What is it we're told about Stalin?
One, he shed Soviet blood by the gallon.
Two, Joe hated Jews, butchered his friends,
Put half of his country in pens.
Murdered best generals by the score...
(Guess that's why Joe lost the war)
Who spoon-fed us these lies about Joe?
Those who wanted Socialism to go:
Wall Street,Corporations and career anti-Commies,
Still trying to impress their Mommies...
The homeless got homes,
crippled a crutch,
Workers a job, free health care and such.
So Joe, Socialist symbol, was
dabbed with a smear
To deter us from seeking
such things here.
DID KARL MARX EVER SAY, "I AM NOT A MARXIST"?
He sure did - not so much because people were getting his ideas wrong
as because they were oversimplying his theories...then adding extra
stuff of their own. Marx said society is shaped by economics so it
matters who controls the economy. He also said every strong social force
creates its own counterforce.
WHICH FAMOUS RUSSIANS...WEREN'T?
Karl Marx was a German who lived for years in England. But Josef
Stalin wasn't Russian, either - he was from what today is known as
Georgia...an independent nation that used to be a Soviet republic.
Stalin, by the way, means "man of steel." Stalin's real name was
Dzhugashvili.
WHAT WAS THE "PAS D'ACIER"?
You know the ballet term "pas de deux"...which means "dance for
two." Prokofiev wrote a ballet called "Pas d'Acier" during his years
in Paris. It means "The Steel Trot." Music writers think this meant
tough, hard music. But maybe it was a play on words and really meant
"Stalinist Dance."
WHAT IS STEEL MADE OF?
Steel is made from iron and coke. Coke is a form of coal. That's why
famous steel towns like Birmingham, England...its namesake in Alabama...
and Pittsburgh are located close to coal mines.
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