Emancipations Podcast cover image

Stalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn feat. Doug Greene

Emancipations Podcast

00:00

Stalinism: A Betrayal of the Egalitarian Possibilities

With the development of modern medicine, like reactionaries really picked up on this idea that revolutions are viruses. And particularly among its far right adherence, the source of the virus was seen as a subversive Jew or just the Jews in general. Churchill sees the Bolsheviks as a subversive Jewish virus and he sees things like fascism as a healthy antibodies against the bestial appetites of Bolshevism. He says they're getting rid of these internationalist Jews and it's becoming more nationalistic. But Churchill himself has no great insight into the Soviet Union or communism or Stalinism. He just sees it as a subversive virus.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app