[CommunityBridge - Movie Nights] Movie Night tomorrow 5/23 Sunday at 7pm ET - Social revolution III: what lied ahead

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May Movie Nights continues on CommunityBridge.com

Social revolution, a 3-night series of documentaries - Please pass this
invite on to your friends and networks.

CommunityBridge.com will be screening a series of documentaries on the
Russian revolution on Sundays in May, 2021 at 7pm ET. The documentaries
from various sources are combined in the 3 sessions, about 2 hours each.

Direct Link to the CommunityBridge.com Movie Theatre:
https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/movie
The access code to enter the theatre is: welcome
The movie starts at 7pm ET Sunday night.

We have had some great discussions following the movies we've shown
before, and invite you to join this next one after the movie at 9pm ET.

May, 23rd - Social revolution III: what lied ahead
Featuring the "Nestor Makhno and Ukrainian anarchism" movie and 2
episodes of the "Stalin" documentary.

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There is a Russian saying: "A holy place cannot be empty". Whether the
tsar has abandoned his power, the government and people betrayed him, or
(as soviet people were taught) revolutionary struggle culminated in the
overthrow of old regime - in 1917 Russia remained without a working
government. There were no more rules, and after a few weeks of
celebration, the country began to descend into chaos.

Would-be leaders were coming from abroad, returning from exile or
prison, emerging from the ranks of old political and military systems.
And most of them had no time to listen to each other, or form
coalitions. While everyone was excited about the democracy, its progress
was slow. Within months, both right and left-wing radicals attempted to
take power by force. In the capital Petrograd, the Bolsheviks lead by
Trotsky and Lenin carried out a successful coup with almost no
casualties.

The situation was very different across the country, which quickly
fragmented into fiefdoms controlled by local militias, or even regional
armies. As Bolsheviks declared peace with Germany, most men demobilized
from the war found themselves returning home with weapons on hand, but
no peaceful work and livelihood. And so, weapons of war were used in the
political struggle. Lenin's slogan of the time was: "Turn an imperialist
war into a civil war!"

One of the influential and less-known forces in that insurrection has
formed in southern Ukraine. It was called the South-Ukrainian Labor
Federation and had Nestor Makhno as the leader of its army and
jurisdiction. He was an anarchist, who believed that Ukrainian peasants
should be given pieces of land and rights to trade in fruits of their
labor. The Ukrainian south was traditionally a Cossack land: there was
no serfdom (local form of slavery) there, and the local people were
notoriously independent and self-sufficient. They liked anarchy and
supported Makhnovian army.

Our first movie is about Nestor Makhno, and his movement of 1917 - 1921.
It's 15 minutes long.

Then, we'll talk about the winning side of the civil war. Among the
large forces, Bolsheviks took the most liberty in political maneuver,
and were least shy to use violence, as they believed they were fighting
for greater good. Take those trends to the extreme, and you'll end up
with the tyranny of all times - the Stalin's regime. We'll watch two
episodes of the "Stalin" documentary made by Channel 4 in early 1990s.
They are 47 and 48 minutes long.

If you cannot join us, you can watch these documentaries at

 - [Nestor Makhno and Ukrainian
anarchism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqphVZ8Jl-E)
 - [Stalin: part 1 of 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EORQJhrfPpY)
 - [Stalin: part 2 of 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgtMfypVPDM)

There is also a third episode to that series, which shows the Stalin's
empire in the 2nd World War. That war is a different historic period,
extremely complex, gruesome, and consequential. Watch it later if you
are interested in the Soviet side of the war history.

 - [Stalin: part 3 of 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fiy01Tw8Vc)

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Movie Nights on CommunityBridge.com presents - An engaging series of
films to spur conversations on our future as a cooperative society,
working together to build an inclusive economy for all. Sunday nights at
7pm ET, we will view a movie together and share our thoughts on
solutions and actions we can take as individuals and organizations
working towards positive change.  Our May Movie Nights Series starts on
Sunday night at 7PM ET... more info:

https://communitybridge.com/upcoming/

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In Solidarity, 

Stan

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