Proles Pod

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  • A podcast about history, politics, and culture... without the liberalism
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Episodes
  • Ep 71 - The Stalin Eras: Part 3.5 Narrative (1936-1939)
    Dec 30 2024

    Our longest and most controversial episode. This narrative, titled “War Is Already Here” (using the latest archival scholarship) details the legitimacy of the controversial Moscow Trials, the origins of the “Great Terror”, the climax of the Spanish Civil War, war with Japan and apocalyptically - the beginning of a second globe spanning conflict!

    The Stalin Eras, inspired by the classic RevLeft Radio episode “Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspective", mixes both narrative history (ala Blowback) and discussion (like classic Prolespod) to provide the most comprehensive English overview of the life and impact of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in podcast format.

    Whether you’re a socialist history enthusiast, someone who’s just curious to learn more than what you got in school about the Soviet Union, or even a total hater who just wants to rage, this series has something for everyone.

    Support the show at www.patreon.com/prolespod

    Recommended Supplemental Reading

    Stalin History & Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo

    Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn by Domenico Losurdo

    For a Few Canards More: Counter Inquiry on Stalin and the Soviet Union by Aymeric Monville

    Recommended Supplemental Listening

    How Stalin Tried to Prevent World War II w/ Michael Jabara Carley

    Was the Soviet Union Totalitarian w/ Robert Thurston

    Understanding Siege Socialim w/ Gabriel Rockhill

    The American Ambassador Who Supported Stalin w/ Dominique Petit-Wagner

    Stalin's Constitution & Life in 1930s Soviet Union w/ Samantha Lomb

    Sources

    Stalin's Failed Alliance: The Struggle for Collective Security, 1936-1939 by Michael Jabara Carley

    Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shapped World War II by Stuart D. Goldman

    Stalin and War, 1918-1953: Patterns of Repression, Mobilization, and External Threat by David Shearer

    International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam

    Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War ed. Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez, Alison Ribeiro De Menezes, Adrian Shubert

    Reflections on Stalinism ed. J.Arch Getty, Lewis Siegelbaum

    How Russia Blasted Hitler's Spy Machine by Joseph E. Davies

    Soviet Archives

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    3 hrs and 53 mins
  • Ep 70 - The Stalin Eras: Part 3.0 Discussion (1935-1939)
    Dec 9 2024

    In the Part 3 Discussion, we cover evidence for the Moscow Trials (more to come in the Part 3.5 Narrative), The Spanish Civil War, Molotov-Ribbentrop, and more. Our host is Legacy Prole, Taylor!

    The Stalin Eras, inspired by the classic RevLeft Radio episode “Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspective, mixes both narrative history (ala Blowback) and discussion (like classic Prolespod) to provide the most comprehensive English overview of the life and impact of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in podcast format.

    Whether you’re a socialist history enthusiast, someone who’s just curious to learn more than what you got in school about the Soviet Union, or even a total hater who just wants to rage, this series has something for everyone.

    Support the show at www.patreon.com/prolespod

    Recommended Additional Reading

    Stalin History & Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo

    Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn by Domenico Losurdo

    Recommended Additional Listening

    Stalin's Constitution & Life in 1930s Soviet Union w/ Samantha Lomb

    How Stalin Tried to Prevent World War II w/ Michael Jabara Carley

    Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspective

    Foundations of Leninism

    Sources

    Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constituion by Samantha Lomb

    The New Soviet Constitution: A Study in Socialist Democracy by Anna Louise Strong

    Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity, 1917–1941

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War

    Broué, P. (1990). Party opposition to Stalin (1930-1932) and the first Moscow trial. In J. W. Strong (Ed.),

    Essays on revolutionary culture and Stalinism. Selected papers from the Third World Congress for Soviet and East European studies. Craig, G. A. (1951).

    Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918–1945. Series D (1937–1945). Volume III. Germany and the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Volodarsky, B. (2015). Stalin's agent. The life and death of Alexander Orlov. London and New York: Oxford University Press.

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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Ep 69 - The Stalin Eras: Part Three Narrative (1935-1936)
    Nov 25 2024

    In the narrative for Part Three of "The Stalin Eras”, Tony and Jeremy detail Joseph Stalin’s life within the context of Soviet history through the years 1935-1936.

    This narrative, titled “Triumph and Tribulations” highlights the USSR as a rising star to both the global proletariat and colonized peoples, the utter triumph of socialist construction during the Great Depression, the highly progressive 1936 Soviet Constitution, and finally the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War!

    Stay tuned for the next episode which will continue the narrative through from 1936-1939 focusing mostly on the controversial Moscow Trials, the Great Purge, the climax of the Spanish Civil War, and apocalyptically - the beginning of World War II.

    The Stalin Eras, inspired by the classic RevLeft Radio episode “Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspective, mixes both narrative history (ala Blowback) and discussion (like classic Prolespod) to provide the most comprehensive English overview of the life and impact of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in podcast format.

    Whether you’re a socialist history enthusiast, someone who’s just curious to learn more than what you got in school about the Soviet Union, or even a total hater who just wants to rage, this series has something for everyone.

    Support the show at www.patreon.com/prolespod

    Recommended Additional Reading

    Stalin History & Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo

    Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn by Domenico Losurdo

    Recommended Additional Listening

    Stalin's Constitution & Life in 1930s Soviet Union w/ Samantha Lomb

    How Stalin Tried to Prevent World War II w/ Michael Jabara Carley

    Stalin: A Marxist-Leninist Perspective

    Foundations of Leninism

    Sources

    Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constituion by Samantha Lomb

    The New Soviet Constitution: A Study in Socialist Democracy by Anna Louise Strong

    Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity, 1917–1941

    The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War

    Broué, P. (1990). Party opposition to Stalin (1930-1932) and the first Moscow trial. In J. W. Strong (Ed.),

    Essays on revolutionary culture and Stalinism. Selected papers from the Third World Congress for Soviet and East European studies. Craig, G. A. (1951).

    Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918–1945. Series D (1937–1945). Volume III. Germany and the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Volodarsky, B. (2015). Stalin's agent. The life and death of Alexander Orlov. London and New York: Oxford University Press.

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    1 hr and 29 mins

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