Voice Of The Revolution Radio

On this 5th Communist Roundtable, Rinita Mazumdar & I continue our discussion on State Socialism, also known as Bureaucratic Collectivism. In this hour we discuss: *The theory of 'Bureaucratic Collectivism' *The question of repression *The Leninist revision of the stages of history *The Bolsheviks as Jacobins *The Trans-Siberian Railway *The question of forced labour *The party re-edit of "Swan Lake" *'Could Bureaucratic Collectivism' in the Soviet Union be avoided? *The privileges of the Soviet nomenklatura *The necessity of Liberal institutions for the Socialist revolution *The Soviet 'Invasion' of Afghanistan *The concept of 'Really Existing Socialism' *American/Reagan's responsibility for the fall of the Soviet Union: 'Less than 1 per cent' *Gorbachev's actions against Bureaucracy *How the market has a life of its own *Price controls *'One cent for a bag of potatoes' *Could the Soviet Union have transcended the market? *The impossibility of 'Socialism in one country' Musick: *Destiny - Mission Space *Why