{"id":25804,"date":"2018-07-23T16:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=25804"},"modified":"2018-07-27T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T19:33:23","slug":"growing-up-in-the-ussr-rai-with-a-buzgalin-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2018\/07\/23\/growing-up-in-the-ussr-rai-with-a-buzgalin-1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Up in the USSR \u2013 RAI with A. Buzgalin (1\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Real News Network<\/em> has a very interesting 12 partseries <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/growing-up-in-the-ussr-rai-with-a-buzgalin-1-12\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Growing Up in the USSR \u2013 RAI with A. Buzgalin (1\/12)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nProf. Alexander Buzgalin joins Paul Jay on <strong>R<\/strong>eality <strong>A<\/strong>sserts <strong>I<\/strong>tself; born two years after the death of Stalin, he talks about growing up in the Soviet Union.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7RFc43mcIe8?rel=0\" style=\"norder: thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<pre class=\"plain\">\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This series gives me a much netter understanding of Russia and the Soviet Union from the point of view of a Russian scholar.  I find this discussion to be very revealing.<\/p>\n<p>I came to this series at a later segment, and found it so interesting, I went back to the beginning.  I have listened to the first 3 segments so far, and intend to watch the rest of the series as time permits.<\/p>\n<p>The initial link in this post leads to a collection of links to  all 12 parts.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>July 23, 2018<\/p>\n<p>At this point, only 9 of the 12 segments have been published, and I have seen them all.  I am getting a somewhat different picture of Russia than I had before.  Some of what I thought before has been confirmed, but there are more than nuances and subtleties that are different.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\nJuly 25, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The 10<sup>th<\/sup> segment is now available <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/why-does-the-west-hate-putin-rai-with-a-buzgalin-10-12\/page\/2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Does the West Hate Putin? &#8211; RAI with A. Buzgalin (10\/12)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xkJPKOkcTRI?rel=0\" style=\"border: thick ridge #009900;\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"plain\"\/>\n<p>July 27, 2018<\/p>\n<p>The next segment has been published &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/stories\/many-russians-think-climate-change-is-propaganda-to-weaken-their-economy-rai-with-a-buzgalin-11-12\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Many Russians Think Climate Change is Propaganda to Weaken Their Economy \u2013 RAI with A. Buzgalin (11\/12)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real News Network has a very interesting 12 partseries Growing Up in the USSR \u2013 RAI with A. Buzgalin (1\/12). Prof. Alexander Buzgalin joins Paul Jay on Reality Asserts Itself; born two years after the death of Stalin, he talks about growing up in the Soviet Union. 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