Russia's October Revolution in 1917 and the rise of Soviet power reverberated across the

world from Latin America to Africa to Asia and the Middle East, that part of the world

that lived under the ravages of colonialism and under development.

We need a new system. We need a new society.

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible

even a few weeks ago,

but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of The Real Story on the Socialist program.

I'm your host, Brian Becker.

Today is part two of our series, The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union and Lessons for Socialists.

Today we'll be discussing the impact of the Russian Revolution on the

people of the world who lived under the yoke of colonial domination. We'll be

talking with Vijay Prashad. He is the executive director of the Tri-Continental

Institute for Social Research, chief editor of Leftward Books, a prolific author, and the author of Red Star Over the Third World.

Vijay Prashad, welcome to the Socialist Program.

It's a great honor to be on a program called The Socialist.

Yeah, thank you so much.

Well, we're doing a multi-part series on the rise and fall of the Soviet

Union and lessons for socialist. You know, there's a rise in interest in socialism, I mean here

in the United States, the Bernie Sanders campaign coming after Occupy, Black Lives Matter movement, the

crisis of capitalism following the 2008 crash on Wall Street, arise in interest in socialism

and people are joining socialist groups, organizations, parties, of all types.

But ultimately, socialists will be confronted

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