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Georgi Dimitrov
97 books22 followersGeorgi Dimitrov Mikhaylov (Bulgarian: Георги Димитров Михайлов), also known as Georgi Mikhaylovich Dimitrov (Russian: Георгий Михайлович Димитров) and Georgi Dimitroff, was a Bulgarian communist politician. He was the first communist leader of Bulgaria, from 1946 to 1949. Dimitrov led the Communist International from 1934 to 1943.
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December 15, 2023Reading as part of a broader study of fascism and anti-fascism. Relevant quotes so far, from Volume 1:
p. 146: Fascism = "the [capitalists'] last means of preserving their class rule and of keeping the state power in their hands."
p. 146: Fascism = "the complete negation of democracy and of all political rights and freedoms of the masses."
p. 146: "Fascism is far from being only anti-communist. It is at the same time anti-popular in essence."
Above quotations are from "The United Front and Bourgeois Reaction," 8/23/1923
p. 158: "the bourgeoisie itself has always considered the Social-Democratic tactics of class collaboration, and it resorts to it only when and insofar as it finds itself in a tight spot and feels the need to divert and paralyze the popular movements directed against its policy of exploitation and oppression and against its class rule." (from "United Front or Class Collaboration," 8/29/1923.
I find this last quotation especially interesting when placed beside the first one above. Put together, Dimitrov proposes that fascism and social-democracy are both promoted by the same forces under similar circumstances and for identical reasons.
p. 146: Fascism = "the [capitalists'] last means of preserving their class rule and of keeping the state power in their hands."
p. 146: Fascism = "the complete negation of democracy and of all political rights and freedoms of the masses."
p. 146: "Fascism is far from being only anti-communist. It is at the same time anti-popular in essence."
Above quotations are from "The United Front and Bourgeois Reaction," 8/23/1923
p. 158: "the bourgeoisie itself has always considered the Social-Democratic tactics of class collaboration, and it resorts to it only when and insofar as it finds itself in a tight spot and feels the need to divert and paralyze the popular movements directed against its policy of exploitation and oppression and against its class rule." (from "United Front or Class Collaboration," 8/29/1923.
I find this last quotation especially interesting when placed beside the first one above. Put together, Dimitrov proposes that fascism and social-democracy are both promoted by the same forces under similar circumstances and for identical reasons.
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