In this episode, Thomas and Eren begin their journey into the realm of esoteric and wacky ideologies with National Bolshevism, a seemingly oxymoronic ideology that sought to synthesize the revolutionary aesthetics and economic autarky of the far-left with the ultranationalism and conservatism of the far-right. They begin this multi-part series by discussing what counts as National Bolshevism and its origins in Weimar Germany.

Sources: Blackshirts & Reds: Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism - Michael Parenti, 1997

Between Left and Right. Ernst Niekisch and National Bolshevism in Weimar Germany - James Joseph Ward, 1973

The Concept of “National Bolshevism”: An interpretative essay - Erik Van Ree, 2010

Entangled Far Rights: A Russian-European Intellectual Romance in the Twentieth Century - Marlene Laruelle, 2018

Ernst Niekisch - Wikipedia

Ernst Niekisch and National Bolshevism in Weimar Germany - Anne Terese Carey, 1972