Alright everybody, we're back with a new series! This is the first of several episodes that we will do on the Moscow Trials. For fuller context we decided to start our investigation with the beginnings of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Hope you enjoy!

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History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(Bolshevik)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...

Trotsky -"Lenin spoke briefly......"
https://www.marxists.org/history/inte...

Lenin- "From the Camp of the Stolypin "Labour" Party"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...

Lenin- "The Defeat of One's own Government in the Imperialist War"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...

Lenin to A. Kollontai
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni... Sources

History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union(Bolshevik)
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...

Trotsky -"Lenin spoke briefly......"
https://www.marxists.org/history/inte...

Lenin- "From the Camp of the Stolypin "Labour" Party"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...

Lenin- "The Defeat of One's own Government in the Imperialist War"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...

Lenin to A. Kollontai
https://www.marxists.org/archive/leni...

Stalin- "Trotskyism or Leninism?"
https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...

Gayle Lonergan- "Where was the Conscience of the Revolution?"
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Tony Cliff- "Opposition to Trotsky in the Red Army"
https://www.marxists.org/archive/clif...

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On episode #13 we have a lengthy discussion on the first presidential debate of 2020 and the larger political environment in the US.

Recorded September 29th 2020

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What is the future of the US dollar? Fellow Traveler joins The Iron Curtain to talk Current Events

On Episode #13 we were joined by Fellow Traveler to discuss the deployment of unnamed federal troops, the future of the US dollar and protests in Boliva.

Check out Fellow Traveler's content!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqilwNYrajK0djOx3sIh01A
-F.V.K. Sources:
https://thewire.in/trade/dollar-currency-trade https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/07/17/china-and-iran-approach-massive-400-billion-deal/#36a700ae2a16 https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3094416/us-dollar-risk-sudden-collapse-ex-imf-official-warns-blow https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/elon-musk-confesses-to-lithium-coup-in-bolivia-20200725-0010.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/08/05/boli-a05.html
-Dankey's Sources:
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate#:~:text=Unemployment%20Rate%20in%20the%20United,percent%20in%20May%20of%201953.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/27/how-the-eviction-crisis-will-impact-each-state.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/07/14/one-of-the-millions-of-newly-uninsured-americans-what-to-do-next.html
CNBC

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In episode #11 Comrade Natalie busts myths and drops knowledge about the DPRK.
-Paektu Solidarity Alliance
https://defendkorea.com/

-Comrade Natalie's Twitter and YouTube channel
https://twitter.com/natalierevolts?la...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCN3...

-DPRK Web Portal
http://www.dprkportal.kp/

Wilfred Burchett
*Australian not American
Worked for French communist newspaper L'Humanité during the Korean War.
The traveling theatre groups are noted in his must read book "This Monstrous War". This was the only info I could find on this subject so please let us know if you've seen another source regarding this.

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In the 10th episode of the Iron Curtain we discuss Tony Smith's "Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism" with our comrade and friend Red Meme October17.

Order your copy of the book in question here! https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1190-beyond-liberal-egalitarianism

Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism"
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/capitalist-realism

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Dankey and F.V.K sit down to discuss highlights from the month of June 2019. Episode #9 was recorded on June 30th 2020.

F.V.K Sources:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/0...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgian...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/wo...

https://www.38north.org/2020/06/nkant...

https://www.wionews.com/world/dirty-d...

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/29/tr...
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On Ep. #7 of The Iron Curtain the gang takes turns discussing Soviet History with the one and only Dr. Grover Furr!
Dr. Furr's Website-
https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Gqz5hPLZ_d4QiepQogZ2Q

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Ep.#6
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Recorded on May 27th 2020
F.V.K. Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-administration-discussed-conducting-first-us-nuclear-test-in-decades/2020/05/22/a805c904-9c5b-11ea-b60c-3be060a4f8e1_story.html https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/25/us-threatens-nuclear-arms-race-into-oblivion-as-it-kills-another-treaty-and-mulls-bomb-tests/ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/499240-open-skies-withdrawal-throws-nuclear-treaty-into-question

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-Tactical Spork Sources

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-52493609 https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/family-mourns-drone-strikes-somalia-continue-200304062126438.html https://apnews.com/79346b4e428676424c0e5669c80fc310

-F.V.K. Sources

https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-memo-republican-campaigns-to-attack-china-for-covid-19-2020-4 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/28/trump-says-china-could-have-stopped-covid-19-and-suggests-us-will-seek-damages https://thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/trump-media-chinese-lab-coronavirus-conspiracy/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/04/21/u-s-views-of-china-increasingly-negative-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/

-AnAngryDumbster Sources

https://www.270towin.com/maps/dDd48

-Comrade Kek's Sources

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/06/rachel-bitecofer-profile-election-forecasting-new-theory-108944