Wie was Solzhenitsyn werkelijk?

Op 3 augustus 2008 overleed de "patriarch" van anti-communisme, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. De geschriften van Solzhenitsyn werden een belangrijke bron voor (latere) anti-sovjet-hysterie en een buitengewone last voor de Sovjet Unie, de eerste socialistische staat. Solzhenitsyn's grote werk 'The Gulag Archipelago' wordt vandaag de dag nog steeds beschouwd als de anti-communistische 'bijbel' van de werelds apologen van het kapitalisme en de anti-sovjet-propaganda.

De veronderstelde 'eerlijke' getuigenissen van Solzhenitsyn - die hij nooit kon bewijzen - werden gebruikt bij het opbouwen van een anti-stalinistische anti-communistische obsessie die het Westen zo veel moest baseren, vooral na het einde van het Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Echter, wie was echt deze nobele prijswinnende Russische en hoeveel geloofwaardigheid bevatten zijn anti-sovjet sprookjes?

Het hart van het werk van Solzhenitsyn wordt aangedreven door zijn doodse vijandschap tegen het communisme. Hij probeerde voor zichzelf een beeld te vormen van een veronderstelde 'held', die zich voordoet als een vervolgde dissident van het tijdperk van Stalin. Degenen die Solzhenitsyn vieren, hebben de neiging om te vergeten dat zijn overtuiging in 1946 in acht jaar gevangenisstraf was een gevolg van zijn tegenrevolutionaire, nazi-activiteit. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn verbergt nooit zijn pro-nazi-gevoelens; In feite heeft hij Stalin beschuldigd om de Sovjetunie in oorlog te voeren in plaats van een akkoord te sluiten met het Derde Rijk. Voor Solzhenitsyn was het Stalin die de miljonen Sovjet slachtoffers zou moeten beschuldigen in de oorlog tegen fascisme en niet het imperialistische, uitgestrekte beleid van Nazi-Duitsland!

Jaren na het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog stelde hij: "Het Duitse leger zou de Sovjetunie van het communisme kunnen bevrijden, maar Hitler was stom en gebruikte dat wapen niet." Het "wapen", volgens Solzhenitsyn, was de inspanningen van verschillende tegen-revolutionaire, anti-stalinistische groepen om de Sovjet-Unie van binnenuit op te lossen. Zo'n 'patriot' was hij - een verrader die bereid was zijn land en mensen uit te verkopen aan de nazi's.

Na zijn vrijlating uit de gevangenis begon Solzhenitsyn boeken te publiceren in de Sovjet-Unie, met steun van de regering van Nikita Khruschev. In feite is Solzhenitsyn (en zijn anti-communistische sprookjes) een ander nuttig instrument in de poging van Khruschev om zijn revisionistische agenda en de zogenaamde "de-stalinisatie" na het 20e CPSU Congres in 1956 te bevorderen.

Het hoofddoel van Solzhenitsyn was om de Sovjetunie en het socialisme te bedriegen. De publicatie van het boek "Een dag in het leven van Ivan Denisovich" verhoogde zijn populariteit in het Westen en in 1970 - misschien als een bekendheid van zijn tegenrevolutionaire, anti-sovjet houding - verdiende hij de Nobelprijs in de literatuur. Met de opkomst van Solzhenitsyn's bekendheid als schrijver, de kapitalistische West-in het bijzonder de Verenigde Staten - vond de juiste anti-communistische propagandist, vooral tijdens de Koude Oorlogsperiode. In 1974 veroordeelde de Russische nobelist zijn Sovjet-burgerschap, waardoor hij naar Zwitserland migreerde en later in de metropool van het imperialisme, de Verenigde Staten. Op dat punt moeten we eraan herinneren dat Solzhenitsyn in de jaren zeventig van de jaren 70 en 1980 zich met de meest reactionaire krachten van het wereldwijde imperialisme heeft verbonden. Mario Sousa, die de leugens over de geschiedenis van de Sovjet-Unie uitgebreid heeft beschreven, wijst erop:

Solzhenitsyn heeft zijn naam verbonden met de steun op het brutale fascistische regime van General Frenco in Spanje. Het 'icoon' van 'vrijheid' kon zijn fascistische ideologie niet verbergen: hij steunde een aantal dictators, waaronder Pinochet in Chili en Suharto in Indonesië.

