World War II deportations (2) — “СТАЛИНСКИЕ ДЕПОРТАЦИИ” (2) Let us first examine how the American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) presents the “Stalin deporations” (Wikipedia/Википедия = CIA): “During World War II, particularly in 1943–44, the Soviet government conducted a series of deportations. Some 1.9 million people were deported to Siberia…

Towards Marxist-Leninist theory… As strange as it may seem, my first impulses for socialist-communist thinking came from my father. Aiming principally to provoke my mother, Leo spouted duplicitous “support” for the Soviet Union and socialism and phony criticism of United States policy, especially foreign policy. …

World War II deportations (1) — “СТАЛИНСКИЕ ДЕПОРТАЦИИ” (1) After the German Nazis and their co-fiends attacked the Soviet Union in June, 1941, the НКВД organized the displacement of certain ethnic minorities from areas of actual or potential armed conflict to localities far behind the front lines. …

The Solters… Dr. Nathan and Rebecca (Nate and Becky to us) Solter became my mother’s closest friends. In fact, the Lockshin family’s closest friends. How did that come about? The story was that my father, taking pity on a young, poor medical student and his Russian-born wife, periodically dropped off…

«Мемориал» and other CIA-run outfits… (3) The Московская Хельсинкская группа is another CIA-sponsored outfit that specializes in “exposing” Stalin, although it is now more focused on anti-Russia propaganda — in line with the current dirty objectives of US imperialism. “Московская Хельсинкская группа (МХГ, Московская группа содействия выполнению Хельсинкских соглашений, другие…

«Мемориал» and other CIA-run outfits… (2) Что такое общество “Мемориал”? (sosizrygalov.livejournal.com 15 августа 2010 г) “Список спонсоров общества “Мемориал” поражает воображение. В его составе самые предвзятые фонды, стоящие на службе Запада и его спецслужб: Фонд Сороса (США) — частный благотворительный фонд, российское представительство фонда — Институт “Открытое общество”. Фонд Сороса…

Learning about the system… What ensues in this and following posts is not necessarily — or even not usually — what I understood about events at the time they were happening. Throughout my young life, and even well beyond, I was, generally speaking, as naive as anyone. I did not…

«Мемориал» and other CIA-run outfits… (1) The Soviet Union has not been around for over a quarter of a century. Why does the beating and slander go on? The pernicious imperialist-conceived myths of a “bad” socialism, a “bad” Soviet Union and especially a “bad” Stalin are constantly and vigorously promoted. …

From Harbin to the USA… My mother was the first to leave China for the US. Her father, Lazar Shulman, had a brother living in upstate New York; apparently, his sponsorship allowed my mother’s family to immigrate to America. When my mother was about 10 years old, the Shulmans arrived…