The August "Coup" - Part 1 (Patreon)

In this episode we examine what is described as the August Coup in the imperialist countries but which was called the 'State Committee On The State Of Emergency' in the USSR referred by the Russian acronym GKHCP. Was this an earnest attempt to preserve socialism? Were they really trying to overthrow Gorbachev? Which forces were actually aligned with Yeltsin? We discuss this all this in part 1 of our two part series on this momentous but little understood event.