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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Utopia Dystopia: Lenin and Leninism: A Centenary Perspective
Description: Recorded November 2, 2017.
As part of the Utopia Dystopia lecture series, Dr James Ryan (Cardiff University) will deliver a talk, to take place almost exactly 100 years since the start of the October Revolution, which will address simple but crucial question: What was the October Revolution actually for and should Leninism be considered to have any relevance in our world today.
Russia’s October Revolution was one of the most consequential events in modern history. It helped ensure that the ultimate fate of the Russian Revolution would be far removed from the spirit of freedom and democracy that seemed so promising in 1917. Wh...