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Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution, has died

The Independent UK

Fact check: Is Zohran Mamdani a communist?

No, Trump’s claim that New York City mayoral candidate’s platform is akin to communism is false, experts say.

Al Jazeera

Dr Oz Ridiculed for Urging Parents to Feed Their Kids 'Real Food': 'When Michelle Obama Said This It Was Communism'

Dr. Mehmet Oz is being derided by social media users online after encouraging parents to feed their children "real food" in order to boost health and immunity during a televised interview.

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Bill to teach Texas kids the dangers of communism — but not fascism — clears the Legislature

The bill won bipartisan support despite efforts from multiple Democrats that would have also required students to learn about fascism and Nazism.

The Texas Tribune

‘They made billions last year’: Donald Trump wants Walmart to do communism for a bit so his tariffs don’t make him look bad

Donald Trump thinks Walmart should pay for his poor policies.

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Romania at a crossroads: confronting communist nostalgia on election day

As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country’s struggle to come to terms with its communist past is taking on new urgency. The legacy of Ceausescu’s regime, and the nostalgia or disillusionment it inspires, now shapes debates about national identity and the direction Romania will…

Radio France Internationale

Trump is desperate to brand his opponents as communists. But why?

A 'Red Scare'-era figure influenced a young Trump

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Victims of Communism Day - 2025

May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.

Reason

Two to One review – East Berlin cash scam capers through ruins of communism

The discovery of a cache of ostmarks, just before German reunification makes them worthless, sets off a madcap tale from Natja Brunckhorst

The Guardian - UK

In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age

Our political history is one of catastrophe, communism, and developing powerful antibodies against oppression, say Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura

The Guardian - UK

FSU Shooting Suspect Was Forced to Leave Political Club After Insisting Communism Was 'Ruining America', Student Says

An FSU student revealed Thursday's alleged shooter was previously kicked out of a campus club for making "uncomfortable" comments that went "beyond conservatism."

Latin Times

Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, wants Texas to require school lessons about “evil” of communism

The prominent right-wing pastor told state lawmakers that an anti-communist curriculum is crucial to reaffirming that America is a “Christian country.”

The Texas Tribune

Top South Korean Judge Faces Disinformation Deluge As Yoon Impeachment Looms

Bogus child pornography claims, fabricated support for communism and fake posts showing Elon Musk calling for his removal -- a deluge of disinformation is targeting a top judge in suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial.

International Business Times

"There's never been a blueprint for the dictatorship of the proletariat": That time Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live with Tom Hanks and discussed the decline of communism in Eastern Europe

As SNL celebrates its 50th anniversary we look back on the show's 279th edition, which saw Aerosmith appear on Wayne's World

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Sean McMeekin: Don't Whitewash the History of Communism

Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.

International Business Times

'Ruined My Life': Sterilised Czech Roma Await Compensation

Czech Anna Adamova is still haunted more than three decades after she was forced into a sterilisation that she says irreparably damaged her life.

The Conversation

Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories to find out

Capitalism, communism and socialism are the world’s three major economic systems. While the phrase “economic system” may seem like a yawn, countless people have fought and died in major wars over which one should dominate.

The Conversation

Links between gender stereotypes and American patriotism date from the Cold War − but weren’t true then either

In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America,…

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Trump vs. Cleveland: A Tale of Two Tariff Strategies

Grover Cleveland fought high tariffs as a “communism of pelf.” Trump embraces them as an economic cornerstone.

The Conversation

Robert Sobukwe in his own words: new book shows the complexity of the formidable South African pan-Africanist leader’s views

The book Darkest Before Dawn, edited by Derek Hook and Leswin Laubscher, presents readers with a portrait of a formidable and principled figure in the struggle against colonialism and apartheid who has, so far, received less attention than he merits: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe.

The Conversation

Welcome to Babel: new documentary charts the creation of painter Jiawei Shen’s three-storey magnum opus

When Jiawei Shen first came to Australia, he bought a copy of that great western ideological text, the Bible. The doctrine that had shaped his life until then had come from the writings of the great Marxist thinkers – Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and of course, Mao Zedong.

The Independent UK

The Berlin Wall: a divide that once shaped German women's lives apart still echoes today

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany

Reason

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day—2024

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

The Conversation

Thirty-five years since the wall fell, Berlin is divided – over what to do with crumbling communist buildings

The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an event that powerfully symbolised the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and signalled the end of the cold war, is an opportune moment to take stock of what remains of East Germany (GDR) in the capital of Germany.

Reason

Neal Stephenson's Polostan Is a Compact Epic About Communism, Science, and the Dawn of the Atomic Age

A short-yet-sprawling historical tour of the atomic age.

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