What if Twitter existed 100 years ago? What role would it have played in the politics of that era? On this episode of The Show About Politics, we take a time machine back to the Russian Revolution to find out. Joining us on this adventure is Ivor Crotty and Dr Helen Rappaport, two of the creators of a digital historical social media project called #1917Live. #1917LIVE is an experimental project that tells the story of the Russian Revolution through a network of linked Twitter accounts. Dozens of historical characters, from Tsar Nicholas II to Vladimir Lenin are live-tweeting events day-by-day as if Twitter existed a century ago.

Learn more about #1917Live here: https://1917live.red/

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