The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
A podcast by Daniel
19 Episodes
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**Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!
Published: 15/06/2025 -
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Published: 14/06/2025 -
Episode 12 - Building Momentum
Published: 27/05/2025 -
Episode 11 - The People’s Defense
Published: 12/05/2025 -
Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce
Published: 24/04/2025 -
Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery
Published: 14/04/2025 -
Episode 8 - June and July
Published: 03/04/2025 -
Episode 7 - The People and the Party
Published: 24/03/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental b - Address of the Soviet to the Peoples of the Entire World
Published: 13/03/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1
Published: 13/03/2025 -
Episode 6 - Fumbling the Ball
Published: 13/03/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental d - Miliukov’s Note
Published: 13/03/2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental c - The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Current Revolution
Published: 13/03/2025 -
Episode 5 - Lights, Camera, Action!
Published: 03/03/2025 -
Episode 4 - Setting the Stage
Published: 20/02/2025 -
Episode 3 - Cast of Characters
Published: 10/02/2025 -
Episode 2 - What To Do About The State And Revolution?
Published: 30/01/2025 -
Episode 1 - The Phantom Red Menace
Published: 20/01/2025 -
Episode 0 - Introduction
Published: 18/01/2025
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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 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?Subscribe to find out!
