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Hello, and welcome to revolutions.

Episode 10.8, the red and the black.

So we come now finally to our last episode of this opening historical and philosophical

prologue to the Russian Revolution. After today, I will take a two week break, and when I come

back, we will commence with a history of Russia. But before we get going today, I do want to

slip in a quick plug because we just did the Paris Commune, and I have to tell you that

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