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Forty-Five Things I Learned in the Gulag
Varlam Shalamov claimed not to have learned anything from the Gulag except how to wheel a loaded barrow. But one of his fragmentary writings, dated 1961, tells us more.
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Episode 4: What Dictators Don't Know
The Deadly Isms
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China's mass indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution
Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China’s new indoctrination camps had to disavow their Islamic beliefs, criticize themselves and their loved ones and give thanks to the ruling Communist Party. By Gerry Shih.
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Agent Kristeva
The covert and overt sins of a celebrated scholar. By Kevin Williamson.
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How communist Bulgaria became a leader in tech and sci-fi
Tech flourished in communist Bulgaria and so did a body of science fiction asking vital philosophical questions. By Victor Petrov.
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Science proves communism makes nations poorer and less healthy
Living under communism makes countries poorer and less healthy for decades, according to a landmark new study. Researchers testing historical connections between cultures found that whether a country had been under communism was the biggest factor for those with lower health, income and educational levels. In the first undertaking of its kind, they analyzed the fortunes of 44 countries across Europe and Asia and looked at geography, religion, systems of government and a more intangible quality called “deep cultural ancestry.”
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The Real Reason Jaywalking Is A Crime (Adam Ruins Everything)
Another example of capitalism selling out the poor
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China Bans Online Bible Sales as It Tightens Religious Controls
The move aligns with a longstanding effort to limit the influence of Christianity in the country.
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I Am Not a Marxist
Ana Stankovic on the un-tragic wrongness of Marx’s thought.
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Key players recall 1968 Polish student revolt, ensuing anti-Semitism
In March 1968, a student revolt crushed by Poland’s baton-wielding police was used as a pretext for an anti-Semitic purge by the communist regime. By Michel Viatteau.
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China Presses Its Internet Censorship Efforts Across the Globe
Beijing is pushing past its digital borders to influence and control what people say online, as it enjoys growing sway in the technology world.
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The UK hid the story of a Soviet spy for 70 years because they felt silly for hiring him
“Why must we employ such doubtfuls?
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Xi Jinping to cement his power with plan to scrap two-term limit
China’s Communist party chiefs propose constitutional change to allow president to stay on
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Xi 'most powerful leader since Mao'
China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao Zedong. The unanimous vote to incorporate "Xi Jinping Thought" happened at the end of the Communist Party congress, China's most important political meeting.
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Declassified US files reveal new details of Indonesia's mid-60s mass killings
US had early, detailed and ongoing knowledge of anti-communist purge in which army and Muslim groups massacred hundreds of thousands
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Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism
When Americans think of Communism in Eastern Europe, they imagine travel restrictions, bleak landscapes of gray concrete, miserable men and women languishing in long lines to shop in empty markets and security services snooping on the private lives of citizens. While much of this was true, our collective stereotype of Communist life does not tell the whole story.
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Spomenik Database | The Monumental History of Yugoslavia
The Spomenik Database explores the Yugoslavia's historic and enigmatic endeavor into grand-scale post-modern monument building from the 1960-1980s.
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China: The Virtues of the Awful Convulsion
Of all the books on the Cultural Revolution that have appeared during this anniversary year, I was most intrigued by those that told detailed local stories to illustrate the larger history. By Ian Johnson.
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Newlywed couple spends wedding night copying Communist constitution, netizens' suspicions aroused
It's the happiest day of your life! What shall we do
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From Red Guards to Bond villains: Why the Mao suit endures
It is associated with the austerity of the Cultural Revolution – and the villainy of Bond baddies. But some, including Xi Jinping, look to reclaim it.
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