Then and Now: Global History and Culture

(Bonus) Lenin and Mao identified the bourgeoisie class as the enemy of desired change in their societies. 

S15-E05 Topics: justification by Lenin and Mao for violence to cause desired change, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China, role of the Red Guard in China, attack on the bourgeoisie. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung List...

(Bonus) Mao's The Little Red Book was an essential tool for educating and transforming China's life and traditions.

(Bonus) Mao believed that land reform was essential for change in China for the masses.

(Bonus) The report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan was important to Mao's political beliefs and plans for change.

(Bonus) Biography of Mao Zedong

S15-E04 Topics: biography of Mao, justification for short term violence for change, importance of The Little Red Book, use of the Red Guard for change, The Peasant's Movement in Hunan, land reform movement. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , S...

(Bonus) The document provides an outline of the various protest tactics used during the Poland uprising.

(Bonus) The biography of Lech Walesa provides background about the major leader of the Poland protest movement.

(Bonus) The article details the invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union.

(Bonus) Poland has been dominated by Russia and then the Soviet Union for hundreds of years.

S15-E03 Topics: cycle of revolution, nonviolent protest of Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi, analysis of the Poland protest, and Lech Walensa. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTub...

(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposal by the U.S. to build an anti-missile defense system to protect from a Soviet nuclear attack. It frightened the Soviet Union since they feared a preemptive attack by the U.S. The SDI system was only a proposal stated by President Reagan that helped to force the Soviets to negotiate for a de-escalation of the nuclear arms race.

(Bonus) The Berlin Wall in Germany was a symbol of the Cold War period. Rather than keeping Allied troops from invading, it was designed to keep citizens of Germany and other Communist countries from escaping.

(Bonus) Biography of Nikita Khrushchev. He is actually a moderate who is quickly pushed out of power by hardline Communist leaders.

S15-E02 Topics: Destalinization, Nikita Khrushchev, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate and President Reagan, and Strategic Defense Initiative. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsung Listen, Stitcher , TuneIn , Twitter , Vurbl , and YouTube . Au...

(Bonus) This article describes how the Soviet Union developed poisons for political murder around the world.

(Bonus) This is an overview of the plan by the Soviet Union to relate with the world community and spread their power.

(Bonus) The Gosplan was the comprehensive plan by Stalin to restructure the Soviet Union.

(Bonus) Biography of Joseph Stalin.

(Bonus) These are the PowerPoint slides that accompany the lectures on communism.

(Bonus) These are the readings that accompany the unit on communism in China and Russia.

S15-E01 Topics: interaction of economic and political theories; phases of the Russian revolution; Russia restructures under Stalin, Stalin's Gosplan; role of the Secret Police; and biography of Stalin. The following links allow you to subscribe: iTunes and Apple Podcast , Amazon Music/Audible , Castbox.fm , Deezer , Facebook , Gaana, Google Podcast , iHeartRadio , Player.fm , Radio Public , Samsun...

(Bonus) The Russian Civil War 7 November 1917 –16 June 1923) was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the monarchy and a new republican government's failure to maintain stability, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future, resulting in the formation of the communist Soviet Union on most of its territory. Its finale marked the end of...

(Bonus) The October Revolution, officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution[b] under the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Coup, the Bolshevik Revolution, the October Uprising, the October Coup or Red October, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It was the second revoluti...