DiscoverIn the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian NightmareS1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet
S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

Update: 2020-04-012
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How do you build a society out of the theories of Marx and Engels? Who was Lenin and why is he such an important communist figure? How did communism come to Indochina?



Time Period Covered: 1917 - 1939



Beginning with Lenin being sent into the fragile Russian Empire in 1917, this episode is a discussion of the evolution of Marxism from 'theory' to 'practise'. This creates a new version of the 'doctrine': 'Marxism-Leninism'. The Russian Revolution in 1917 represents the entrance of a new civilisation onto the globe, one fuelled by the energy of communism. A young Vietnamese man sees this ideology as a potential way for his country to be freed from colonialism, as do many others. The reign of Lenin gives way to Stalin, and terror, as we expand our vocabulary of 'communism' in order to better understand the actions of the Khmer Rouge.



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S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

S1 Ep9: The Origins of Communism - Part Two - Soviet

Lachlan Peters