Special, early access to an extended conversation about the imminent release of the new translation (by and Salvatore) of Domenico Losurdo's Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend from Iskra Books.  The release of the book is imminent, and is available from the , where it is currently linked at . Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz and is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.  His book Socialist States and the Environment is available from Pluto Press: .  You can also find the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism for more invaluable anti-capitalist environmental perspectives: . David Peat is one of the editorial board members at the Center for Communist Studies and their imprint .  You can follow him on twitter . Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: