An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia w. The Regrettable Century (Pt. 1)

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02/10/20 • 73 min

Red Library: A Political Education Podcast for Today's Left

Part 2 of Red Library's Lost Futures Series

Our most excellent comrades from The Regrettable Century return to the library for epic task of studying the history of socialist political and economic society and its eventual eventual downfall in Yugoslavia from 1945 to the early 1990's. To do so, we read the 2015 work by Darko Suvin, Slendour, Misery, and Possibilities: An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia.

We kick off part 1 with discussing the history of Yugoslavia and the partisan resistance during World War II, the break with Stalin and the U.S.S.R., the struggleation in the command economy years, and much more!

We also share a big announcement at the start of this episode!

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Part 2 of Red Library's Lost Futures Series

We also share a big announcement at the start of this episode!

Further Readings/References

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Email us at [email protected]

Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes

Click here to support Red Library on Patreon

Click here to find Red Library on Facebook

Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

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An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia w. The Regrettable Century (Pt. 2)

Part 2 of Red Library's Lost Futures Series

We continue our historical x-ray and analysis of the lost futures of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Darko Suvin's Slendour, Misery, and Possibilities: An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia with our podrades from The Regrettable Century.

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