possm reviewed Fascisme brun, fascisme rouge by Otto Rühle (Spartacus Cahiers mensuels, #63)
Only interesting for historical reasons
2 stars
A little Spartacus book from the 1970s, consisting of two texts: the first, a translation of a text by Otto Rühle from 1939, so a text that was already historical in the 1970s. The second, a reflection upon Rühle's life and works by Paul Mattick. Out of the two, the text by Rühle has the merit of being at least historically interesting. The text's main thesis is that Bolshevism, and Lenin in particular, has led to the rise of fascism in Germany. This text is interesting as a historic document in the wider context of "leftist explanations for the rise of fascism". Rühle's writing is pretty well-structured, too. The text by Mattick is totally uninteresting. In the style of many Spartacus texts, it offers boring black-and-white political judgment over actual information. Otto Rühle is at least an interesting figure. I might find something else of him to read sometime.