The Five Faces of Communism The Stalinist Face of Communism
The episode covers the question "Was Stalin inevitable?"; Terror; the command economy; bootstrap industrialisation; Stalinism in East Europe; If the shoe does not fit wear it anyway; Bezhnev and the new conservatism; The system today. Speakers are: Leszek Kołakowski, former Polish Communist Party member, Professor of Philosophy, Warsaw University. Edward Goldstucker, former communist, Head of Writer's Union, Prague. George Urban, Specialist, Hungarian Affairs, Alex Knowle Specialist on Soviet Affairs, Glasgow University, Joris Megdedif (phonetic spelling, soviet scientist in exile) Vladimir Bukovsky, dissident in exile.
The Russian revolution was really a disaster for communism. This astonishing assessment of the long-term sets off the discussion in the first programme of a series which examines emergent crises in Eastern bloc countries. The rising tide of criticism and dissent within the Soviet bloc, coupled with the ferment of Euro-Communism revisionism in Western Europe poses yet another threat to Soviet leadership. Produced for the Canadian and American Broadcasting Corporations, Gwynne Dyer looks at what's happening on Russia's front door, Eastern Europe. Over five episodes Dyer speaks with experts on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc dissidents.
Primary Title
- The Five Faces of Communism
Episode Title
- The Stalinist Face of Communism
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 30 September 1978
Duration
- 53:00
Episode
- 2
Channel
- 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
- Radio New Zealand
Station
- 1YA
Owning Organisation
- Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand
Programme Description
- The Russian revolution was really a disaster for communism. This astonishing assessment of the long-term sets off the discussion in the first programme of a series which examines emergent crises in Eastern bloc countries. The rising tide of criticism and dissent within the Soviet bloc, coupled with the ferment of Euro-Communism revisionism in Western Europe poses yet another threat to Soviet leadership. Produced for the Canadian and American Broadcasting Corporations, Gwynne Dyer looks at what's happening on Russia's front door, Eastern Europe. Over five episodes Dyer speaks with experts on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc dissidents.
Episode Description
- The episode covers the question "Was Stalin inevitable?"; Terror; the command economy; bootstrap industrialisation; Stalinism in East Europe; If the shoe does not fit wear it anyway; Bezhnev and the new conservatism; The system today. Speakers are: Leszek Kołakowski, former Polish Communist Party member, Professor of Philosophy, Warsaw University. Edward Goldstucker, former communist, Head of Writer's Union, Prague. George Urban, Specialist, Hungarian Affairs, Alex Knowle Specialist on Soviet Affairs, Glasgow University, Joris Megdedif (phonetic spelling, soviet scientist in exile) Vladimir Bukovsky, dissident in exile.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- This five episode series is based on Dyer's original seven episode series, 'The Seven Faces of Communism'. They appear to have been edited down to five programmes for distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
Hosts
- Gwynne Dyer (Host)
Contributors
- Leszek Kołakowski (Speaker)
- Eduard Goldstucker (Speaker)
- George Urban (Speaker)
- Alex Knowle (Speaker)
- Joris Megedif (Speaker)
- Vladimir Bukovsky (Speaker)
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Production Unit)