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What Endures of the Romance of American Communism
One summer night in the early 1960s, at a rally in New York City, the cold war liberal Murray Kempton admitted to an audience full of old Reds that while America had not been kind to them, it had been lucky to have them. My mother was in the audience that night and said, when she came home, “America was fortunate to have had the Communists here. They, more than most, prodded the country into becoming the democracy it always said it was.” I was surprised by the gentleness in her voice, she’d always been a hot-under-the-collar socialist; but then again, it was the 1960s, and by then she was really tired.
Apr 6, 2020 - 11:58:34 AM
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Trump's to Blame for This Scared New World
The pandemic was an act of God, but the willful failure to respond to the crisis is the fault of Donald John Trump.
Apr 3, 2020 - 2:50:09 PM
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The inside story of how Putin and his KGB cronies took control of Russia
It’s 20 years since Vladimir Putin came to power. A former member of his inner circle reveals to author Catherine Belton how he and his closest allies came to dominate, enriched themselves and then challenged the West
Mar 29, 2020 - 2:02:48 PM
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The Campaign over Idlib: The Dilemmas Facing the Salafi-Jihadist Organizations in Syria
The campaign to conquer the Idlib governorate, the collapse of the relevant agreements, and President Assad's determination, with Russian support, to return the region to his sovereignty could pose an existential dilemma for the Salafi-jihadist organizations operating there.
Mar 27, 2020 - 11:48:07 AM
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The Politics of the Coronavirus
For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.
Mar 26, 2020 - 4:52:07 PM
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