The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
Un pódcast de Daniel
23 Episodo
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Episode 14 supplemental: The Bolshevik Central Committee Resolution of 10 October
Publicado: 30/7/2025 -
Episode 14 - On The Eve
Publicado: 30/7/2025 -
Episode 13 supplemental - The Life of Natasha Morozova
Publicado: 6/7/2025 -
Episode 13 - The People on the Brink
Publicado: 6/7/2025 -
**Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!
Publicado: 15/6/2025 -
**Announcement** Patreon page updates!
Publicado: 14/6/2025 -
Episode 12 - Building Momentum
Publicado: 27/5/2025 -
Episode 11 - The People’s Defense
Publicado: 12/5/2025 -
Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce
Publicado: 24/4/2025 -
Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery
Publicado: 14/4/2025 -
Episode 8 - June and July
Publicado: 3/4/2025 -
Episode 7 - The People and the Party
Publicado: 24/3/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental c - The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Current Revolution
Publicado: 13/3/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1
Publicado: 13/3/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental b - Address of the Soviet to the Peoples of the Entire World
Publicado: 13/3/2025 -
Episode 6 - Fumbling the Ball
Publicado: 13/3/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental d - Miliukov’s Note
Publicado: 13/3/2025 -
Episode 5 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Publicado: 3/3/2025 -
Episode 4 - Setting the Stage
Publicado: 20/2/2025 -
Episode 3 - Cast of Characters
Publicado: 10/2/2025
We are often told the USSR was an oppressive, authoritarian society, lacking freedom and democracy. There were endless purges that claimed the lives of millions of “dissidents,” purges that were designed for one thing and one thing only: to keep power in the hands of those who wielded it.And as we all know, the economy was based on socialist and communist principles, which is why it barely functioned at all. There were endless famines, genocides against minorities within the nation, and an industrial base that was constantly tottering on the edge of collapse.But instead of trying to address these issues at home, the leaders of the USSR were fixated only on world domination, on spreading communism in order to destroy freedom around the world. From Europe and Asia to Latin America and Africa, the Communists were a threat to freedom the world over.…. Or were they?Learn the story of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic you’ve never heard! What was life really like in the Soviet Union? How authoritarian was it? Did a “totalitarian” state really exist? How did the economy function to meet the needs of its citizens? How were the governing apparatus structured? And were the Soviets hell-bent on world domination…. Or world liberation? Or neither?Subscribe to find out!
