The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union
Ein Podcast von Daniel
29 Folgen
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Episode 18 - Shots Fired
Vom: 2.11.2025 -
Episode 17 - Lessons to be Learned
Vom: 28.9.2025 -
Episode 16 - Filling in the Blanks
Vom: 26.9.2025 -
Episode 15, supplemental a - To the Garrison of the City of Petrograd and the Surrounding Areas
Vom: 3.9.2025 -
Episode 15, supplemental b - Address of the Second All-Russian Congress
Vom: 3.9.2025 -
Episode 15 - Checkmate
Vom: 3.9.2025 -
Episode 14 supplemental: The Bolshevik Central Committee Resolution of 10 October
Vom: 30.7.2025 -
Episode 14 - On The Eve
Vom: 30.7.2025 -
Episode 13 supplemental - The Life of Natasha Morozova
Vom: 6.7.2025 -
Episode 13 - The People on the Brink
Vom: 6.7.2025 -
**Announcement** “The Sickle and the Hammer” guest spots!
Vom: 15.6.2025 -
**Announcement** Patreon page updates!
Vom: 14.6.2025 -
Episode 12 - Building Momentum
Vom: 27.5.2025 -
Episode 11 - The People’s Defense
Vom: 12.5.2025 -
Episode 10 - Kerensky’s Farce
Vom: 24.4.2025 -
Episode 9 - Reaction and Recovery
Vom: 14.4.2025 -
Episode 8 - June and July
Vom: 3.4.2025 -
Episode 7 - The People and the Party
Vom: 24.3.2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental a - Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies Order Number 1
Vom: 13.3.2025 -
Episode 6, supplemental d - Miliukov’s Note
Vom: 13.3.2025
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!
