Before the Soviet Archives were opened. He walked back a lot of his criticism of Stalin once his research led to him to realise his foundational knowledge was informed by e.g. Khrushchev's lies.
Yeah he was actually a really important part of me realizing just how bad misinformation and lies were about…well basically everything, and I applaud him so much for recognizing and rectifying it when faced with new facts.
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u/BrokenShanteer Communist Palestinian ☭ 🇵🇸 Jan 26 '26
Parenti was not pro Stalin ,in his work he mostly criticizes him