https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/09/05/a-new-revelation-reveals-why-german-labor-learned-to-despise-really-existing-socialism/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:15:44 -0400<![CDATA[On this labor day, a story in the British Telegraph sheds new light on the respect for working people held by the thankfully no longer existing German Democratic Republic, or DDR, the Stalinist state in East Germany that fell with the collapse of Communism. In  theory, of course, the socialist states, or “really existing socialism,” as the “People’s Democracies” were referred to, expressed the interests of the world’s working class, that was busy building socialism. As we all know, had the late Communist leader Erich Honaker not ordered construction of the Berlin wall, three-quarters of the population would have voted with their feet and fled to West Berlin.]]>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:01:35 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2011/09/05/a-new-revelation-reveals-why-german-labor-learned-to-despise-really-existing-socialism-n183905