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The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
Daniel
Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 26
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?
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**Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!
Episode 19
dimanche 15 juin 2025 • Duration 03:53
I recently did two guest spots on two other fantastic shows. Check out their Patreon pages!
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**Announcement** Patreon page updates!
Episode 18
samedi 14 juin 2025 • Duration 10:52
The Patreon page for this show has been updated in significant ways. Head on over to patreon.com/sovietpod to check it out for yourself!
Episode 6, supplemental b - Address of the Soviet to the Peoples of the Entire World
Episode 9
jeudi 13 mars 2025 • Duration 04:46
Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1
Episode 8
jeudi 13 mars 2025 • Duration 03:32
Source for text: http://museumreforms.ru/node/13711
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Episode 6 - Fumbling the Ball
Episode 7
jeudi 13 mars 2025 • Duration 46:32
Unforced errors: the scourge of sports teams and revolutions alike.
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Sources:
Trotsky, L. D. Istoriya Russkoi Revoliutsii. 1930
Cliff, Tony. All Power to the Soviets: Lenin 1914-1917. 1976, republished by Haymarket Books, 2004.
Episode 5 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Episode 6
lundi 3 mars 2025 • Duration 42:18
”The history of revolution is, for us, first and foremost the history of the forceful intrusion of the masses into the sphere of control over their own fates.”
Buckle up.
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Sources:
Trotsky, L. D. Istoriya Russkoi Revoliutsii. 1930
Cliff, Tony. All Power to the Soviets: Lenin 1914-1917. 1976, republished by Haymarket Books, 2004.
Episode 4 - Setting the Stage
Episode 5
jeudi 20 février 2025 • Duration 54:17
Yes, history is an endless cycle of cause and effect…. But you have to start somewhere!
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Episode 3 - Cast of Characters
Episode 4
lundi 10 février 2025 • Duration 38:25
There are no small roles. Only small actors.
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Episode 2 - What To Do About The State And Revolution?
Episode 3
jeudi 30 janvier 2025 • Duration 01:11:16
Have you ever wonder what a Russian revolutionary who’s been dead for over 100 years had to say about organizing the working class and the role of the state in capitalist society? What am I saying, of course you have!
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Episode 1 - The Phantom Red Menace
Episode 2
lundi 20 janvier 2025 • Duration 01:12:17
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step… and a whole lot of political economic theory from Karl Marx!
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