What's Left of Communism? India
To Calcutta, and the extraordinary political dominance in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) - a pragmatic party posing as hardline ideologists.
75 years after Lenin's Bolsheviks established the first Communist state communism in Eastern Europe has collapsed but it's legacy lives on in other countries.
Primary Title
- What's Left of Communism?
Episode Title
- India
Date Broadcast
- Friday 20 November 1992
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 15
Duration
- 45:00
Episode
- 3
Channel
- BBC World Service
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- 75 years after Lenin's Bolsheviks established the first Communist state communism in Eastern Europe has collapsed but it's legacy lives on in other countries.
Episode Description
- To Calcutta, and the extraordinary political dominance in West Bengal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) - a pragmatic party posing as hardline ideologists.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Communism--India
Genres
- Politics
Hosts
- Andrew Whitehead (Presenter)
Contributors
- Tanya Motie (Producer)
- Shen Liknaitzky (Researcher)
Subjects
- Communism--India