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Internal colonialism has beeome a popular term in academic parlance. Although suggested in the writings of Lenin, it was probably first developed by the Mexican intellectual Pablo Gonzales Casanova, who employed the term in his Democracy in Mexico to describe the relationship between the Mexican Government and the Indian population. In the United States it has since been used to characterize the status of virtually every minority. The charge is made that blacks, Mexican- Americans, Indians, and even women have been colonized. Virtually all culturally pluralistic societies— outside the socialist bloc—are now stigmatized as instances of internal colonialism.

An assessment of the meaning of Stalinism as a case of internal colonialism. Rejected are both Cold War interpretations (& more recent French variations) that see Stalinism as a logical consequence of Marxism, as well as Marxist apologies, which dismiss it as merely a 'Russian accident' explainable in terms of backwardness & otherwise insurmountable historical obstacles. Stalinism is seen as essentially a matter of property transfer carried out with the help of terror administered by a massive bureaucracy & secret police apparatus. The continuity between Stalinism & the 'scientific Marxism' model is emphasized. The Stalinist theory of crime & punishment which guided the terror is analyzed. The contrast with Maoism is explained. Modified HA.