Talk:French Communist Party
Wow, this article is amazingly horrible. Sigh... john 08:51, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I see John Kenney changed
Over the next years, the Communist Party began to distance itself from Moscow, ultimately becoming a strong critic of Soviet-style communism, which many decried as merely "state monopoly capitalism.
to
After the Soviet suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968 the Communist Party began to distance itself from Moscow, ultimately becoming a strong critic of Soviet-style communism, which many decried as merely "state monopoly capitalism" (see Eurocommunism).
the link to Eurocommunism is fine. From John Kenney's page, I also see he is an American. I really do not know why Americans are so eager to edit pages on European history, which they know little of and the little they know is fairly warped and hysterically anti-communist (with the US and capitalism always the bright shining light of goodness). Anyhow. Let's go point by point on the addition.
"After the Soviet suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968"
OK, regarding "Soviet suppression". First of all, suppression is POV. Second of all, Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Bulgaria were all part of the action along with the USSR, thus to term the action Soviet is misleading. Thirdly, the analysis that events in Czechoslovakia are the major thing that led to changes in PCF, instead of events in France is a very ignorant and inane analysis. It would be like saying American colonists attitude towards England changed considerably in the late 18th century because of England's policies towards Ireland. Did it have some type of impact? Yes, but a very small one, in relation to the other outstanding issues, not even worth mentioning. Capital punishment 09:37, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A) "Suppression" is perfectly appropriate. How else is it to be described? B) The Polish, Hungarian, East German, and Bulgarian troops played an extremely limited part in the suppression of the Prague Spring. C) I've read in several places of the important effects of the Prague stuff in the development of Eurocommunism. I imagine that May 1968 was important as well - you should add stuff about that. john 04:39, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)
By the way, I am a graduate student who studies European history, and I am certainly not hysterically anti-communist, and have not much fondness for anti-communist polemic. I don't study post-war European history specifically, but I'm certainly not ignorant of European history. At any rate, I'll change the article to reflect your point about May 1968. john 04:44, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)