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Portrait of the Soviet Union Part One, Mother Russia

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Date:
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Time:
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Type:
Class/Workshop
Organizer/Author:
Eugene E. Ruyle
Email:
Phone:
510-332-3865
Location Details:
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)

Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library

Portrait of the Soviet Union
Part One, Mother Russia

According to the LA Times (1988), "Portrait of the Soviet Union" may be Ted Turner's “crowning achievement,” “a seven-hour documentary of panoramic sweep,” surely “the most beautiful and comprehensive cultural history of old Russia and the Soviet Union ever to appear on American TV.” Unfortunately, the Times warns, “it also projects a view through Red-colored glasses, one that maximizes Soviet strengths and minimizes Soviet weaknesses, one that disappoints even as it dazzles.” We will assume everyone has heard about the gulag and the purges from their High School Civics Teachers, and proceed to take another view. This is Part 1, we will schedule the rest when we have breaks in our schedule.

Sun, April 23, 2017: 10:30am to 12:30pm
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)

FREE - but hat will be passed for donations to NPML

About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library
A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been for the past.

For info or to subscribe to our weekly announcements,
Call Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: cuyleruyle [at] mac.com
For our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org
Added to the calendar on Fri, Apr 21, 2017 5:33PM
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