Zoals de Zuid-Afrikaanse schrijver Alex La Guma schreef in 1974, was Solzhenitsyn helemaal niet verwonderlijk: onderscheid: Solzhenitsyn was "de enige schrijver in de Sovjetunie, voor zover we het kunnen herinneren, het racistische en anti-communistische censuuronderzoek van Zuid-Afrika door te geven ('Alexander Solzhenitsyn-leven door een krom oog', Afrikaanse communistische, 1974). In zijn essay concludeerde La Guma dat Solzhenitsyn's besliste anti-sovjet-antichommunistische perspectief impliciet congruent was met de ideologische grondslagen van de heersende klasse van Zuid-Afrika en hun gevolg.

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August 3, 2008, when the “Patriarch” of anti-communism, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, died. The writings of Solzhenitsyn became a major cource of anti-Soviet hysteria and extaordinary slanders against the first socialist state. Even today, Solzhenitsyn's major work “The Gulag Archipelago” is, more or less, regarded as the anti-communist “bible” of the world's apologists of capitalism and anti-soviet propaganda. The supposed “honest” testimonies of Solzhenitsyn- which he was never able to prove- were used in the building of an anti-stalinist, anti-communist obsession which the West had so much need to base upon, especially after the end of WW2. However, who was really this nobel prize-winning Russian and how much credibility do his anti-soviet fairy tales contain? The very heart of Solzhenitsyn's work is driven by his deathly enmity against communism. He tried to create for himself the image of a supposed “hero”, presenting himself as a persecuted dissident of Stalin's era. Those who celebrate Solzhenitsyn tend to forget that his 1946 conviction in eight years imprisonment was a result of his counter-revolutionary, pro-Nazi activity. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn never hide his pro-Nazi feelings; in fact he accussed Stalin for driving the USSR to war instead of making an agreement with the Third Reich. For Solzhenitsyn, it was Stalin who should be blamed for the millions of Soviet victims in the war against fascism and not the imperialist, expansive policy of Nazi Germany! Years after the end of the Second World War, he was stating: “The German army could liberate the Soviet Union from Communism but Hitler was stupid and didn't use that weapon”. The “weapon”, according to Solzhenitsyn, was the efforts of various counter-revolutionary, anti-stalinist groups to dissolve the USSR from within. Such a “patriot” he was- a traitor who was ready to sell out his country and people to the Nazis. After his release from prison, Solzhenitsyn started to publish books in the Soviet Union, having the support of Nikita Khruschev's government. In fact, Solzhenitsyn (and his anti-communist fairytales) became another useful tool in the effort of Khruschev to promote his revisionist agenda and the so-called “de-stalinization” after the 20th CPSU Congress in 1956. The major aim of Solzhenitsyn was to vilify the Soviet Union and Socialism. The publication of the book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” boosted his popularity in the West and in 1970- perhaps as an aknowledgement of his counter-revolutionary, anti-soviet stance- he earned the Nobel Prize in Literature. With the rise of Solzhenitsyn's fame as a writer, the capitalist West- particularly the United States- found the proper anti-communist propagandist, especially during the Cold War period. In 1974, the Russian nobelist denounced his Soviet citizenship thus migrating to Switzerland and later in the metropolis of Imperialism, the United States. On that point, we must remind that during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Solzhenitsyn connected his name with the most reactionary forces of global imperialism. Mario Sousa, who has written extensively exposing the lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union, points out: His Nazi sympathies were buried so as not to interfere with the propaganda war against socialism. In the US, Solzhenitsyn was frequently invited to speak at important meetings. He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! His lectures amount to violent and provocative agitation, arguing and propagandising for the most reactionary positions. Among other things he agitated for Vietnam to be attacked again after its victory over the US. And more: after 40 years of fascism in Portugal, when left-wing army officers took power in the people’s revolution of 1974, Solzhenitsyn began to propagandise in favour of US military intervention in Portugal which, according to him, would join the Warsaw Pact if the US did not intervene! In his lectures, Solzhenitsyn always bemoaned the liberation of Portugal’s African colonies.” Solzhenitsyn has connected his name with the support on the brutal fascist regime of General Frenco in Spain. The “icon” of “freedom” could not hide his fascist ideology: He supported a number of dictators, including Pinochet in Chile and Suharto in Indonesia. As South African writer Alex La Guma wrote in 1974, Solzhenitsyn had a- quite not surprising- distinction: Solzhenitsyn was “the only writer in the Soviet Union, as far as we can remember, to pass South Africa’s racist and anti-communist censorship examination” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Life Through a Crooked Eye”, African Communist, 1974). In his essay, La Guma concluded that Solzhenitsyn’s decidedly anti-Soviet, anti-communist perspective was implicitly congruent with the ideological foundations of South Africa’s ruling class and their stoog

