Stalin

Ukraine, Stalin did 7 millions of deaths. More than Hitler. But no one talks about it The wholeUkraine celebrates one of the greatest these days, perhaps the largest, holocaust of the twentieth century, l’Holodomor, which literally means “death by starvation”. What is it about? In Europa, and even less in Italy, what is one of the greatest crimes of communism has never been talked about, than like others, continues to be systematically obscured by historiography and the media. The massacre occurred from 1929 al 1933, ruler Stalin, and the number of victims is still uncertain today: the most reliable sources vary the number of deaths from 7 a 10 millions, although other sources reduce the figure to 4/5. L’Soviet Union he always kept the story quiet, and even after the UN war, Ue, NATO and the other supranational organizations have never mentioned the affair. Only in Ukraine is the anniversary commemorated annually, right in the last days of November. Unfortunately, to date, solo 23 Countries and the European Parliament have recognized the Holodomor as genocide. Many countries, including Italy, they haven't done it yet.
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Vain, angry and a fan of Stalin. Controritratto del "mito" Pertini

Of Marcello Veneziani

Ah, Sandro Pertini, the president of the republic most loved by Italians. The people's president, of children, the cartoon with the pipe, the partisan president who abandons the protocol. The Impertinent. The Pure. Forty years after his election to the Quirinale, in a celebratory deluge, A hagiographic film about him will be released tomorrow at the cinema. We would like to integrate the holy card by telling the story of the other Pertini.
Upon Stalin's death in 1953, comrade Pertini, former pro-Soviet director of Avanti! and at the time the leader of the socialist group celebrated the dictator in Parliament. Here's what he said in Avanti!: «Comrade Stalin ended his day well, even if too early for us and for the fate of the world. His last word was peace. (…) One is amazed by the size of this figure… Men of every creed, friends and adversaries, must today recognize the immense stature of Joseph Stalin. He is a giant of history and his memory will never fade.". That praise, never retracted by Pertini, not even after all Stalin's crimes became known, it does not honor a fighter for freedom and the rights of peoples. Read More