The Russian Press Pravda Message to Americans: Do not give up your guns

 

Many, if not most, aspects of the Russian Revolution are not well understood in the West. First, how many people in the United States know that there was an unsuccessful revolution in Russia in 1905, which involved many of the same characters? The Communist revolutionaries of that time expected communism to initially take hold in England or Germany, and spread from there. Russia was not their number one plan in the beginning. It's when the Tsar decded to give Kenensky and his bunch a chance to run the country through a parliamentary system (similar to England), that the opportunity again arose for revolution in Russia. There was initially some resistance to the Communists, and it took almost 20 years to consolidate their power throughout the country. Most of the revolution took place in three key cities: St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. When Stalin finally took power, he purged about one-third of the officers from the military, and began to disarm the public. These two groups posed the only real resistance to the Red Terror that was about to come. Stalin also made extensive use of propaganda, particularly newspapers and radio broadcasts. This was to make sure the whole country was getting the same carefully-prepared information. Of course, the gun confiscation alone was not entirely responsible for the Communists retaining power. They also used the power of the propaganda machine to get people to rat out their neighbors, since everyone was a potential enemy of the state (sound familiar)? I suggest everyone read "The Gulag Archipelago" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in order to better understand the process that took place there, and maybe better able to identify it should it be seen elsewhere. I suggest that the history of the United States, and the extent of the armed populace here would probably turn the tide in the opposite direction of the way it went in Russia. But, the awareness of the propaganda machine is important to be aware of. BY: http://www.thelonestarwatchdog.com/2012/12/29/the-russian-press-pravda-message-to-americans-do-not-give-up-your-guns/