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August 3, 2008 when the “Patriarch” of anti-communism, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, died. The writings of Solzhenitsyn became a major cource of anti-Soviet hysteria and extaordinary slanders against the first socialist state. Even today, Solzhenitsyn's major work “The Gulag Archipelago” is, more or less, regarded as the anti-communist “bible” of the world's apologists of capitalism and anti-soviet propaganda. The supposed “honest” testimonies of Solzhenitsyn- which he was never able to prove- were used in the building of an anti-stalinist, anti-communist obsession which the West had so much need to base upon, especially after the end of WW2. However, who was really this nobel prize-winning Russian and how much credibility do his anti-soviet fairy tales contain? The very heart of Solzhenitsyn's work is driven by his deathly enmity against communism. He tried to create for himself the image of a supposed “hero”, presenting himself as a persecuted dissident of Stalin's era. Those who celebrate Solzhenitsyn tend to forget that his 1946 conviction in eight years imprisonment was a result of his counter-revolutionary, pro-Nazi activity. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn never hide his pro-Nazi feelings; in fact he accussed Stalin for driving the USSR to war instead of making an agreement with the Third Reich. For Solzhenitsyn, it was Stalin who should be blamed for the millions of Soviet victims in the war against fascism and not the imperialist, expansive policy of Nazi Germany! Years after the end of the Second World War, he was stating: “The German army could liberate the Soviet Union from Communism but Hitler was stupid and didn't use that weapon”. The “weapon”, according to Solzhenitsyn, was the efforts of various counter-revolutionary, anti-stalinist groups to dissolve the USSR from within. Such a “patriot” he was- a traitor who was ready to sell out his country and people to the Nazis. After his release from prison, Solzhenitsyn started to publish books in the Soviet Union, having the support of Nikita Khruschev's government. In fact, Solzhenitsyn (and his anti-communist fairytales) became another useful tool in the effort of Khruschev to promote his revisionist agenda and the so-called “de-stalinization” after the 20th CPSU Congress in 1956. The major aim of Solzhenitsyn was to vilify the Soviet Union and Socialism. The publication of the book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” boosted his popularity in the West and in 1970- perhaps as an aknowledgement of his counter-revolutionary, anti-soviet stance- he earned the Nobel Prize in Literature. With the rise of Solzhenitsyn's fame as a writer, the capitalist West- particularly the United States- found the proper anti-communist propagandist, especially during the Cold War period. In 1974, the Russian nobelist denounced his Soviet citizenship thus migrating to Switzerland and later in the metropolis of Imperialism, the United States. On that point, we must remind that during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Solzhenitsyn connected his name with the most reactionary forces of global imperialism. Mario Sousa, who has written extensively exposing the lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union, points out: His Nazi sympathies were buried so as not to interfere with the propaganda war against socialism. In the US, Solzhenitsyn was frequently invited to speak at important meetings. He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! His lectures amount to violent and provocative agitation, arguing and propagandising for the most reactionary positions. Among other things he agitated for Vietnam to be attacked again after its victory over the US. And more: after 40 years of fascism in Portugal, when left-wing army officers took power in the people’s revolution of 1974, Solzhenitsyn began to propagandise in favour of US military intervention in Portugal which, according to him, would join the Warsaw Pact if the US did not intervene! In his lectures, Solzhenitsyn always bemoaned the liberation of Portugal’s African colonies.” Solzhenitsyn has connected his name with the support on the brutal fascist regime of General Frenco in Spain. The “icon” of “freedom” could not hide his fascist ideology: He supported a number of dictators, including Pinochet in Chile and Suharto in Indonesia. As South African writer Alex La Guma wrote in 1974, Solzhenitsyn had a- quite not surprising- distinction: Solzhenitsyn was “the only writer in the Soviet Union, as far as we can remember, to pass South Africa’s racist and anti-communist censorship examination” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Life Through a Crooked Eye”, African Communist, 1974). In his essay, La Guma concluded that Solzhenitsyn’s decidedly anti-Soviet, anti-communist perspective was implicitly congruent with the ideological foundations of South Africa’s ruling class and their stoog

