# Victor Serge
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victor serge (French: [viktɔʁ sɛʁʒ]), born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich (Russian: Ви́ктор Льво́вич Киба́льчич; December 30, 1890 – November 17, 1947), was a Russian revolutionary Marxist, novelist, poet and historian. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Bolsheviks five months after arriving in Petrograd in January 1919 and later worked for the Comintern as a journalist, editor and translator. He was critical of the Stalinist regime and remained a revolutionary Marxist until his death.
Doug Greene on the Stalin and the Dialectics of Saturn
Doug Greene is an independent communist historian from the Boston area. He has written biographies of the communist insurgent Louis Auguste Blanqui and DSA founder Michael Harrington. Stalinism has left a complex and controversial legacy throughout history. How have interpretations of Stalinism bee…
Episode 9
Summer Reading is drawing to a close. On this episode we talk whaling, nature writing, southern gothic novels, and housecats. We discuss some exciting to-be-reads, and as always, a cozy mystery.
Books discussed in this episode:
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On Lighthouses by Jazmine Barrera trans. by Christina …
Understanding Socialism: Part Five. 1871 to 1917. Revolutionary Divide.
This is technically the final installment of our series “Understanding Socialism” where we cover the period between the Paris Commune in 1871 and onset of World War I, which precedes (and leads to) the Russian Revolution in 1917. We’re going to cover the Russian Revolution briefly in an epilogue th…
Understanding Socialism: Part Six. Epilogue.
The final, final (no really) installment in our series on socialism looks narrowly at the period between World War One and the Russian Revolution to identify factors that contributed to the Bolshevik departure from Marxist theory and how nationalism squashed any hope for an internationalist movemen…
144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor
Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's true about it, and the ways that Serge fails to live up to the legend.
You can find Mitch's writin…
Episode Two | Tim MacGabhann
In this episode, hosts Maddie and Liam speak with Tim MacGabhann about his piece The Intransitive (published in Issue Seven of Tolka).
We discuss his insatiable reading and writing, Victor Serge, and the golden age of ape cinema.
For those curious about Tim's stellar playlist you can treat you…
Ukraine’s Fight for Self-Determination: Three Years of Resistance Against Russian Imperialism
February 24th marks the third anniversary of Russia’s imperialist invasion of Ukraine. Ever since, the Ukrainian state and its working people have resisted and fought for their self-determination. While they received support from the US and Europe, it came with a price tag of debt and neoliberal re…
Socialism 2025: Putin's Anti-War Political Prisoners in Russia
This is a recording of a panel from the Socialism 2025 conference in Chicago, held over July 3–6. It examines Putin’s repression of critical voices, those who have publicly opposed his war of aggression against Ukraine.
Boris Kagarlitsky, the well-known Marxist critic of Putin's regime, is current…
13. showing generosity to your characters (w/ Andrew Martin)
Author Andrew Martin shares the three books he thinks everyone should read. His fantastic new novel Down Time is available everywhere now, via Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewhmartin85/?hl=en
for the ad-free, extended version of this e…
A Conversation with Mitch Abidor
On this episode I interview Mitch Abidor an author, historian and translator. This episode is the first in a two part series of interviews with Mr. Abidor. We talk about what it is like being a historian, his professional journey, what his days look like and his work as a translator. In the second …
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