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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