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If you have fond thoughts about Lenin and the Revolution…stop. it. right. now
Or else. (That’s an empty threat, in case you shivered in fear when reading it.) Because I went to an excellent high school, a large public high school with terrific (union) teachers, my classmates and I were assigned an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Journalism, Politics, Propaganda, Revolution, The Facts of Life
Tagged Angela Balabanova, Angelica Balavanova, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Lenin, Leonid Krasin, Nazis, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, Victor Sebestyen
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About all these protests…
I think protests are fine, a virtual necessity and sign of become adult and sharing the responsibilities and concerns of their fellow citizens and our immediate world. Don’t kill or main anybody and you’re good with me.* But I have … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, Capitalism, climate change, police violence, political campaigns, Revolution, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Just Stop Oil" protests, anticapitalist protests, Extinction Rebellion, Harper's, Lonely Planet, Magna Carta, protesters, protests, Tesla, Westminster dog show
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I’ve been thinking about Boris Savinkov
In all my reading of Russian lit and history, I’ve never come upon a character like Boris Savinkov. Even now, months after finishing a fine, massive biography of Savinkov by Vladimir Alexandrov, I find it difficult to accept that he … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Journalism, Politics, Revolution, The Facts of Life
Tagged "To Break Russia's Chains, Alexey Navalny, assassination, Boris Savinkov, Chekhov, Nady Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot, Sergey Parkhomenki, Vladimir Alexandrov
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