About this episode

The episode explores the contrasting visions of HG Wells and Vladimir Lenin for a post-war world in 1920.

The year is 1920. The Empires of Europe have spent the last half decade blowing each other up with bombs, guns and heavy artillery. As World War 1 burns itself out, men who survived the fighting begin to wonder if a better world, a world without empires and wars, is possible. These working class menContinue reading "HG Wells vs Vladimir Lenin"

People in this episode

Host: Damien Walter

Topics covered

• history
• literature
• politics
• war
• social change

Keywords

• HG Wells
• Vladimir Lenin
• World War 1
• empire
• socialism
• utopia
• history

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