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The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
by Daniel
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 rea
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28 - Economy? What Economy?
“In order for economic development to take place, one must first have an economy.” - Karl Vladimir Stalin, 2026Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod.Sources:Carr, E. H. The Bolsheviks Revolution: 1917-1923, vol. 2. Pelican Books, 1966Nove, Alec. An Economic History of the Soviet Union: 1917-1991. Penguin Books, 1992.Dobb, Maurice. Soviet Economic Development since 1917. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948.Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged: Lenin 1917-1923. 1976, republished by Haymarket Books, 2004.“The Soviet Union: Facts, Descriptions, Statistics.” Soviet Union Information Bureau, Washington, DC. 1929. Found on marxist.org
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27.a - The Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia
Source: https://www.hist.msu.ru/ER/Etext/DEKRET/peoples.htm
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27 - Introduction to the National Question
What attitude ought socialists and communists have to the question of national self-determination? Survey says: Ask Lenin and Stalin!Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod.Sources:Natsional’ny Vopros v Nashei Programme - V. I. Lenin, published in “Iskra” 15 July 1903Kriticheskie zametki o natsional’nom voproce - V. I. Lenin, published in “Prosveshchenie”, November-December 1913Rabochii klass i natsional’ny vopros - V. I. Lenin, published in “Pravda” 10 May 1913Nuzhen li obyazatelny yazyk? - V. I. Lenin, published in “Proletarskaya Pravda” 18 January 1914O Prave Natsii Na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 1914O Natsional’noi Gordosti Velikorossov - V. I. Lenin, published in “Sotsial-Demokrat”, 12 December 1914Revoliutsionny Proletariat i Pravo Natsii na Samoopredelenie - V. I. Lenin, 16 October 1915Marksizm i Natsional’ny Vopros, J. V. Stalin, 1906.Texts found on leninism.su and marxist.org
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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 rea
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