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Communism: everything you wanted to know

Maurice J Casey answers listeners' questions about the revolutionary ideology, its key thinkers and its impact on modern history

Published: September 29, 2024 at 7:30 AM

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First published in 1848, The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels presents communism as a 'spectre' haunting Europe. During the century that followed, this revolutionary ideology swept the world and left an indelible mark on the geopolitical dynamics of the modern age. Historian Maurice J Casey talks to Danny Bird about the history of communism – from Bolshevik emigrés and the fall of the Berlin Wall; to the rise of the Comintern and the legacy of anticommunism.

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Maurice J Casey is the author of Hotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals (Footnote Press, 2024)

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Danny BirdContent producer

Danny Bird is a content producer at HistoryExtra

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