Communism

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  November 9, 2019
  

  ‘The day the wall came down’: How The Post covered the Berlin Wall’s fall 30 years ago

  by Robert McCartney

  Thirty years ago, East German officials abruptly announced it would open its border, ending 28 years of separation between East and West Berlin. This story ran on the front page of The Washington Post the next morning.

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• SOURCE: The American Interest
  8/27/19
  

  The Price of Self-Delusion

  by Ronald Radosh

  Paul Robeson, the towering figure of American arts, athletics, and civil rights activism, was also an unapologetic Stalinist. Failing to acknowledge this checkered legacy ultimately does a disservice to the goals he fought for.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  September 3, 2019
  

  Around the World with Mao Zedong

  by Ian Johnson

  Julia Lovell's "Maoism: A Global History" traces the surprisingly wide influence of Chinese Communism. 

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• 8/25/19
  

  What We Can Learn On the 80th Anniversary of the San Antonio 1939 Municipal Auditorium Riot

  by Martin Halpern

  80 years ago, thousands of people rioted at the San Antonio Municipal Auditorium to prevent the Communist Party from holding a public meeting. The story reminds us that words can often incite violence. 

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• August 11, 2019
  

  Russian History Gives the United States an Ominous Warning

  by Laura Engelstein

  What can Russia's tumultuous history teach us about the brevity of stable governments. 

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/24/19
  

  Inside a Long-Lost Eyewitness Account of the Communist Takeover of Shanghai

  by Marc Wortman

  A recently rediscovered diary recounts the harrowing final days of the fighting that brought the Communists to power.

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• 4/2/19
  

  The Red Scare: From the Palmer Raids to Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Trump has learned very well from prior anti-Communism crusaders, and it requires vigilance and activism to cope with the threat he represents every day.

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• SOURCE: Guardian
  1/17/19
  

  Was Eric Hobsbawm a dangerous Communist?

  He was branded a Stalinist, and was spied on for decades by MI5, but was the famous historian a hardliner and renegade? His private papers tell a different story.

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• SOURCE: National Security Archive
  12/17/2018
  

  Communist Parades Gave the CIA What They Needed

  Some of the best opportunities for Western intelligence to get a picture – literally – of Soviet capabilities were presented by the USSR itself at public military parades.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-20-18
  

  50 Years After Prague Spring, Lessons on Freedom (and a Broken Spirit)

  The events that played out 50 years ago in Prague serve as a reminder of the fragility of the systems created to guard against war and tyranny.

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• SOURCE: NY Review of Books
  3-23-18
  

  Scrubbing Poland’s Complicated Past

  It’s reminiscent of Communist-era censorship.

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• 1/28/18
  

  The FBI’s Maoist Faction

  by Aaron J. Leonard

  A secret FBI plan to divide the Communist Party of the United States by starting a Maoist faction is finally coming to light.

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• SOURCE: The Boston Globe
  11-13-17
  

  The cautionary tale of the Bolshevik revolution

  by Niall Ferguson

  A century ago it was the West’s great blunder to think it would not matter if Lenin and his confederates took over the Russian Empire. Incredible as it may seem, I believe we are capable of repeating that catastrophic error.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-11-17
  

  China’s all-powerful leader should heed the lessons from history, former official says

  Twice Bao Tong rose within the Chinese Communist Party’s hierarchy, and twice he was dramatically cut down.

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• SOURCE: NY Review of Books
  11-7-17
  

  Putin’s Russia: Revolution, What Revolution?

  by Anastasia Edel

  Today, the official birthday of the USSR, is no longer part of Russia’s holiday canon.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-6-17
  

  100 years later, Bolshevism is back

  by Anne Applebaum

  And we should be worried.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  11-7-17
  

  October Revolution: Russia's Communists Warn of Riots If Lenin Is Buried, Kadyrov Demands Apology

  For almost a century, the revolutionary’s body has laid embalmed in a mausoleum on Moscow’s Red Square, splitting opinion from the outset.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-15-17
  

  To Inspire Young Communists, China Turns to ‘Red Army’ Schools

  Textbooks are getting a larger dose of Communist Party lore, including glorified tales about the party’s fights against foreign invaders like Japan.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  3-6-17
  

  Steve Bannon in 2013: Joseph McCarthy was right in crusade against Communist infiltration

  "The place was infested with either traitors that were on the direct payroll of Soviet military intelligence or fellow-travelers who were kind of compliant in helping these guys get along." – Steve Bannon, in an interview with Diane West, rightwing author of ""American Betrayal."

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-17
  

  As Albania Reckons With Its Communist Past, Critics Say It’s Too Late

  Some 6,000 Albanians were taken away by government agents during the Communist era and never heard from again.