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Today, we look at the Russian Civil War from a people's perspective. We avoid talking about the battles and the political events, concentrating more on how the people survived, and sometimes didn't. 

Episode 265 of RevolutionZ discusses the wisdom or lack thereof of taking the Marxist Tradition as our guide to contemporary activism. Can we have an accessible conversation about these very controversial matters? 

Pierre Hillard vient de publier son dernier ouvrage intitulé :
"Les permanences de la géopolitique et de la mystique russes des Romanov à Vladimir Poutine " .

Un livre surprenant qui étudie, selon notre invité, les grandes étapes politiques et spirituelles de la Russie avec leurs conséquences géopolitiques.

Souvent présentée comme un contre-modèle, la Russie, selon Pierre Hillard, ne déroge pourtant pas à la règle quant à la volonté de finalisation d’un modèle de gouvernance mondiale.

Présentation de l’ouvrage :

« Cet ouvrage aurait pu aussi s’intituler L’Histoire de la Russie dans la gouvernance mondiale.

En effet, l’objectif de ce livre est de présenter les caractéristiques propres à la Russie ainsi que les contrastes flagrants animant les élites dirigeantes de ce pays cherchant à synthétiser tout et son contraire. Les informations apportées dans cet ouvrage surprendront plus d’une fois le lecteur.
Il découvrira qu’une mystique accompagne également l’histoire de la Russie (même durant sa période communiste) semblable à une mission à remplir, une vision universelle de l’humanité.
Ainsi, nous rappelons ici les grandes étapes politiques et spirituelles de la Russie avec leurs conséquences géopolitiques, de l’émergence de la Moscovie en passant par les Romanov, traversant la période soviétique, pour ensuite examiner et explorer les coulisses propres à la politique du Kremlin de Boris Eltsine à Vladimir Poutine.

Mettant à jour un messianisme d’un genre particulier associant l’Église orthodoxe et le pouvoir politique russe se manifestant au cours des siècles, nous démontrons également pourquoi cette vision universaliste, défendant apparemment des valeurs traditionnelles, attrayantes et maléfiquement séductrices, est littéralement la marque de fabrique de la Russie poutinienne.
Ce messianisme propre à la Russie entre – inévitablement – en concurrence avec le messianisme anglo-saxon mais il est saisissant de constater que ces deux mondes, apparemment opposés, élaborent pourtant des concepts communs, dignes de 1984 de George Orwell.

Des rivalités monétaires, énergétiques, politiques et géopolitiques déchirent ces milieux oligarchiques quant au type d’organisation à mettre en place pour finaliser la gouvernance mondiale sur fond de combat entre différents types de messianismes, tous nourris par la magie du chaos.
Et la Russie, souvent présentée comme un contre-modèle, ne déroge pourtant pas à la règle. La preuve donc, par son histoire et ses permanences… »

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Today, we cover the three Moscow Show Trials which were meant to eliminate the Old Bolsheviks who Stalin believed could threaten his control of the Soviet Union. 

I discovered an article written 70 years ago about how to overturn a republic and the similarities to today are striking!

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They say nature abhors a vacuum. By the late 1920's everything remotely traditional in Russian culture had been all but atomized. Churches had been dynamited, clergy were either dead, imprisoned or so marginalized that they were no longer relevant. A whole way of life had abruptly ended. But what now? The Soviets were not afraid to tell you how to act in public or even what to think in private. Under the draconian Article 58 of the legal code even your private feelings could make you a criminal. But was this justified? Was it moral? Of course it was. It was "science." Lenin had taken the writings of Marx and Engels and turned them into an all encompassing regimen for how society was to function all the way down to the thoughts of the smallest child. It was called "scientific socialism" and to even doubt this doctrine as infallible truth could make one into a dangerous heretic worthy of denunciation, arrest, imprisonment or death. But attempts to impliment socialism during Revolution and Civil War had proven to be noting short of a national self immolation for the Russian people. By 1920 the regime was teetering on the abyss. Cannibalism was widespread. Reluctantly, Lenin decided to allow elements of capitalism to exist in order to save the state from complete implosion.... and it worked. The Soviet Union was saved and everyone lived happily ever after..... Lol... not quite. Lenin's successor, Joseph Stalin would impliment a plan to end this deal with the devil of capitalism an impose socialism by force from above. Millions of peasants would die but the worker's paradise would be just around the  corner. Was it the right thing to do? Of course it was. It was "science." You believe in "science" don't you?    

