The global politics podcast at the end of the End of History. Politics is back but it’s stranger than ever: join us as we chart a course beyond the age of ’bunga bunga’. Interviews, long-form discussions, docu-series.
Episodes
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
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Why did their grandparents/great-grandparents become Mensheviks?
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How did one half of the family leave the USSR and the other half remain?
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What was life like in exile in Berlin before the Nazis took power? And how did the family know to flee?
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What was distinctive about fascism and the terroristic assault on democracy?
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How was the escape from Paris just like the film Casablanca?
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What happened to those who remained in the Soviet Union and how did one member meet death via torture?
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What is the legacy of Menshevism – and what is the relationship between socialism and democracy?
Links:
Who Lived, Who Died? My Family's Struggle with Stalin and Hitler, Peter Gourevitch, Dio Press
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