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A greater problem was the government's denial of its history rather than admitting to leftist ideological flaws. Even after Khrushchev's 1956 secret speech to the 20th Party Congress condemning "Stalinist excesses," the state was slow to acknowledge that many former 'enemies of the people' were in fact innocent victims.<ref>Nanci Adler, "Life in the 'Big Zone': the Fate of Returnees in the Aftermath of Stalinist Repression," ''Europe-Asia Studies'' 1999 51(1): 5-19</ref> The socialist economy, it was felt, couldn't exist without forced labor of those whom [[progressive]]s disagreed with.

A greater problem was the government's denial of its history rather than admitting to leftist ideological flaws. Even after Khrushchev's 1956 secret speech to the 20th Party Congress condemning "Stalinist excesses," the state was slow to acknowledge that many former 'enemies of the people' were in fact innocent victims.<ref>Nanci Adler, "Life in the 'Big Zone': the Fate of Returnees in the Aftermath of Stalinist Repression," ''Europe-Asia Studies'' 1999 51(1): 5-19</ref> The socialist economy, it was felt, couldn't exist without forced labor of those whom [[progressive]]s disagreed with.

While there is a tendency to blame [[Stalin]] for Marxist "excesses" and "mistakes," the dangerous underpinings of socialist ideology remain unchanged today.

While there is a tendency to blame [[Stalin]] for Marxist "excesses" and "mistakes," the dangerous underpinnings of socialist ideology remain unchanged today.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==