Mike Makin-Waite

Mike Makin-Waite is the author of ‘Communism and Democracy: History, Debates and Potentials’ (Lawrence & Wishart).

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Hammer, sickle, crucifix?

Why 20th-century communists couldn’t decide if they wanted to befriend the religious or blow up their churches

It is true that the Stalinist state treated clerics militantly. Communists, however, were never unified in their approaches to religion or its institutions. Some of them promoted patience and persuasion, others even allied with believers, sometimes despite the fierce rejection of the Catholic church.

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