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British Labour History in the 19th Century
A general overview of the development of the trade union movement from the 1830s to the eve of the First World War. What factors led to the radicalis…
12 years, 3 months ago
The WWII origins of the Vietnam War
How did the fall of France, the invasion of the Soviet Union and Pearl Harbour have bearing on the fate of Vietnam? This podcast explores not only t…
12 years, 3 months ago
Trotsky In Mexico
One of the more overlooked aspects of the history of Soviet Communism is the last years of Trotsky's life at Coyoacan in Mexico. This podcast explore…
12 years, 4 months ago
Japan's First Defeats 1942-43
Japan enjoyed spectacular military successes from December 1941 to February 1942, but from May to November that year was dealt a series of defeats th…
12 years, 6 months ago
The Five Year Plans and the Stakhanovites
The Five Year Plans involved and immense bureaucratic effort to industrialise Russia on a massive scale. Beyond the massive cost to the Russian peopl…
12 years, 6 months ago
The Fellow Travellers
Why did so many western intellectuals decide to offer their support to the Soviet Union in the 1930s? Writers like George Bernard Shaw, Freda Kirchwe…
12 years, 6 months ago
Terrorism, Anarchism and Russia's Intelligentsia
By the late 19th Century Russia was a rapid increase in acts of terrorism against the state, the assassination of government ministers, bombings of s…
12 years, 10 months ago
The German Revolution 1918
How did Germany's defeat in World War One lead to a revolution that swept away the Kaiser and result in the rise of a liberal socialist government? W…
12 years, 11 months ago
Theodor Herzl
Theodor Herzl is credited with being the father of Zionism and the intellectual force behind the founding of the state of Israel, even though he died…
12 years, 11 months ago
Germans and the Holocaust
What did ordinary German people know or think about the genocide of the Jewish people? This podcast encourages students of Nazi Germany to move away …
13 years ago