Hey, y'all! We are back this week to conclude the tale of Communism's former American capital, the small town of Plentywood, Montana. Join us as everything the Sheridan County Communists worked so hard to achieve devolves into high school level drama with just a bit of Stalin sprinkled in.

In this week's episode, Dean and practising barrister Mike discuss the ongoing legal issues with Britney Spears and her conservatorship, Stalin's show trials during the great purge, and finally they analyse the arrest of a lady for defecating on her boss's desk after winning the lottery.

To fully understand the Moscow Trials of the 1930's, we have to take our study back further. On part 2 of this series we look at the Bolshevik party's history from 1920-1925. 

You can also view this show on YouTube. 

Sources: 

-"History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(B)" 

-"Trotsky: Sword of the Revolution 1919-1923" -Tony Cliff https://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1990/trotsky2/11-warcomm.html#p5 

-"The Workers Opposition" -Alexandra Kollontai https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1921/workers-opposition/index.htm 

-"The Trade Unions, the Present Situation and Trotsky's Mistakes" -Lenin https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/dec/30.htm 

-"10th Party Congress" https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/10thcong/index.htm

 -"To Purge the Party" -Lenin https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/sep/20.htm 

-"Thirteenth Conference of the RCP(B)" -Stalin https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1924/01/16.htm 
 

Is America on the road to becoming a communist country? 

If so, what can American patriots - who believe in a constitutional republic, freedom, and liberty - do to stop it? 

Dasha Pruett recently ran for Congress in Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district.

She was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1970 and came to the United States with her family in 1980.

Dasha shares her experience growing up in communism and draws stunning parallels to what is happening now in America.

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We're joining TikTok, drinking Coca Cola, impersonating Hunter S. Thompson, re-watching Gladiator, newly-watching Trotsky, and rapping about some heavy stuff! We're even talking about "The Pornogrification of History." It's Better Than Sex! Dane also shares some fascinating facts from the lectures he's been listening to on The History of Ancient Rome in the ridiculously info-taining way that only he can.

Peasant uprisings break out throughout revolutionary Russia, forcing the Communist Party to acknowledge their excesses during civil war. The Kronstadt revolt forces communists to weigh the legitimate grievances of the sailors against the real threat of SR-White Russian resurgence. Emergency measures are taken to ensure the survival of the regime, deepening the bureaucratization of an already centralized state. As the war approaches its final phase and Lenin attempts to decentralize political power, Russian chauvinists prepare to seize the revolutionary movement.

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Dual power is falling apart. After the uprising of the July Days and the disastrous Kerensky offensive, the Provisional Government looks to the military for help against the Soviet. The new Prime Minister Kerensky appoints a right-wing general as Commander-in-Chief and enters negotiations for an alliance against the left. Talks break down, and the masses are armed in response to a right-wing threat. Kerensky’s popularity plummets and the Bolsheviks begin to win majorities in Soviets and labor organizations throughout the Empire.  The masses punish the moderate parties for their collaboration with the bourgeoisie and the shouts for “All Power to the Soviets” grows louder and louder. As the Provisional Government appears poised for collapse, Lenin returns and urges an immediate insurrection.

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The beginning of the Russian Civil War started the day the Provisional Government was overthrown. Millions would die over the coming five years. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

Today we ask the question, what if? What if Vladimir Lenin had lived another 10 or 20 years longer. What would that have done to the history of the Soviet Union? If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

Leon Trotsky goes from one of the most powerful men in Russia to being in exile and finally murdered in 1940. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

Between 1905 and 1817 Trotsky escaped from Siberia and headed to Europe awaiting the right moment to return to Russia. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

Today, we cover the early years of Lev Bronstein, known to us as Leon Trotsky. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support