Bolshevism vs. Stalinism: 100 Years Since the Founding of the USSR

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR. In this episode, John Peterson provides a brief history and background on the USSR, what it was, and what it achieved—and why it was hated by the capitalist world. 

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Reading list: 

• The Revolution Betrayed (Leon Trotsky). 
• Stalin (Leon Trotsky). 
• If America Should Go Communist (Leon Trotsky). 
• The History of the Russian Revolution (Leon Trotsky). 
• Russia: From Revolution to Counterrevolution (Ted Grant & Alan Woods).