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On Wednesday, January 28, in a talk sponsored by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Princeton professor and Hoover fellow Stephen Kotkin discussed his newly published book Stalin, Volume 1: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928. Based on extensive research, the book is the first volume of his trilogy on the life and times of the Soviet dictator. Kotkin's biography focuses on Stalin's role in the Russian revolution and his subsequent rise to power within the Bolshevik hierarchy. It also situates Stalin's political career in the wider context of Russian and world history.

Stephen Kotkin Presents New Biography of Stalin

Princeton Russian history professor Stephen Kotkin presents a lecture based on his book Stalin - Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 at the University of Washington in January 2015. Dr. Kotkin's visit was made possible by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center and the Department of History. 

Stephen Kotkin | Stalin: Power, Geopolitics and Ideas (1.22.2015)

Hoover research fellow Stephen Kotkin discusses Conquest’s revelatory work on life behind the Iron Curtain,  noting that Conquest definitively established the colossal scale of Soviet horrors, correctly identified their source in Marxist ideas and practices, and underscored the legions of Western dupes who retailed Soviet lies, beginning when Stalin was alive and decades thereafter.

Stephen Kotkin on Robert Conquest’s Conquering the Former Soviet Union

Stephen Kotkin's masterful biography of Joseph Stalin has a very keen analysis of the outbreak of the First World War.  I discuss some of the relevant points made.  We draw some general conclusions from these lessons.

Rolling The "Iron Dice":  Outbreak Of The First World War

A Warning From Europe - The Atlantic - Anne Applebaum

Connor Kilpatrick, a longtime contributor and story editor at Jacobin, joins us to discuss some of the key differences between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth. We discuss his piece, coauthored with Bhaskar Sunkara, titled "Elizabeth Warren is Thirty Years Too Late" (https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-patagonia-democrats) as well as do our damnest to figure out why so many professional-managerial class types are siding with Warren.  

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Warren and Her Supporters are 30 Years Too Late w/ Connor Kilpatrick

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Topics covered: Can Warren win? What do we do if she does? Should we run an independent socialist? What are my feelings on David Graeber? How has the prosperity and "hustle" gospel impacted young minds? What organizations are doing good work in the US? Is Warren a New Deal Democrat? And much, much more. 

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Patron Q&A - What If Warren Wins? Knocking the Hustle & More [B-Side]

Valget i Storbritannien er lige om hjørnet. Det er et ideologisk valg mellem to helt forskellige politiske projekter i et splittet klassesamfund.
 
Jakob Ruggaard fra Radioaktivs europapolitiske podcast Et spøgelse går gennem Europa interviewer ekspert i politisk økonomi og kender af Storbritannien Rune Møller Stahl om perspektiverne i det forestående engelske valg.
 
Lyt med og bliv klogere på årsagerne til, at vi står foran et valg imellem to populistiske positioner, som er længere fra hinanden end nogensinde.
 
Interviewet er foretaget lidt inden det nu bliver bragt. Det giver stadig en stærk baggrund for at forstå, hvad vi kan lære af den engelske valgkamp og hvilken kontekst den foregår i.

Et spøgelse går gennem Europa #16 - Det britiske valg

Joining us for this week's B-Side is Meagan Day, staff writer at Jacobin. This episode was recorded last week, so pardon the late references to the British elections, etc., but everything we discussed is evergreen. Enjoy! 

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The Coming Class-Struggle Majority w/ Meagan Day

Historian Marcia Chatelain on the economic and social dynamics of fast food corporations and Black American life, and her book "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" from Liveright. 

https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631493942

1283: McDonald's in Black America / Marcia Chatelain

Journalist Anna Clark on her article "The Unfinished Business of Flint's Water Crisis" for ProPublica.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-unfinished-business-of-flints-water-crisis

1290: Five years of poison for Flint / Anna Clark

Julian Brave NoiseCat on his article "Apocalypse Then and Now" for Columbia Journalism Review, and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen watches the detectives.

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/apocalypse-then-and-now.php

1291: Native stories, establishment journalism / Julian Brave NoiseCat

Peter Bloom and Carl Rhodes on their article "Beware Corporate ‘Democracy Washing’: Twitter, Trump, and the Danger of Privatizing the Fight Against Fascism" for Common Dreams.


https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/01/23/beware-corporate-democracy-washing-twitter-trump-and-danger-privatizing-fight

1292: Corporate platforms, corporate censorship / Peter Bloom + Carl Rhodes

Writer Keller Easterling on new ways of seeing the world and its possibilities, and her book "Medium Design: Knowing How to Work on the World" from Verso Books.

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3245-medium-design

1295: Experiments in medium design / Keller Easterling

Historian Elizabeth Catte on Virginia's forced sterilization campaign in the mid-20th century, the intersection of race, medicine and social control, and her book "Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia" from Belt Publishing.

https://beltpublishing.com/products/pure-america

1283: McDonald's in Black America / Marcia Chatelain

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