Series Introduction - Different Forms of Communism

This episode is a little different in that I just introduce a series that I am planning to develop. In this series, I will look at, compare, and contrast different types of communism. Communism, like so many other broad topics in history, is not a monolith. There is variation and change, and there are many different manifestations of communist ideology, with the most well-known ones being Soviet Stalinism and Chinese Maoism. There are other forms of communism as well, such as Ho Chi Minh Thought, Juche, and the forms of communism that governed Yugoslavia, Cambodia, and Albania. There are even communist parties in Canada and the United States.

I want to look deeper into these ideologies. While I won't promise to look at all these variations of communist thought, I certainly plan to look into them and see how they were similar to and different from each other. What were their impacts on history? What framework should I use to analyze them? Take a listen to this episode to find out!