The anti-Stalinist left describes plural forms of left-wing politics critical of Joseph Stalin, of Stalinism as a political philosophy, and of the actual system of governance Stalin implemented as Premier of the Soviet Union. It may also refer to left-wing opposition to dictatorship, cults of personality, and police states, features commonly attributed to Stalin's regime. (Anti-Stalinism might also include opposition to Maoism and to the current regime in North Korea).
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“There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.”
—Roland Barthes (1915–1980)