really really great podcast u should try to check out
Yes I was planning on listening to that today some time. We also moderate the subreddit :sicko-hexbear:
Hexbearist it’s only know how to moderate subreddits for podcasts.
so so many good bits here:
- the historical conditions of the russian revolution and the contradictions that caused it to collapse
- the theory that many of the most ardent communists and antifascists much needed for the immense tasks of the revolution dying in WWII leading to the restoration of capitalism in the 1950s
- that prior to the 1900s every european country had a multitude of socialist camps, and there were always so called "socialists" supporting the bourgeoisie stating socialist reasons, and the current parallels to the state sanctioned russian communist party
- about his convo with Dugin: "like all fascists everywhere today, they are not openly talking about fascism. they're talking about Justice, they're talking about oligarchy that is robbing the people, and you need to to get rid of the internationalist oligarchs who are sucking Russian blood out; so they are very actively exploiting the Socialist phraseology as they did in Germany 1930s. always, always they're doing that. they are doing they are doing that in turkey that's why Dougin has friends there. they're doing that in Hungary. they're doing it in the United States of America. it's all the same" "they are mixing the post-Soviet feelings of nostalgia with nationalism... and building some new Spirit out of that, and in its core that spirit is purely fascistic"
also the predeterminations that set the stage for the ukr rus conflict, and how rus is very very close to ukr already and is steadily catching up in terms of fascism
*wow everything from 35:30 on is incredible
what people in in the Western Hemisphere do not comprehend I think is that this is not a game between Ukraine and Russia and this isn't a game between Russia and NATO and and America for example this is the beginning the early stage of the world war it's not going to be confined within the Ukrainian or Russian borders this is the beginning this is the story will which will affect each and every family in Poland and Hungary in France and Spain or United Kingdom the United States Latin America the Middle East and certainly South Asia won't be just observers and Outsiders to that process this is the beginning so I think that the most important thing today is to and this is why I think our conversation today is very timely and is needed the most important problem is how we would how we can if we can rebuild the international solidarity between the working people which was ruined which was deconstructed after the fall of the USSR and that solidarity movement is extremely necessary today we are on the brink of some Calamity of of horrific events which we I think don't understand completely we we are not fully aware of the dangers that we are facing as a Humanity not as as you know Russian Communists or european leftists and for that the the primary condition for rebuilding such understanding between the working classes of the world the primary condition is the evidence that each and every socialist movement each and every Communist party or a tiny Marxist Circle each and every one of us are mostly focused on fighting our own domestic bourgeoisie for example I can tell you a lot of things about you know Biden and U.S imperialism and and the downsides of the evacuation process in the Hurricane Katrina but this is not my number one priority I have to be focused about on on what is happening in my Courtyard and only on on such condition we can start talking frankly to each other and and regain trust between the the Socialist movements of various countries so if we get back to Russia we have a tiny minority a very small group of left-wing bloggers marxists we don't have a party here and it it it's it is frankly impossible to to have it registered there's no political process that you can take part in but there's a bunch of individuals here who formulated their attitude to the war right after its start in February who made everything they could to distance themselves from the official Communists who are seeing the the tragedy the catastrophe of the expanding military conflict as the beginning of the new international War and who are first of all concerned and focused on the criticizing the role and on on attracting the world's attention to to the role of the Russian bourgeoisie in in instigating this and this is why I think that I'll work here our propaganda here our communicating efforts here are going to be more and more problematic in the future
I remember hearing how the fall of the USSR was more or less the consequences of WW2 catching up to it, and the more I read about it the more layers that statement has. The damage dealt, both to capital and human lives, is immeasurable but something ironic that is overlooked is the Soviet military's increased power as a result of their immense prestige following victory, which had them act as a state within a state parallel to the civilian government who had to grapple with them sometimes. The militarization of the economy, while to a degree necessary due to the cold war, became a black hole which diverted so much treasure into what would become "the greatest army for the war which never happened".
Point being is that the immense pressure WWII placed on the Union shaped it into what it became afterwards in more ways than just loss. Ironically, even without losing millions of lives, the same is true somewhat for the US and its Industrial Military Complex which has now grown into something worse than the Red Army did.
