EVENT: WHY TALK ABOUT THE GDR?

At the end of March 2023, we were invi­ted by The People’s Forum in New York City to discuss the history of the German Demo­cra­tic Repu­blic (GDR) and its endu­ring rele­vance for progres­sive move­ments today. In the two-session semi­nar, we covered the histo­ri­cal context in which the GDR was foun­ded, the charac­ter of its plan­ned economy, the func­tio­ning of its socia­list demo­cracy, and the signi­fi­cance of prole­ta­rian internationalism.

The recor­dings of parts 1 — 4 can be found below.