Brendan McGeever talks to Helen about the relationship between anti-semitism and the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution in 1917 was a complex event, with myriad factions vying for power. In the chaos, a wave of anti-semitic attacks occurred, and many of the those vying for control did little to stop this. The Bolsheviks, lead by Vladimir Lenin, opposed anti-semitism but had to confront it within the movement and the wider working class. This produced a fascinating and at times contentious relationship between the Bolshevik leadership and Jewish socialists within the party.
Brendan McGeever is a Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London.
Find out more here: https://www.ukri.org/news/100-new-generation-thinkers/
Producer: Peter Curry
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sarah Goldsmith on the Grand Tour
Joanne Paul on Anne Dowriche and the French Revolution
Rachel Hewitt on the History of Women, the Outdoors and the Safety of the Streets
Emily Cock on Disability in the Early Modern Period
Louisa Egbunike on the Nigeria-Biafra War Through the Arts
Sophie Oliver on Jean Rhys
Jon Healey on the Tumultuous 17th Century
Nandini Das on the Early Age of Travel
David Petts on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
Emma Butcher on Children And Warfare In The 18th To The 21st Century
Seb Falk on The Light Ages
Victoria Donovan on Preservation and Patriotism in Russia
Sam Goodman on Imperialism, Britishness and Ales
Michael Talbot on the Ottoman Empire and Piracy
Christienna Fryar on the Emancipation of Jamaica
Edmund Richardson on Charles Masson and Discovering the Lost Cities of Alexander the Great
Catherine Fletcher on the Dark Side of the Italian Renaissance
Tom Scott-Smith on the History of Famine Relief
Joanna Cohen on the US and Early Patriotism
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL