Bolshevism vs. Stalinism: 100 Years Since the Founding of the USSR

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR. In this episode, John Peterson provides a brief history and background on the USSR, what it was, and what it achieved—and why it was hated by the capitalist world.  Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.  Reading list:  The Revolution Betrayed (Leon Trotsky).  Stalin (Leon Trotsky).  If America Should Go Communist (Leon Trotsky).  The History of the Russian Revolution (Leon Trotsky).  Russia: From Revolution to Counterrevolution (Ted Grant & Alan Woods).