Wow, what a year!  Probably not the brightest days in Russian history.   Today we’re talking about all the unfortunate events that almost kicked Russia over the cliff in 1905, a foreshadowing of the revolution to come a dozen years later.   Understanding 1905 and the events surrounding this period is a must to …

Jack London curls up his lip and snarls like one of the wolves in his Klondike adventures in this 1908 dystopian novel.    If The Jungle was the Socialists’ way of showing how they saw the world and the worker’s plight and Looking Backwards was a lofty vision of how the world could be, …

In our second installment of the (un) Holy Trinity of Socialist Literature series I cover this 1888 Utopian novel by Edward Bellamy.   This novel was very, very well received in the United States and brought socialism out of the realm of bomb throwing anarchists and into fine, respectable cocktail parties around the nation. … Continue reading "Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy"

In the first installment of the (un)holy trinity of American socialist literature, I cover Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.  This book goes down as one of the great books of socialist literature AND one of the great ones of the 20th Century.   I briefly sum up the book and explain how it relates to The … Continue reading "The Jungle by Upton Sinclair"

Finally!   The Cold War Cast is up and running.   In this brief introduction I introduce myself and discuss my plans for this podcast.   Episode One will be up shortly.