Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Oct 23, 2026
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a democratic constitution and fought to get language into DSA's program that says our ultimate goal is a democratic constitution based on universal and equal suffrage and a unicameral legislature.
Bridget PhetasyHOST
Modeled on the Soviet Politburo.
Bridget PhetasyHOST
Not the Senate.
Bridget PhetasyHOST
Not the House.
HarryUNKNOWN
Okay, all right.
BeauHOST
On this day in 1926, Leon Chotsky and Lev Kamenev are expelled from the Soviet Politburo.
BeauHOST
Yeah, because if you know your Soviet history, do you think I've got long-form content all about Lenin and Stalin? Yeah.
BeauHOST
Lenin dies in like 1924, and they knew he was dying for a while before he did finally pop his clogs.
Ward MillerHOST
hi it's dr ward and welcome to today in history Hello, it's Today in History for October 19th, 1926.
Ward MillerHOST
The Soviet Politburo moves against Leon Trotsky and his supporters, marking a decisive turn in the power struggle inside the Communist Party.
Ward MillerHOST
1933, Germany formally withdraws from the League of Nations.
Ward MillerHOST
1939, 1943, Albert Schnatz, working in Selman-Wakesfield's lab at Rutgers, isolates streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis.
Joe HildebrandGUEST
No one really knows what go- going on.
Joe HildebrandGUEST
It's like the Soviet Politburo-
Leith ForrestHOST
[laughs]
Joe HildebrandGUEST
... except it's sort of completely, [laughs] a completely kind of, um, stupid inner city and, um, [laughs] and, and, uh, impotent variety of it.
Simon PetersonHOST
Exactly, which was part of the problem.
Simon PetersonHOST
This increase in realism, combined with the already tense relations between the US and the Soviets, not to mention the anticipated arrival of Pershing II nuclear missiles in Europe, led some members of the Soviet Politburo and military to believe that Able Archer 83 was a ruse of war, obscuring possible preparations for a genuine nuclear first strike.
Simon PetersonHOST
Oh, shit.
Simon PetersonHOST
So having actual heads of NATO countries probably didn't help.
Dan SnowHOST
Wow.
Dan SnowHOST
It's like the Soviet Politburo.
Suzannah LipscombGUEST
[chuckles]
Dan SnowHOST
And how, so how does that hap-- So he, he bas- does a sort of coup against his, his old friend and the, and the king's uncle.
Dan SnowHOST
Wow.
Dan SnowHOST
It's like the Soviet Politburo.
Dan SnowHOST
Yeah.
Dan SnowHOST
So he does a sort of coup against his old friend and the king's uncle.
Dan SnowHOST
Wow.
Dan SnowHOST
It's like the Soviet Politburo.
Dan SnowHOST
So how does that happen? So he basically does a sort of coup against his old friend and the king's uncle.
Suzannah LipscombGUEST
Yes.
Dan SnowGUEST
Wow.
Dan SnowGUEST
It's like the Soviet Politburo.
Suzannah LipscombHOST
[laughs]
Dan SnowGUEST
And how, so how does that, how, so he, he bas- does a sort of coup against his, his old friend and, and the king's uncle.
Fiamma NirensteinGUEST
I am sure that I can affirm it without, uh, without any problem because I've checked it, I know it, and I know that it's, it's all lies.
David HarrisHOST
So Fiamma, from all your experience, who is the audience at the Venice Film Festival? Who are the people who stood and rhythmically clapped for 25 minutes, almost as if they were in a, in a Soviet Politburo and each was afraid to be the first to stop clapping-
Fiamma NirensteinGUEST
Yeah
David HarrisHOST
... for fear that they would be seen as somehow disloyal.