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August 3, 2008 when the “Patriarch” of anti-communism, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, died. The writings of Solzhenitsyn became a major cource of anti-Soviet hysteria and extaordinary slanders against the first socialist state. Even today, Solzhenitsyn's major work “The Gulag Archipelago” is, more or less, regarded as the anti-communist “bible” of the world's apologists of capitalism and anti-soviet propaganda. The supposed “honest” testimonies of Solzhenitsyn- which he was never able to prove- were used in the building of an anti-stalinist, anti-communist obsession which the West had so much need to base upon, especially after the end of WW2. However, who was really this nobel prize-winning Russian and how much credibility do his anti-soviet fairy tales contain? The very heart of Solzhenitsyn's work is driven by his deathly enmity against communism. He tried to create for himself the image of a supposed “hero”, presenting himself as a persecuted dissident of Stalin's era. Those who celebrate Solzhenitsyn tend to forget that his 1946 conviction in eight years imprisonment was a result of his counter-revolutionary, pro-Nazi activity. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn never hide his pro-Nazi feelings; in fact he accussed Stalin for driving the USSR to war instead of making an agreement with the Third Reich. For Solzhenitsyn, it was Stalin who should be blamed for the millions of Soviet victims in the war against fascism and not the imperialist, expansive policy of Nazi Germany! Years after the end of the Second World War, he was stating: “The German army could liberate the Soviet Union from Communism but Hitler was stupid and didn't use that weapon”. The “weapon”, according to Solzhenitsyn, was the efforts of various counter-revolutionary, anti-stalinist groups to dissolve the USSR from within. Such a “patriot” he was- a traitor who was ready to sell out his country and people to the Nazis. After his release from prison, Solzhenitsyn started to publish books in the Soviet Union, having the support of Nikita Khruschev's government. In fact, Solzhenitsyn (and his anti-communist fairytales) became another useful tool in the effort of Khruschev to promote his revisionist agenda and the so-called “de-stalinization” after the 20th CPSU Congress in 1956. The major aim of Solzhenitsyn was to vilify the Soviet Union and Socialism. The publication of the book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” boosted his popularity in the West and in 1970- perhaps as an aknowledgement of his counter-revolutionary, anti-soviet stance- he earned the Nobel Prize in Literature. With the rise of Solzhenitsyn's fame as a writer, the capitalist West- particularly the United States- found the proper anti-communist propagandist, especially during the Cold War period. In 1974, the Russian nobelist denounced his Soviet citizenship thus migrating to Switzerland and later in the metropolis of Imperialism, the United States. On that point, we must remind that during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Solzhenitsyn connected his name with the most reactionary forces of global imperialism. Mario Sousa, who has written extensively exposing the lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union, points out: His Nazi sympathies were buried so as not to interfere with the propaganda war against socialism. In the US, Solzhenitsyn was frequently invited to speak at important meetings. He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! His lectures amount to violent and provocative agitation, arguing and propagandising for the most reactionary positions. Among other things he agitated for Vietnam to be attacked again after its victory over the US. And more: after 40 years of fascism in Portugal, when left-wing army officers took power in the people’s revolution of 1974, Solzhenitsyn began to propagandise in favour of US military intervention in Portugal which, according to him, would join the Warsaw Pact if the US did not intervene! In his lectures, Solzhenitsyn always bemoaned the liberation of Portugal’s African colonies.” Solzhenitsyn has connected his name with the support on the brutal fascist regime of General Frenco in Spain. The “icon” of “freedom” could not hide his fascist ideology: He supported a number of dictators, including Pinochet in Chile and Suharto in Indonesia. As South African writer Alex La Guma wrote in 1974, Solzhenitsyn had a- quite not surprising- distinction: Solzhenitsyn was “the only writer in the Soviet Union, as far as we can remember, to pass South Africa’s racist and anti-communist censorship examination” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Life Through a Crooked Eye”, African Communist, 1974). In his essay, La Guma concluded that Solzhenitsyn’s decidedly anti-Soviet, anti-communist perspective was implicitly congruent with the ideological foundations of South Africa’s ruling class and their stoog

