Communism

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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.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-31-17
  

  Lech Walesa Denounces Report Labeling Him a Communist Informer

  An official report including a handwriting analysis charges that Mr. Walesa, a Nobel laureate, was a paid informer in Poland the 1970s.

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• SOURCE: Market Watch
  10-17-16
  

  Poll: Millennials desperately need to bone up on the history of communism

  "An emerging generation of Americans has little understanding of the collectivist system and its dark history." - Marion Smith, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

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• 6-19-16
  

  Can You Indict Someone for Their Beliefs? It Happened in 1948. In the United States.

  by Aaron Leonard

  In this interview author Scott Martelle explains what happened and why he decided to write about the case.

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• SOURCE: PJ Media
  3-30-16
  

  Historian Says Newly Released Letters Show Reagan Left Liberalism When Communists Infiltrated

  by Ronald Radosh

  Ron Radosh reports that a recently released exchange of letters between Reagan and a Soviet émigré sheds new light on when and why Reagan shifted from being a supporter of the Popular Front to becoming a strong anti-Communist liberal.