Ethan goes over the history of the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic from French colonization up until about present day, and Alekx describes modern Laos and its struggles and achievements. Outro: "Lao People's Party / ພັກປະຊາຊົນ ປະຕິວັດລາວ" Sources / Suggested reading (As always, remember that bourgeois sources we list here should be read very critically) https://liberationschool.org/mung-lao-a-portrait-of-the-lao-peoples-democratic-republic/ Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military & CIA Interventions since World War II. Evans, Grant. A Short History of Laos: The Land Between. "Laos." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, edited by Melissa Sue Hill, 14th ed., vol. 4: Asia & Oceania, Gale, 2017, pp. 489-504. https://socialistvoice.ie/2018/05/laos-building-the-foundations-of-socialism/ https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/laos-reform-or-revolution/ Noonan R. (2020) Summary and Conclusions. In: Noonan R. (eds) Education in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 51. Springer, Singapore. Timothy Alan Wittick, Ketsomsouk Bouphavanh, Vannyda Namvongsa, Amphay Khounthep & Amy Gray (2019) Medical education in Laos, Medical Teacher, 41:8, 877-882, DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1552780 Recommended by a comrade: For regional news, check out The Isaan Record, a publication from ethnic Lao in Thailand, and DinDeng, a Thai publication that covers regional politics.