Socialism Survival Podcast # 085: Recipe For Survival And Victory

★ Virtual housekeeping and community organizing: • web site http://socialismsurvival.com • contact with feedback or questions [email protected] or Google Voice feature. • Sponsor this show by using Amazon and WalMart links on my site to shop online. • Check out my book selection. • Spread the word, introduce others to this show. • ★ Soviet Victory Day May 9, 1945. First ceremonial Victory Parade on 24 June 1945. ★ European Victory Day on May 8th. ★ American Victory Day or VJ Day on the second Monday of August. ★ Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. ★ Official end of World War II is on September 2nd, 1945. ★ Working together for Victory - there is safety in numbers (Russian: “Alone in a field is not a warrior”). ★ Allies errors before, in and after the war. ★ Stalin’s elimination of many talented officers in the Great Purge of September 1936 - August 1938. ★ Kristallnacht (“Night of Crystal”) pogrom November 9-10, 1938. ★ May 13, 1939 – St. Louis tragic voyage. Cuba and US refuse to allow it's passengers. ★ June 1941 - New rules in the U.S. cut refugee immigration to about 25% of the relevant quotas. ★ From 1939 many bills introduced in the House to let more refugees into the US. None got to the floor. ★ FDR was well-informed on the situation and didn't move to save potential refugees. ★ The rescue of drowning is the duty of those who are drowning. ★ Don't let the sorrowful past rob your future.