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    Overview

    On this episode of Acton Line, Romanian author and public intellectual, Mihail Neamtu, joins the show to talk about what he calls the "ghost" of Marxism. What defines Marxism and what remnants of the ideology are we seeing today? After that, Daniel J. Mahoney, writer and professor of politics at Assumption College, speaks with Acton's Director of Communications, John Couretas, about the legacy of the 20th century Russian writer, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn's writings are said to have contributed greatly in bringing down the Soviet Union and  brought wide attention to the atrocities of the Soviet Gulags. 


    Check out additional resources for this podcast:

    Why Marxism Fails as a Substitute for Christianity

    Anatomy of an Ideological Weapon

    Social Justice Warriors, Unite! Today's Marxism Revolution

    Read more from Mihail Neamtu

    Learn more about the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center 

    Check out "The Other Solzhenitsyn: Telling the Truth about a Misunderstood Writer and Thinker," by Daniel J. Mahoney

    Buy "Between Two Millstones: Book I" 


    Featured image courtesy of The Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center.