There and Baku Again with Mammad Azizov

In the west, we see much concern trolling about &#8220;pro-Democracy dissidents&#8221; who are allegedly &#8220;mistreated&#8221; in countries Russia and Iran. However, we hear little about the country that lies in between Russia and Iran, which not unlike Lithuania, is being run by a single family: The Aliyevs. <br/><br/>Today,We have Mammad Azizov, a former political prisoner from Azerbaijan and current editor at Ishchinin Sesi (Worker's Voice) platform talk to us about the 200 year history of his country. <br/><br/>Show Notes<br/><br/>00:00:30 - The Basics about Azerbaijan<br/><br/>00:01:55 - The Height of Azerbaijan&#8217;s President and how he is the tallest leader in the world. <br/><br/>00:02:30 - Azerbaijan under the Tsar<br/><br/>00:08:48 - The Baku Massacre and the Valentine&#8217;s day vow of love between Azerbaijanis, Armenians and Georgians <br/><br/>00:12:40 - Otkober revolution in Baku and the British attempted coup<br/><br/>00:20:20 - How the British and Americans tried to restore feudalism<br/><br/>00:36:00 - The Baku Industrial Music Concert in 1922<br/><br/>00:40:25 - Why Hitler wanted Baku? World War 2 in Azerbaijan and how the worker&#8217;s helped defeat Hitler. <br/><br/>00:50:17 - Why Krushchev was mistaken on his co-existence with Capitalism. How life would be different if JFK was not shot.<br/><br/>00:55:00 - Fall of the USSR, the Shock Doctrine and Capitalism<br/><br/>1:02:00 - The Dutch Disease and Oil<br/><br/>1:05:30 - The Conflict with Armenia and who is behind it?<br/><br/>1:12:00 - Impoverishment, deindustrialization and corruption<br/><br/>1:25:00 - What it to be done and what is to be learned?<br/><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/mammadazizov">Mammad Azizov on twitter</a> <br/><br/>Get full access to Historic.ly at <a href="https://historicly.substack.com/subscribe?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyMjI3OTU2LCJpYXQiOjE2MjkxNjUzMzAsImV4cCI6MTYzMTc1NzMzMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTgwNzkiLCJzdWIiOiJjaGVja291dCJ9.Sxu98W7QscBE0qqPnAJ8ygh7s4pTD-bUh5wUUCoNeBA&#38;utm_medium=podcast">historicly.substac