Opiate of the masses?

Brian Grim explains what happened when communist countries tried to stamp out religion entirely.

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Brian Grim explains what happened when communist countries tried to stamp out religion entirely.

Dr Brian Grim is President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and a leading expert on the socio-economic impact of restrictions on religious freedom and international religious demography.

He was on the spot when the USSR was dissolved, and has taught in both Soviet Russia and in China. Here he talks about the efforts of these former communist regimes to stamp out religion and why they were unsuccessful.