This week the gang talks about the radical liberatory programs of the Bolsheviks, the failure of these programs, the conservative reaction of Stalin, and the renewed blossoming of these ideas in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. We ultimately conclude the Warsaw Pact countries leave much to be desired in the way of workers' democracy, but also provide us with an example of what is possible when a society's resources are devoted to liberation instead of hoarded by the bourgeoisie. The USSR’s Founding Motherhttps://cosmonaut.blog/2018/10/08/the-ussrs-founding-mother/Liberation in the early days of the USSRhttps://isreview.org/issue/86/legacy-octoberBad Romance https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/11/women-better-sex-under-socialism-reviewWhy Women Had Better Sex Under Socialismhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/why-women-had-better-sex-under-socialism.amp.htmlGhodsee, Kristen R. Why women have better sex under socialism : and other arguments for economic independence. New York: Nation Books, 2018.Music:  Ina Martell- Ich war alleinSupport the show