended consequences of others&#8217; actions as it did of his own designs.\u00a0 There is no greater symbol of Chinese communism than the Long March.\u00a0 See the map of the Long March: <a href=\"http:\/\/being.publicradio.org\/programs\/2010\/chinas-spiritual-landscape\/images\/longmarch_large.jpg\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>William Rosenberg and Marilyn Young, <em>Transforming Russia and China<\/em>, pp. 135-47.<\/li>\n<li>Mao Zedong, \u201cRectify the Party\u2019s Style of Work,\u201d February 1, 1942:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Communism_2010\/rectify.html\">HERE<\/a> (Print)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>17.\u00a0 LECTURE:\u00a0 Wednesday, September 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Path of the Populist Revolutionary.<\/strong>\u00a0 Today, I will consider the path to power of two populist revolutionaries, Fidel Castro and (at least mythologically)\u00a0 Kim Il-Sung.\u00a0 Just as in China, guerrilla warfare had a decisive impact on Cuban and North Korean communism. In fact, Castro only proclaimed his allegience to world communism after coming to power.\u00a0 To get a feel for the distinctive culture of Cuban socialism, watch these interviews (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0F068mOrMD0\">video<\/a>) with some of Fidel\u2019s former guerrilla fighters.\u00a0 Likewise, one cannot overstate the distinctive character of North Korean communism.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a little &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9ZrP40wdlg&amp;feature=related\">Arirang<\/a>&#8221; (North\u00a0 Korean Mass Games).\u00a0 Death of the Great Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NrvIM1ENcbA&amp;feature=related\">Kim Il-sung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fidel Castro, \u201cThe Revolution Begins Now\u201d (excerpt), January 3, 1959:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/WC_2010\/Castrosrev.html\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0 (Print)<\/li>\n<li>Brief background on Fidel and the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/castro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/castro-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/castro-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/files\/2011\/08\/castro.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cuban revolution:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/08fidelcastro.htm\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Background on North Korea, &#8220;Origins of the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea&#8221;:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/north-korea\/14.htm\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kim Il-sung, &#8220;On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and establishing Juche in Ideological Work&#8221; (1955):\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/kim-il-sung\/1955\/12\/28.htm\">HERE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>18.\u00a0 NO DISCUSSION SECTION:<em>\u00a0 Friday, September 30<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will not have discussion sections this week because you have been writing your papers.\u00a0 Your TA will make arrangements for you to turn in your paper.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The use of electronic devices of any kind, including laptops, cell phones, film projectors,\u00a0video cameras, and personal digital devices, is prohibited in my classroom!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/competitors\/\">Top of Page<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u00b7 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/founders\/\">Founders<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u00b7 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/competitors\/\">Competitors<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u00b7 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/defenders\/\">Defenders<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u00b7 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/reformers\/\">Reformers<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u00b7 <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/losers\/\">Losers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a012.\u00a0 LECTURE:\u00a0 Monday, \u00a0September 19. \u201cEnemies of the People.\u201d\u00a0 High Stalinism was an era of extremes.\u00a0 Some of these extremes were reflected in the explosive growth of the Soviet economy in the 1930s and the\u00a0 glorification of the \u201cheroic worker,\u201d as you can see in these images of the Stakhanovite movement (video) and in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communism-fall2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}