The Affirmative Action Empire
by Terry Martin · first published 2001
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…Labor rapid decolonization inevitable). >US and USSR would have converged on something closer to a western european social democratic model There is a very interesting book kind of related to this, The Affirmative Action Empire by Terry Martin. A lot of parallels between the US and USSR in terms of what actually happened. >current Tsar might lack for Cossacks without Chechens? The unfortunate reality of the Ukraine War seems…
on “China, Russia and Iran Are Reviving the Age of Empires” ↗You are mistaken. I don't blame you - it's a common narrative of Russophobic propaganda. I'd suggest reading "The Affirmative Action Empire: Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939" by Terry Martin [0] "The Soviet Union was the first of Europe's multiethnic states to confront the rising tide of nationalism by systematically…
on “Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia” ↗…Russians were living in an explicitly non-Russian province, even though often times they were the majority population in that province. A good book that covers this topic in depth is Terry Martin's "Affirmative Action Empire" - https://www.amazon.com/Affirmative-Action-Empire-Nationalism... At the same time, Marxism in other areas had a decidedly nationalist tone - for example in Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam or other nations…
…Europe and implemented a similar ruling style for its Empire until WWII, giving more visibility to Manchu, Koreans... and representing itself as a multicultural Empire. A historian called the USSR the "Affirmative Action Empire"[0] because this was their preferred way to maintain control over minorities while giving them the sense that they could "make it" in the Soviet Union. I think affirmative action dates back to the 60's…
on “Imperial Wars Always Come Home” ↗