,REVIEW3 ,B><OORN ON ,SOVIET ,RUSSIAN ,NATIONALISM 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,PAUL ,MATTICK 

,TEXT 3 

,S\RCE3 ,WE/]N ,SOCIALI/1 ,SEPTEMB]-,OCTOB]1 #a#i#e#f2 
,TRANSCRIB$3 BY ,ADAM ,BUICK4 

,SOVIET ,RUSSIAN ,NATIONALISM4 ,BY ,FR$]ICK ,C4 ,B><OORN4 ,OX=D ,UNIV]SITY ,PRESS1 ,NEW ,YORK1 #a#i#e#f1 PP4 #c#c2 @s#g44 

,CAPITALISM1 AL?\< IT IS AN 9T]NATIONAL MODE ( PRODUCTION1 
DEVELOP$ )9 ! FRAME ( ! MOD]N NATION-/ATE4 ,ITS 
09T]NATIONALISM0 ASSUMES ! =M ( AGGRESSIVE 
0NATIONALISM40 ,! IMP]IALI/IC EXPANSION ( NATIONALLY-ORGANIZ$ 
CAPITALISM NE$S SU* EXTRA-NATIONALI/ IDEOLOGIES AS 0! CIVILIZ+ 
MISSION0 ( COLONIALISM1 OR 0! DEF5SE ( DEMOCRACY0 
AGA9/ FASCI/ NATIONAL MOVEM5TS & !IR IMP]IALI/ ASPIRATIONS4 ,! 
VE/$ 9T]E/S ( ! NATIONAL /ATE & ! P[] ( NATIONALI/ IDEOLOGIES 
OPPOSE SOCIALISM BECAUSE IT W\LD PUT AN 5D TO ! PRIVATE-5T]PRISE SY/EM 
) ITS NATIONALI/ & IMP]IALI/ REQUIREM5TS4 ,! 
0NATIONALISM0 AS WELL AS ! 09T]NATIONALISM0 ( 
CAPITALISM1 AS WORLD-WIDE SY/EMS ( PRODUCTION & EX*ANGE1 >E NECESS>ILY 
AMBIGU\S2 OR RA!R1 S9CE ! GOAL ( CAPITAL PRODUCTION IS CAPITAL1 BO? ITS 
NATIONALISM & ITS 9T]NATIONALISM >E MEANS TO ?IS 5D4 ,! 9T]NAL 
CONTRADICTIONS ( CAPITAL PRODUCTION EXPLA9 BO? ITS CONCRETE CONTRADICTIONS 
& ?OSE BETWE5 WORLD-WIDE CAPITAL EXPANSION & ! SPECIFIC 
PR(IT-9T]E/S ( NATIONALLY-ORGANIZ$ CAPITAL /RUCTURES4 ,! CONTRADICTION 
BETWE5 PRIVATE CAPITAL 9T]E/S & SOCIAL NE$S REAPPE>S 9 ! 
CONTRADICTION BETWE5 NATIONAL 9T]E/S & ! REQUIREM5TS ( A SOCIAL WORLD 
SY/EM ( PRODUCTION & DI/RIBUTION BAS$ ON ! ACTUAL NE$S & 
POSSIBILITIES ( ITS 9HABITANTS4 

,CAPITAL CONC5TRATION & ! C5TRALIZATION ( POLITICAL & ECONOMIC P[] 
ON AN 9T]NATIONAL SCALE GAVE RISE TO NATIONAL MOVEM5TS 9 UND]DEVELOP$1 
IMP]IALI/ICALLY-CONTROLL$ & EXPLOIT$ C\NTRIES4 ,! CAPITALIZATION ( 
!SE C\NTRIES TOOK ON AN EXAGG]AT$ NATIONAL =M 9 OPPOSITION TO 
IMP]IALI/ NATIONS & (T5 9 OPPOSITION TO !IR [N RUL+ CLASSES1 :I* 
HELD CONTROL BY VIRTUE ( AN IMP]IALI/ICALLY-MA9TA9$ BACKW>DNESS4 
,NATIONAL REVOLUTIONS TOOK ON AN 0ANTI-CAPITALI/10 ANTI-IMP]IALI/ 
*>ACT]1 EV5 ?\< !IR GOAL WAS CAPITALIZATION & MOD]NIZATION UND] 
GOV]NM5T CONTROL4 