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August 3, 2008 when the “Patriarch” of anti-communism, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, died. The writings of Solzhenitsyn became a major cource of anti-Soviet hysteria and extaordinary slanders against the first socialist state. Even today, Solzhenitsyn's major work “The Gulag Archipelago” is, more or less, regarded as the anti-communist “bible” of the world's apologists of capitalism and anti-soviet propaganda. The supposed “honest” testimonies of Solzhenitsyn- which he was never able to prove- were used in the building of an anti-stalinist, anti-communist obsession which the West had so much need to base upon, especially after the end of WW2. However, who was really this nobel prize-winning Russian and how much credibility do his anti-soviet fairy tales contain? The very heart of Solzhenitsyn's work is driven by his deathly enmity against communism. He tried to create for himself the image of a supposed “hero”, presenting himself as a persecuted dissident of Stalin's era. Those who celebrate Solzhenitsyn tend to forget that his 1946 conviction in eight years imprisonment was a result of his counter-revolutionary, pro-Nazi activity. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn never hide his pro-Nazi feelings; in fact he accussed Stalin for driving the USSR to war instead of making an agreement with the Third Reich. For Solzhenitsyn, it was Stalin who should be blamed for the millions of Soviet victims in the war against fascism and not the imperialist, expansive policy of Nazi Germany! Years after the end of the Second World War, he was stating: “The German army could liberate the Soviet Union from Communism but Hitler was stupid and didn't use that weapon”. The “weapon”, according to Solzhenitsyn, was the efforts of various counter-revolutionary, anti-stalinist groups to dissolve the USSR from within. Such a “patriot” he was- a traitor who was ready to sell out his country and people to the Nazis. After his release from prison, Solzhenitsyn started to publish books in the Soviet Union, having the support of Nikita Khruschev's government. In fact, Solzhenitsyn (and his anti-communist fairytales) became another useful tool in the effort of Khruschev to promote his revisionist agenda and the so-called “de-stalinization” after the 20th CPSU Congress in 1956. The major aim of Solzhenitsyn was to vilify the Soviet Union and Socialism. The publication of the book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” boosted his popularity in the West and in 1970- perhaps as an aknowledgement of his counter-revolutionary, anti-soviet stance- he earned the Nobel Prize in Literature. With the rise of Solzhenitsyn's fame as a writer, the capitalist West- particularly the United States- found the proper anti-communist propagandist, especially during the Cold War period. In 1974, the Russian nobelist denounced his Soviet citizenship thus migrating to Switzerland and later in the metropolis of Imperialism, the United States. On that point, we must remind that during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Solzhenitsyn connected his name with the most reactionary forces of global imperialism. Mario Sousa, who has written extensively exposing the lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union, points out: His Nazi sympathies were buried so as not to interfere with the propaganda war against socialism. In the US, Solzhenitsyn was frequently invited to speak at important meetings. He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! His lectures amount to violent and provocative agitation, arguing and propagandising for the most reactionary positions. Among other things he agitated for Vietnam to be attacked again after its victory over the US. And more: after 40 years of fascism in Portugal, when left-wing army officers took power in the people’s revolution of 1974, Solzhenitsyn began to propagandise in favour of US military intervention in Portugal which, according to him, would join the Warsaw Pact if the US did not intervene! In his lectures, Solzhenitsyn always bemoaned the liberation of Portugal’s African colonies.” Solzhenitsyn has connected his name with the support on the brutal fascist regime of General Frenco in Spain. The “icon” of “freedom” could not hide his fascist ideology: He supported a number of dictators, including Pinochet in Chile and Suharto in Indonesia. As South African writer Alex La Guma wrote in 1974, Solzhenitsyn had a- quite not surprising- distinction: Solzhenitsyn was “the only writer in the Soviet Union, as far as we can remember, to pass South Africa’s racist and anti-communist censorship examination” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Life Through a Crooked Eye”, African Communist, 1974). In his essay, La Guma concluded that Solzhenitsyn’s decidedly anti-Soviet, anti-communist perspective was implicitly congruent with the ideological foundations of South Africa’s ruling class and their stoog

