Ludo Martens

Ludo Martens ( born March 12, 1946 in Torhout, † 5 June 2011) was a Belgian politician and historian.

Martens was 1979-2008 Chairman of the then Maoist- oriented Partij van de Arbeid. From 1997 to 2001 he was a political advisor to Laurent- Désiré Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In his translated into many languages ​​Stalin - defense " Een other kijk op Stalin " / "Un autre regard sur Staline " ( German: " Stalin - viewed differently " ) relate numerous Marxist- Leninist parties and organizations. Martens describes in Stalin as a "rational and self-critical ," " prudent, wise and foresighted statesman with a view of the still held class struggles in the former USSR ," " defending the gains of the October Revolution and maintains " and Trotsky wrongly as a bureaucrat had been scolded.

Martens was the father of two children.

Writings

  • Ludo Martens and Kris Merckx. Dat what 1968 Antwerp, 1978
  • Pierre Mulele, ou, La seconde vie de Patrice Lumumba. Antwerp, 1985 OCLC 23219832
  • Tien jaar revolutie in Congo. De strijd van de Patrice Lumumba Pierre Mulele. Antwerp, 1988
  • Ludo Martens and Meesters Hilde: Sankara, Compaore et la révolution Burkinans. Antwerp, 1989 ( ISBN 2-87262-033-8 )
  • L' U. R.S.S. et la contre- révolution de velours. Antwerp, 1991 ( ISBN 2-87262-057-5 ) / De USSR en contra de Fluwelen - revolutie. Antwerp, 1994
  • SUBSCRIPTION: een vrouw in Congo. Breda, 1992) / Subscription: une femme du Congo. Antwerp, 1992 ( ISBN 2-87262-103-2 )
  • Een kwarteeuw mei 68, Antwerp, 1993
  • Een other kijk op Stalin / Un autre regard sur Staline. Antwerp, 1994 ( ISBN 2-87262-081-8 ) ( German translation ) (PDF, 10.6 MB)
  • Kabila et la révolution congolaise: panafricanisme ou néocolonialisme? . Antwerp, 2002 / Kabila et la révolution congolaise: panafricanisme ou néocolonialisme? . Antwerp, 2002 ( ISBN 2-87262-191-1 )

Article by Ludo Martens

  • Balance of the Collapse of the Soviet Union: On the Causes of a betrayal and the tasks ahead for communists
  • Breznjev and the National Democratic Revolution
  • On Certain Aspects of the Struggle Against Revisionism (. Doc)
  • Counter- Revolution and Revolution in the XXIst Century
  • Proposals for the Unification of the International Communist Movement
  • The Road of the World Revolution in the XXIst Century
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