https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2013/01/18/the-continuing-stalinist-delusions-of-oliver-stone/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 10:26:43 -0400<![CDATA[The old totalitarian nations understood the importance of history. They believed, as Orwell wrote in 1984, that those who controlled the narrative of the past would be better able to rule the present and the future. That is why the Soviets continually rewrote the “Great Soviet Encyclopedia,” airbrushing out of the record former Bolshevik leaders who had been purged, and rewriting accounts of their own revolution to weed out positive references to the likes of Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Bukharin, and other old Bolsheviks.  That is why the Chinese Communists have to perpetuate the myth of Mao, whose leadership role has to remain firm, less their own legitimacy to rule China be questioned by their own people.]]>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:06:13 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2013/01/18/the-continuing-stalinist-delusions-of-oliver-stone-n184268