Tag Archives: Victor Sebestyen

The Proud Boys “1776 Return” plans for Jan 6 have been revealed

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Naomi

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 →

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Putin sits at a long, long table…

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Naomi

…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 →

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Part 2. The matriarch of all revolutions

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Naomi

As I wrote a few days ago, the Russian Revolution — as narrated by Victor Sebestyen in his historical biography, Lenin — was a series of absurdities which remind me of Armando Iannucci’s great satirical film, The Death of Stalin. … Continue reading →

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