,! NATIONALISM & 9T]NATIONALISM ( !SE C\NTRIES W]E LESS AMBIGU\S1 
H[EV]1 ?AN ?AT ( IMP]IALI/ NATIONS BECAUSE !IR MA9 CONC]N WAS1 AT 
FIR/1 ! E/ABLI%M5T ( NATIONAL EXI/5CE & SECURITY AS A PRESUPPOSITION 
= ! POSSIBLE DEVELOPM5T ( IMP]IALI/ T5D5CIES4 ,!IR IMM$IATE NE$S1 
FUR!RMORE1 DEM&$ ! SUPPORT ( ALL ! ANTI-IMP]IALI/ =CES ( ! 
WORLD4 ,SOVIET ,RUSSIAN NATIONALISM1 ) :I* ,B><OORN CONC]NS HIMSELF1 WAS 
= A CONSID]ABLE TIME SUBORD9AT$ TO ! PROGRAMMATIC 9T]NATIONALISM ( 
BOL%EVISM4 ,NATIONALISM WAS /RESS$ 9T]NALLY ONLY :5 A NE$ = IT >OSE1 
?AT IS1 :5 ! EXI/5CE ( ! ,SOVIET ,UNION DEM&$ AN APPEAL TO 
TRADITIONAL ,RUSSIAN NATIONALISM4 ,! RI<T ( NATIONAL SELF-DET]M9ATION WAS 
PROPAGAT$ TO SUPPORT NATIONAL MOVEM5TS :]E !SE W\LD EMB>RASS & WEAK5 
! RUL+ IMP]IALI/ P[]S & ?US /R5G!N ,RUSSIA'S WORLD 
POSITION4 ,BASICALLY1 H[EV]1 & ASIDE FROM :ATEV] ELSE ! BOL%EVIK 
REVOLUTION REPRES5T$1 IT WAS A NATIONAL ATTEMPT TO KEEP ! ,RUSSIAN EMPIRE 
FROM DIS9TEGRAT+ OR BECOM+ DISMEMB]$ 9 AN ]A ( WORLD-W>S4 

,ACCORD+ TO ,B><OORN1 0! ,SOVIET ,UNION IS 9 FACT ! MO/ HI<LY 
9TEGRAT$ & C5TRALIZ$ NATION-/ATE ?AT HAS YET EXI/$ 9 ! WORLD4 ,LIKE 
ALL EXTREME =MS ( NATIONALISM1 ?AT ( ! ,SOVIET ,UNION IS IMP]IALI/IC4 ,IT 
IS EXPANSIONI/ & ITS HORIZON ( AMBITION IS B\ND$ ONLY BY ! REALITIES ( 
GEOGRAPHY & C\NT]BALANC+ P[]40 ,! ,RUSSIAN TYPE ( NATIONALISM1 
0IS APPROPRIATE TO AN ORD] 9 :I* ! RUL+ CLASS IS ! COLLECTIVE 
[N] ( ! MEANS ( PRODUCTION & ! COLLECTIVE EXPLOIT] ( ! 
MASSES40,IT IS A /ATE-CAPITALI/ SY/EM B5T ON GETT+ AS MU* CONTROL 
( ! WORLD AS POSSIBLE4 ,9 ?IS RESPECT1 ( C\RSE1 IT DOES NOT DIFF] FROM 
O!R CAPITALI/-IMP]IALI/ P[]S4 ,BUT BECAUSE ! ,RUSSIAN 0/ATE 
B\RGEOISIE0 IS BO? 0MORE P[]FUL AS A CLASS1 & MORE 9SECURE 
AS 9DIVIDUALS1 ?AN ! ELITE /RATA ( TRADITIONAL MON>*IES OR ( 
CAPITALI/ DEMOCRACY10 ,B><OORN ?9KS ?AT 9 ,RUSSIA 0SOCIAL 
T5SIONS >E PROBABLY MORE ACUTE ?AN 9 CON/ITUTIONAL /ATES4 ,TO A MU* 
GREAT] EXT5T ?AN 9 FRE] SOCIETIES !RE IS A COMPULSION TO DIRECT ! 
AGGRESSION G5]AT$ BY !SE T5D5CIES TO \T-GR\PS40 

