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June 2022

GULAG GUIDE 6 – The Soviet Union Gulags; Did Things Really Change in Russia ? (JTOL 0164)

June 2nd, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We complete the series on the gulag camps in the Soviet Union. There is much to learn from Solzhenitsyn's work that can be applied to any society as it moves forward as well as to our personal lives as we live the reality of this time in human history. Timestamps are below. 00:00 Intro PART VI Exile [...]

May 2022

GULAG GUIDE 5 – Understanding the Gulag Camps of Russia (JTOL 0163)

May 12th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Are things beginning to turn around in our historical journey into Stalin's gulag camps of Russia? Timestamps and sources/credits are below. 00:00 Intro PART V Katorga 04:17 Chapter 1 - The Doomed 10:55 Chapter 2 - The First Whiff of Revolution 13:25 Chapter 3 - Chains, Chains ... 16:50 Chapter 4 - [...]

April 2022

GULAG GUIDE 4 – Lessons Learned from Communism in the Soviet Union (JTOL0162)

April 22nd, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

After a long delay in the posting of this series, our journey through the documentary evidence by Mr. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn of what happened in the gulag camp system in the Soviet Union continues. Timestamps and sources/credits are below. 0:00 Intro 1:04 What will be covered in this video 02:22 PAR [...]

January 2021

GULAG GUIDE 3 – “Only those can understand us who ate from the same bowl with us.”

January 28th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Get ready for an unforgettable journey into Soviet Russia's gulag labor system, the fruits of the country's 1918 communist revolution. Timestamps are below. Notes for supporters - https://justthinkingoutloud.tv/notes-on-the-gulag-archipelago-part-3 00:00 Intro 0:33 Refresher on the first two parts o [...]

July 2020

Gulag Guide – 2

July 21st, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We continue our journey into the highly relevant account of the Communist Party's Soviet Union under Stalin from 1918 to 1956 in Russia. Notes for donators (also posted on Patreon): https://justthinkingoutloud.tv/notes-on-the-gulag-archipelago-part-2/ Sources: https://justthinkingoutloud.tv/the-gula [...]

The Gulag Archipelago Sources

July 21st, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These are the source links for referenced articles, images, and so on, used in all parts of the Just Thinking Out Loud series on The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn:

June 2020

Gulag Archipelago Guide – 1

June 20th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Have you heard of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago? Have you taken the time to read it or considered its implications for current political movements? If not, this video is here to help! Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. [Tem [...]

January 2018

JTOL0042 Reasoning With A Radical Leftist

January 28th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Meet my friend, a radical leftist. Please see the timestamps. The first part of this discussion is about the differences in mindset between people who support different economic systems. The second is about socialism and communism and my friend’s thesis about why they haven’t been successful. PART 1 [...]