Stalin In 1994, Martens published Another View of Stalin (), a work that challenges in particular the commonly accepted view of collectivisation in the Soviet Union and the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin. He explained his motivation for writing the book in the introduction: "Defending Stalin's work, essentially defending Marxism–Leninism, is an important, urgent task in preparing ourselves for class struggle under the New World Order." Martens referred to the notion of Stalinist crimes as a 'myth' and claimed that the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, in which the Soviet Union agreed to invade Poland in conjunction with Nazi Germany and divide Poland, Romania, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia between one another into respective "spheres of influence", was "a key for victory in the anti-fascist war". The leadership of the Workers' Party of Belgium, particularly president Peter Mertens in 2016, distanced from Martens' vision on Stalin, whom they call "a dictator." Harpal Brar wrote in Martens' obituary: "His book Another view of Stalin, while nailing the bourgeois, professorial and Khrushchevite revisionist lies about Stalin, brought to the fore the brilliance of Stalin's stewardship of the CPSU(B) and the USSR, which made such a monumental contribution to the march forward of the Soviet people and humanity at large". Works Pierre Mulele, ou, La seconde vie de Patrice Lumumba (Antwerp: Éditions EPO, 1985). . Sankara, Compaoré, et la révolution burkinabé (EPO, 1989). . Abo: une femme du Congo (EPO, 1992). . L'U.R.S.S. et la contre-révolution de velours (USSR: The Velvet Counter Revolution) (EPO, 1991). . Un autre regard sur Staline (Another View of Stalin) (EPO, 1994). . Kabila et la révolution congolaise: panafricanisme ou néocolonialisme? (EPO, 2002). . See also Grover Furr Douglas Tottle Domenico Losurdo References External links "Another View of Stalin". Complete and free PDF-download of the text of the book in English. Retrieved 13 August 2021. 1946 births 2011 deaths Anti-revisionists Belgian communists Belgian non-fiction writers Flemish writers Historical negationism Historians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo People from Torhout