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Roll On Friday· 5 days agoYou don't have to agree with all his politics to agree with some of his advice/conclusions/statements. For example, as a warm-up: If one meets a powerful person—Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin ...
PETER HITCHENS: Vote in Labour and have 20 years to rue the mistake
Daily Mail· 6 days agoThey think themselves so good that those who disagree with them are not just wrong (as I think they...
To Run the World by Sergey Radchenko: New insights on USSR’s approach to the Cold War
The Irish Times· 4 days agoThe Cuban missile crisis was the closest humankind came to nuclear annihilation. The Soviet Union...
Litvinenko’s widow ‘disgusted’ by Farage and Reform UK candidate’s praise for Putin
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoHe is now serving the longest political sentence since the era of Joseph Stalin. Russian opposition...
Opinion | Why America’s Adversaries Are Wrong About the Biden-Trump Debate
New York Times· 3 days agoDr. Radchenko is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies who is...
When disinformation might really have swung an election
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoIn 1924 the Labour Party had formed its first government. It was a minority administration,...
A Guide to Ismail Kadare’s Books
New York Times· 5 days agoKadare received the inaugural International Booker Prize in 2005. Ismail Kadare, the most celebrated Albanian author in a generation, was a prolific...
Soviet/fascist orchestral face-off
Morning Star· 4 days agoA HEADY mix of Dmitri Shostakovich and Carl Orff made for a night of power and drama, exploring extremes of melody nature and history, provided by the London Symphony Orchestra and guests at ...
Early 20th century anti-immigrant laws fueled by fears migrants were turning cities into ‘foreign...
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoThe Tribune applauded when the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 revoked a commitment symbolized by the Statue of Liberty and spelled out by a plaque on its pedestal: “Give me your tired, your poor Your ...
The body language of fascism
Morning Star· 21 hours agoIF you manage it right, there’s a treat in store at Raven Row, London E1. Twice a day theatre performances accompany an exhibition of Bertolt Brecht’s archive in an hour-and-a-half of terrific ...