Against Empire Chapter 4: Strong Empire, Weak Republic

Welcome to The Workers Reading Room, this reading is Michael Parentis Against Empire, Chapter 4: Strong Empire, Weak Republic read solo by me.

All art in the slideshow comes from a Soviet art group on Vkontakte with admin permission. The paintings are in the following order, with the Depot Repairmen as number 1:

1.Bushuev Vladimir Yakovlevich (1934-2018) Depot repairmen. (Master Spolokhov's Brigade) 1974
2.Chernov Semyon Ipatievich (1924-1988) Dobrovolsky Vladimir Fedorovich (1929-2002) Obsky Dali 1961
3.Efimov Izmail Varsonofyevich (1946) A new house for a neighbor 1985
4.Franz Harry Rudolfovich (1926-1987) Northern Village 1973
5.Grigoriev Sergey Alekseevich (1910-1988) Enthusiasts of Kakhovka (Surveyors at the construction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station) 1951
6.Gritsai Alexei Mikhailovich (1914-1998) Summer Evening 1954
7.Khoroshi Eduard Ilyich (1931) Night Tram 1956
8.Neyasov Vasily Andreevich (1926-1984) Guy from the Urals 1959
9.Obaliaeva Lidia Alekseevna (1950) The Road Home 1983
10.Skubko-Karpas Lyudmila Lvovna (1923-2012) Interesting radio program 1953

Outro music is Phil Ochs “I’m gonna say it now.”