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• Ep 79 - Soviet Cartoons & Raising Socialist Children

  The Proles Squad is joined by communist Youtuber RevolutionaryTh0t to talk about their recent work on soviet children's cartoons, women's liberation in the USSR, and socialist child rearing!  RevolutionaryTh0t's Youtube Channel RevolutionaryTh0t's Instagram Sign up at Patreon where you can get access to early release episodes, study guides, bonus episodes, TheoryBeats, and MORE! YOU CAN DO SO FOR FREE, which will get you the study guides, merch, and other random drops. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast catcher and rate or review to help extend our reach. Like and rate us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @prolespod and Tiktok @proles.pod. If you have any questions or comments, email us at [email protected]. May the spectre haunt your streets, and solidarity forever. Intro Music:  "ProlesPod Theme" by Ransom Notes      

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• Ep 78 - The Stalin Eras: Part 6 Conclusions

  In the FINAL main-feed episode of the Stalin Eras, we sat back and took a look at where we started and where we ended up. Were we successful in what we set out to do? What did we learn? What do we hope listeners learned? How did the process change us? We answer these and more. Please comment what you learned, something that surprised you. We would love to see them. 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

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• Ep 77 - The Stalin Eras: Part 5 Criticisms and Contradictions

  The much anticipated criticisms and contradictions episode of The Stalin Eras! In this episode we wrestle with the following controversies during Stalin’s leadership of the USSR: the Gulag, anti-homosexuality laws, anti-abortion Laws, the “Final” Contradiction, and more! You don’t want to miss this one!  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 Listening Was the Soviet Union Totalitarian w/ Robert Thurston Stalin's Constitution & Life in 1930s Soviet Union w/ Samantha Lomb Understanding Siege Socialim w/ Gabriel Rockhill  Recommended Supplemental Reading  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 Episode Sources Love - Family Life - Career: Behind the Soviet Law Limiting Abortions and Increasing Aid to Mothers 1936 Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation by Sherry Wolf Lavender and Red by Leslie Feinberg  Criminal Proesecution of Homosexuals in the Soviet Union (1946-1991) - Numbers and Discourses by Uladzmir Valodzin  Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent by Dan Healey  The Gulag: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Barenberg  Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag by Julie S. Draskoczy   Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo The Gulag - Espresso Stalinist Collection of Qoutes About Gulag  ‘Factory of invalids’: Mortality, disability and early release on medical grounds in GULAG, 1930-1955

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• Ep 76 - The Stalin Eras Part 4 Discussion (1939-1953)

  As "The Stalin Eras” draws to a close, we discuss, in more granular detail, Joseph Stalin’s placement within the context of Soviet history, focusing on the years 1939 up to his death in 1953. Our host for this episode is (also) Jeremy, from Intervenciones Gringas! We talk accusations of imperialism, the final results of Stalin's theory of Socialism in One Country, and the contradiction of "orthodox" Marxism.  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 Listening East Germany: Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? w/Bruni de la Motte The Rise of, Life In, and Fall of the German Democratic Republic The Subversion of East Germany (1945-1961) The American Soldier Who Defected to East Germany (Part 1) w/ Victor Grossman The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948-1990) w/ Julia Mead Critiquing Stalin's Black Legend w/ Henry Hakamäki & Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro Class Based Affirmative Action in Socialist Poland w/ Agata Zysiak  Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 101: Pre-history to World War II w/ Iskolat Was the Soviet Union Totalitarian w/ Robert Thurston Understanding Siege Socialim w/ Gabriel Rockhill  Latvia's Red Partisans of World War II Romania and Ceaușescu Stalin Was a Mensch - A Look at the "Antisemitism" of the USSR   Recommended Supplemental Reading 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   Sources Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 by Geoffrey Roberts Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader by Alexander Hill World War II: Myths and the Realities by Oleg Rzheshevsky The Soviets Expected It by Anna Louise Strong Stalin: From the Caucasus to the Kremlin by Christopher Read

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• Ep 75 - The Stalin Eras: Part 4.5 Narrative (1943-1953)

  In this final narrative of "The Stalin Eras”, we detail Joseph Stalin’s life within the context of Soviet history through the years 1943-1953. This narrative, titled “Long Live Comrade Stalin!" covers viscerally the experience of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War as well as the key ingredients to their victory, the early days of the cold war, and Stalin's final years.  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 Listening East Germany: Stasi State or Socialist Paradise? w/Bruni de la Motte The Rise of, Life In, and Fall of the German Democratic Republic The Subversion of East Germany (1945-1961) The American Soldier Who Defected to East Germany (Part 1) w/ Victor Grossman The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948-1990) w/ Julia Mead Critiquing Stalin's Black Legend w/ Henry Hakamäki & Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro Class Based Affirmative Action in Socialist Poland w/ Agata Zysiak  Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 101: Pre-history to World War II w/ Iskolat Was the Soviet Union Totalitarian w/ Robert Thurston Understanding Siege Socialim w/ Gabriel Rockhill  Latvia's Red Partisans of World War II Romania and Ceaușescu Stalin Was a Mensch - A Look at the "Antisemitism" of the USSR   Recommended Supplemental Reading 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   Sources Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 by Geoffrey Roberts Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader by Alexander Hill World War II: Myths and the Realities by Oleg Rzheshevsky The Soviets Expected It by Anna Louise Strong Stalin: From the Caucasus to the Kremlin by Christopher Read  

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