The academic output of Grover Furr – with regards to Trotsky and the US distortion of Soviet history – is very useful and important to any individual (or group) interested in establishing genuine historical narratives. Of course, if genuine historical narratives are deemed problematic or counter-productive, then Grover Furr’s work – by definition – becomes a major stumbling block to the establishment, maintenance, and perpetuation of US anti-intellectualism. I was performing this corrective task long before I became aware of Grover Furr – arriving at the same conclusions through the study of reliable Soviet-era documents (Chinese, Vietnamese, North Korean, Laotian, Russian and Spanish, etc) and the work of such British academics as Alexander Werth, EH Carr and Andrew Alexander, etc. Much of this data was contextualised by observing the deceptive and misleading behaviour of numerous Trotskyite entities operating in the real-world – many pretending to support the very ‘Marxist-Leninist’ ideology they continuously strove to undermine and uproot. I also read the entire Works of Joseph Stalin (acquired from the New Communist Party in the UK) – and concluded he (Stalin) had done NOTHING wrong.
When an archaeologist removes the dirt and debris obscuring a hidden artefact – the fact that dirt and debris have accrued around this artefact is not the fault of the archaeologist. The archaeologist, as a trained academic, is applying a logical method of ‘removing’ eras of material obscuration, being careful to correctly observe the origin, construction, constitution, and positioning of said debris. Indeed, amassing this data is crucial for constructing a correct (contextual) historical narrative regarding the age, origin, purpose, and fate of the object being observed. If any of this analysis is false – then this falsehood permeates its way though the entire academic process – leading to incorrect assumptions and interpretations. Indeed, the history of archaeology is strewn with such numerous examples of misread data. The study of historical events is conveyed through many mediums, archaeology, art, culture, texts, film and audio recordings, etc. Some of this data is said to be eye-witness accounts – whilst others tend to be merely ‘opinion at a distance’. Whatever the case, the accrued debris are NOT the fault of Grover Furr, just as his revealing of the dysfunctional interpretations of these debris is NOT an ERROR on his part. On the contrary, Grover Furr is to be applauded for the scope and depth of his very clear and academic valid observations.
Grover Furr, as an academic, focuses upon the written text regarding Soviet history. He has correctly identified that a faulty ‘technique of interpretation’ has been employed by US and European academics (who happen to be admitted anti-Socialists) when assessing Soviet history. Grover Furr, on the other hand, never informs the general reader what his personal views happen to be regarding Socialism or the USSR. He never confirms (or denies) how he perceives Socialism or the USSR – and neither does he have to – for his work to be considered academically effective and poignant. The point he is making is that the archaeology of Soviet-related texts (the ‘Philology’ if you like) is ‘faulty’ and therefore ‘unreliable’ and ‘untrue’. He carefully leads the reader through the exact process of ‘how’ these Soviet-related texts have been a) fabricated, b) misidentified, and c) misinterpreted. This implies that as well as deliberately misinterpreting Soviet-related texts – many of these commentaries are simple forgeries (just like their archaeological counter-parts) – designed to tell a different part of the ‘preferred’ (false) anti-Socialist narrative broadcast by the US government. Grover Furr carefully ‘removes’ the accrued US anti-intellectualism that has built-up (as ‘debris’) around the subject of Soviet historiography – this is his only function. The removal of this (Trotskyite) sediment is a vital part of re-establishing (genuine) Soviet history and placing it back into its (correct) human-affirming context. This is an important side-effect of the excellent deconstructive work that Grover Furr carries out.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 