,?IS BR+S US TO ! 0MESSAGE0 ( ! BOOK4 ,RUSSIAN BOL%EVISM 
WAS PREVI\SLY COMBAT$ BY UPHOLD+ ! VALUES ( NATIONALISM & ! 
EFFICI5CY ( PRIVATE 5T]PRISE4 ,N[ ! APP>5T SUCCESS ( ! ,RUSSIAN 
ECONOMY & H] NATIONALI/-IMP]IALI/ 9CL9ATIONS >E REG>D$ AS DANG]\S 
NOT ONLY TO ! ,WE/]N WORLD BUT TO ALL NATIONS )9 ! ,RUSSIAN ORBIT4 ,! 
ROLES HAVE BE5 REV]S$4 ,IT IS NOT ! 09T]NATIONALISM0 BUT ! 
NATIONALISM ( ,RUSSIA ?AT IS BAD2 NOT PSEUDO-SOCIALI/ /ATE-PLANN+ BUT 
IMP]IALI/ EXPANSIONS4 ,9 BRIEF1 N[ ?AT IT IS EXTREMELY NATIONALI/IC1 
,RUSSIAN IMP]IALISM IS TWICE AS BAD AS ?AT ( O!R P[]S4 ,ADH]5CE TO ! 
,WE/]N WORLD APPE>S TO BE ! LESS] EVIL BECAUSE IT IS LESS 9T5SELY 
NATIONALI/IC & ITS IMP]IALISM IS DECL9+ -- ) CON/ITUTIONAL 
GOV]NM5TS & DEMOCRACY ?R[N 9TO ! B>GA94 ,PROGRESS & WELL-BE+ LIE 
NOT 9 ! REACTION>Y NATIONALISM ( ,RUSSIAN BOL%EVISM BUT 9 ! 5LI<T5$ 
NATIONALISM & 9T]NATIONALISM ( ,WE/]N CAPITALISM4 ,9 O!R WORDS1 ! 
BOL%EVIKS >E REALLY VICI\S CAPITALI/S1 :]EAS ! ,WE/]N B\RGEOISIE LOOK 
MORE LIKE OLD BOL%EVIKS F5D+ (F IMP]IALI/ AGGRESSION4 

,9 ADDITION TO ?IS MESSAGE :I* IS MORE IMPLICITLY ?AN EXPLICITLY /AT$1 
,B><OORN GIVES A COMPREH5SIVE DESCRIPTION ( BOL%EVIK ,RUSSIFICATION )9 
! ,SOVIET ,UNION ) REG>D TO TRADITIONAL & REVOLUTION>Y FACTORS 9 ,SOVIET 
,RUSSIAN NATIONALISM4 ,! BOL%EVIK'S USE ( NATIONAL S5TIM5TS1 AS WELL 
AS !IR DISCRIM9ATION AGA9/ NATIONAL M9ORITIES1 >E TRAC$ BACK TO ,L59 
& >E DEMON/RAT$ BY PRES5T-DAY ,RUSSIAN POLICIES4 ,!SE DESCRIPTIONS1 (T5 
UNNECESS>ILY DETAIL$ & REPETITI\S1 >E NOT AS IMPORTANT AS ELEM5TS ( 
,RUSSIAN IMP]IALISM AS ,B><OORN IMAG9ES !M TO BE4 ,!Y %[1 H[EV]1 ?AT 
9 !IR IMP]IALI/IC NATIONALISM1 ! BOL%EVIKS HAVE 0REA*$ & 
OV]-REA*$0 !IR ,WE/]N ADV]S>IES4 ,B><OORN1 :O LIKES ! ,WE/]N 
BR& ( NATIONALISM BETT]1 PLEADS = ITS SURVIVAL AS ! OPPOS+ =CE TO 
,RUSSIA'S DRIVE = WORLD CONTROL4 

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