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August 3, 2008, when the “Patriarch” of anti-communism, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, died. The writings of Solzhenitsyn became a major cource of anti-Soviet hysteria and extaordinary slanders against the first socialist state. Even today, Solzhenitsyn's major work “The Gulag Archipelago” is, more or less, regarded as the anti-communist “bible” of the world's apologists of capitalism and anti-soviet propaganda. The supposed “honest” testimonies of Solzhenitsyn- which he was never able to prove- were used in the building of an anti-stalinist, anti-communist obsession which the West had so much need to base upon, especially after the end of WW2. However, who was really this nobel prize-winning Russian and how much credibility do his anti-soviet fairy tales contain? The very heart of Solzhenitsyn's work is driven by his deathly enmity against communism. He tried to create for himself the image of a supposed “hero”, presenting himself as a persecuted dissident of Stalin's era. Those who celebrate Solzhenitsyn tend to forget that his 1946 conviction in eight years imprisonment was a result of his counter-revolutionary, pro-Nazi activity. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn never hide his pro-Nazi feelings; in fact he accussed Stalin for driving the USSR to war instead of making an agreement with the Third Reich. For Solzhenitsyn, it was Stalin who should be blamed for the millions of Soviet victims in the war against fascism and not the imperialist, expansive policy of Nazi Germany! Years after the end of the Second World War, he was stating: “The German army could liberate the Soviet Union from Communism but Hitler was stupid and didn't use that weapon”. The “weapon”, according to Solzhenitsyn, was the efforts of various counter-revolutionary, anti-stalinist groups to dissolve the USSR from within. Such a “patriot” he was- a traitor who was ready to sell out his country and people to the Nazis. After his release from prison, Solzhenitsyn started to publish books in the Soviet Union, having the support of Nikita Khruschev's government. In fact, Solzhenitsyn (and his anti-communist fairytales) became another useful tool in the effort of Khruschev to promote his revisionist agenda and the so-called “de-stalinization” after the 20th CPSU Congress in 1956. The major aim of Solzhenitsyn was to vilify the Soviet Union and Socialism. The publication of the book “A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” boosted his popularity in the West and in 1970- perhaps as an aknowledgement of his counter-revolutionary, anti-soviet stance- he earned the Nobel Prize in Literature. With the rise of Solzhenitsyn's fame as a writer, the capitalist West- particularly the United States- found the proper anti-communist propagandist, especially during the Cold War period. In 1974, the Russian nobelist denounced his Soviet citizenship thus migrating to Switzerland and later in the metropolis of Imperialism, the United States. On that point, we must remind that during the decades of 1970s and 1980s, Solzhenitsyn connected his name with the most reactionary forces of global imperialism. Mario Sousa, who has written extensively exposing the lies concerning the history of the Soviet Union, points out: His Nazi sympathies were buried so as not to interfere with the propaganda war against socialism. In the US, Solzhenitsyn was frequently invited to speak at important meetings. He was, for example, the main speaker at the AFL-CIO union congress in 1975, and on 15 July 1975 he was invited to give a lecture on the world situation to the US Senate! His lectures amount to violent and provocative agitation, arguing and propagandising for the most reactionary positions. Among other things he agitated for Vietnam to be attacked again after its victory over the US. And more: after 40 years of fascism in Portugal, when left-wing army officers took power in the people’s revolution of 1974, Solzhenitsyn began to propagandise in favour of US military intervention in Portugal which, according to him, would join the Warsaw Pact if the US did not intervene! In his lectures, Solzhenitsyn always bemoaned the liberation of Portugal’s African colonies.” Solzhenitsyn has connected his name with the support on the brutal fascist regime of General Frenco in Spain. The “icon” of “freedom” could not hide his fascist ideology: He supported a number of dictators, including Pinochet in Chile and Suharto in Indonesia. As South African writer Alex La Guma wrote in 1974, Solzhenitsyn had a- quite not surprising- distinction: Solzhenitsyn was “the only writer in the Soviet Union, as far as we can remember, to pass South Africa’s racist and anti-communist censorship examination” (Alexander Solzhenitsyn—Life Through a Crooked Eye”, African Communist, 1974). In his essay, La Guma concluded that Solzhenitsyn’s decidedly anti-Soviet, anti-communist perspective was implicitly congruent with the ideological foundations of South Africa’s ruling class and their stoog