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episode 17: The People's Commissariat for Gettin' It On: Sexual Radicalism and Liberation Under 20th Century Socialism
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 Mother
https://cosmonaut.blog/2018/10/08/the-ussrs-founding-mother/
Liberation in the early days of the USSR
https://isreview.org/issue/86/legacy-october
Bad Romance
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/11/women-better-sex-under-socialism-review
Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/why-women-had-better-sex-under-socialism.amp.html
Ghodsee, 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 allein