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.

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(08:48) – Marxism

(36:33) – Anarchism

(51:30) – The Communist Manifesto

(1:00:29) – Communism in the Soviet Union

(1:20:23) – Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin

(1:30:11) – Stalin

(1:37:26) – Holodomor

(1:51:16) – The Great Terror

(2:04:17) – Totalitarianism

(2:15:19) – Response to Darryl Cooper

(2:30:27) – Nazis vs Communists in Germany

(2:36:50) – Mao

(2:41:57) – Great Leap Forward

(2:48:58) – China after Mao

(2:54:30) – North Korea

(2:58:34) – Communism in US

(3:06:04) – Russia after Soviet Union

(3:17:35) – Advice for Lex

(3:25:17) – Book recommendations

(3:28:16) – Advice for young people

(3:35:08) – Hope

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