
04 Mar 2016, 18:00
Greetings.
I am a communist, as you might imagine, from the UK. I have come here specifically to learn about Stalinism or "Marxism-Leninism" as it is commonly known, as well as other nationalistic forms of communism (I am currently opposed to them as Stalin seems to have been a horrible Marxist, what with his nationalistic approach to socialism amongst other things including criminlisation of homosexuality).
Currently I would call myself a Leninist, although I have some leanings towards Trotskyism. I also have a deep interest in the Frankfurt school, Marxist-Humanism, Freudo-Marxism and other schools of Marxism, including forms of Left Communism that are not hostile to Lenin like Bordigism. I am a novice all things considered however, but as I said I came here specifically to study Stalinism as that seems to be the most favoured thing here, although I have spotted a number of Brezhnevites, Strasserists and Left-wing nationalists.
That's all I think needs to be said. If my tone sounds hostile, it isn't supposed to be; I just have an anti-Stalin bias currently, one which could change, but my dislike of Brezhnev, Castro, Kim-il Sung and the like are not likely to change.

05 Mar 2016, 21:16
Of the actually active we are mostly normal marxist-leninists by and large (although this is certainly a conservative community among leftists I would say).
Welcome to S-E comrade. I am always around and I will particilate in your threads so please, ask away.

06 Mar 2016, 02:05
Welcome to SE.
Brezhnev was a solid middle roader, not the brightest, but not an arrogant, know it all prick with a messiah complex a la Gorbachev.
Brezhnev's USSR left a lot to be desired, but achieved a great deal, at least in terms of making the USSR a powerful competitor to the West, without spilling over into bloodshed in the style of Stalin, or becoming a tabloid caricature as Krushchev was prone to do at times.
Rights for gay people weren't at a premium anywhere in the world in the 1970's, so we have all come a long way in this regard since then.
I'm a pretty conservative democratic Socialist by Socialist standards, and a desperate radical by bourgeois standards. Brezhnev, with a few updates and upgrades here and there, seems about ideal to me.