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1) I loathe Lenin. Here is why
It’s been sitting on my desk for a few weeks now, the great biography of Lenin by Victor Sebesteyn, to which I’ve referred numerous times. The reason it’s there? Because I see many Post-Its in turquoise and neon green sticking … Continue reading
Posted in The War On Workers
Tagged 1891 Volga famine, Anton Chekhov, Lenin, Leo Tolstoy, Russian Revolution, Tsarist Russia, Victor Sebestyen, Vladimir Ulyanov
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The Proud Boys “1776 Return” plans for Jan 6 have been revealed
Just made public: the 9 page “Orders of the Day” for the Proud Boys, et al, the lead insurrectionists on January 6, 2021. What grabbed me on page 1 was the reference to “Storming the Winter Palace.” That’s how this … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Government, Jan 6, Politics, Propaganda, The Facts of Life
Tagged Jan 6, Keystone Kops, Lenin, Proud Boys, Proud Boys battle plan, Russian Provisional Government, Soviet Union, Steve Bannon, storming the Winter Palace, Victor Sebestyen, Winter Palace
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Putin sits at a long, long table…
…Far away from potential assassins. Russia once had another leader who commanded violence and death but stayed well away from it himself — Lenin. This, from Victor Sebestyen’s biography: As usual, where the violence was, Lenin wasn’t…In his circle of … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Politics, Propaganda, Trumpism
Tagged Bolsheviks, Cossacks, January 6 assault, Kyiv, Lenin, Lenin cowardice, Nikolai Valentinov, Putin, St Petersburg, Tatiana Alexinsky, Trump, Ukraine, Victor Sebestyen
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