Gorbachev with striking Soviet miners, 1991 On 30 August 2022, former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev died. This 1988 article from Socialist Organiser discusses the USSR's Stalinist system during his rule. History has many examples of it: when the rulers of moribund repressive systems themselves decide that there must be change, and set about tinkering with their system, then it can blow up in their faces. Gorbachev's attempts at reform from above may well unleash revolution from below.
When asked about roots of the Belarusian nation, Aleksandr Lukashenko said he had been encouraged to talk about it by recent statements of the German chancellor, who had allegedly discussed Belarus' statehood and sovereignty with the Russian president.
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