#444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler
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<p>Vejas Liulevicius is a historian specializing in Germany and Eastern Europe, who has lectured extensively on Marxism and the rise, the reign, and the fall of Communism.<br />
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(08:48) – Marxism<br />
(36:33) – Anarchism<br />
(51:30) – The Communist Manifesto<br />
(1:00:29) – Communism in the Soviet Union<br />
(1:20:23) – Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin<br />
(1:30:11) – Stalin<br />
(1:37:26) – Holodomor<br />
(1:51:16) – The Great Terror<br />
(2:04:17) – Totalitarianism<br />
(2:15:19) – Response to Darryl Cooper<br />
(2:30:27) – Nazis vs Communists in Germany<br />
(2:36:50) – Mao<br />
(2:41:57) – Great Leap Forward<br />
(2:48:58) – China after Mao<br />
(2:54:30) – North Korea<br />
(2:58:34) – Communism in US<br />
(3:06:04) – Russia after Soviet Union<br />
(3:17:35) – Advice for Lex<br />
(3:25:17) – Book recommendations<br />
(3:28:16) – Advice for young people<br />
(3:35:08) – Hope</p>
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