Less than two years before the Soviet Union faced off against Nazi Germany during World War II, it waged a bloody war with another adversary: the tiny nation of Finland. Russia’s feud with its Nordic neighbor began in 1939, when Soviet leader Joseph Stalin looked to expand his influence ov...
Stalin was arrested and sent to Siberia before the essay was published in 1913. Stalin was released from exile upon the overthrow of the Russian monarchy in the February (or March, in the New Style calendar) phase of the Russian Revolution. He went to Petrograd (later Leningrad; now Saint ...
The Communist Manifesto presented the French Revolution as a major historical turning point when the "bourgeoisie," the merchant class that was in the process of consolidating control over the "means of production," overturned the feudal power structure and ushered in the moderncapitalistera. That ...
Although Goldstein lost, Javits was recognized for his talents and in 1946 was nominated by the Republican Party to run for Congress from the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The odds were on their face daunting: the district was strongly Democratic and the GOP last won the seat in the landslid...
In atelevised addresson February 21, 2022, Russian President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine never had stable statehood and said the country was instead part of Russia’s “own history, culture, spiritual space.” Days later, Russia attacked Ukraine in thelargest European military operationsince...
Marrying Dan was the first time I lost my mind. And it wasn’t my fault. When he proposed, I saw very clearly that it would mean losing all my connections; going to a place where my laboriously acquired and very impressive credentials meant nothing; a place where I’d always sound funn...
The Ampeater Launch Party was a resounding success, and we owe a great big thanks to all the artists who put on incredible shows and the fans who made it out on a Tuesday night to have their asses thoroughly rocked. For those of you who didn’t or couldn’t come (shame on you!) ...
On the one hand, we have been promised a great awakening, showing the people the crimes and corruption of the ruling class, as described by Trump before he was elected in 2016 in a little known but epicspeech. Those claiming to be in the know or able to read the stitches on the fast...
weapon, used by Ludendorff in a purge of those who favored a negotiated peace. At the start of World War II it was used extensively by Churchill and his supporters to silence their opponents. In 1940, any argument against Churchill's aggressive policy was "defeatist". Was it right or ...
While the term communism was not widely used until the 1840s, societies that could be considered communist were described as early as the 4th century BC by the Greek philosopher Plato. In hisSocraticdialogue, Republic, Plato describes an ideal state in which a ruling class of guardians—mainly...