Adam Marletta·Aug 11Top-Five Myths About Socialism That Refuse to DieAnd how to respond to them. Anybody on the left has likely encountered these arguments before. That is because the right basically relies on the same dozen or so anticommunist arguments over and over. Working-class people are indoctrinated with these anticommunist talking points from a young age, by schools, popular culture, parents, employers, and politicians. After…Soviet Union9 min read
Thapan Dubayehudi·Aug 10Escaping my “Soviet Union”It was in the summer of 2008 that my father bought me a book full of “True Stories of Great Escapes”. Out of all the thrilling and adventurous stories of escaping Nazis and Communists, I found one little story most entertaining; it was about a couple escaping East Germany in…Soviet Union5 min read
Lena Bloch·Aug 8Lies Concerning the History of the Soviet UnionBy Mario Sousa Originally published here on 15 June 1998, reprinted with some references. Further reading by Mario Sousa and contact info are here. From Hitler to Hearst, from Conquest to Solzhenitsyn The history of the millions of people who were allegedly incarcerated and died in the labor camps of…Soviet Union49 min read
Yeva Ess·Aug 3How the Genocide shaped my historyI was around three years old, quite a conscious age to remember myself how I came to this question: -Mother, let’s imagine there is a wonderful fairy tale, a very good one famous all over the world. But it is Turkish, the Turks have wrote it and tell to their…Soviet Union10 min read
The Marxist Project·Aug 1Gramsci: Language and PoliticsSomething very historically unusual has been happening for the past century. At an unprecedented pace, languages around the world have been disappearing. By some estimates, we’ve been losing about one language every three months for the past hundred years. By the end of this century, we may lose another 50%…Soviet Union7 min read
Ogamdi Emmanuel C·Jul 31Adolf Hitler: History Isn’t CompleteAdolf Hitler. This name is arguably the most infamous name in modern history. From students of history to scientists and down to the doorman, it is hard to come across anybody who hasn’t heard the name. No doubt, not everyone might know the full story or historic details of his…Soviet Union9 min read
Peter PreskarinHistory of Yesterday·Jul 28Member-onlyThe Top 7 Strangest Soviet Super Weapons Ever BuiltIf you can imagine it, then you can build it — The engineers from the Soviet Union developed some of the most advanced weapons ever in the history of humankind. Ranging from space rockets to submarines and automatic rifles, Soviet technology was one of the best. However, along the way, the Soviets also designed some of the strangest weapons, which looked…Soviet Union5 min read
Ekin·Jul 24Sympathy for the Devil? A Quick Peek to the Masterpiece “The Master and Margarita”Written by Mikhail Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita” follows a series of mysterious, and uncanny events that ravaged the time of the Stalin regime. The narrative confuses the position and characterisation of a tourist traveling through Soviet Russia, who is firmly identified to be Satan, releasing his innate wickedness on…Soviet Union12 min read
Grady BoldinginLessons from History·Jul 11Member-onlyThe Cold War In AlaskaA Brief History Of America’s Invisible Frontline Against the Soviet Union — In 1946, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill gave his famed Iron Curtain Speech, signaling the beginning of the Cold War (1). Over the next four decades, the territory-turned-state of Alaska sat wedged between two superpowers — the United States and the Soviet Union. The region would be a staging…Soviet Union6 min read
Louis Barnes·Jul 9A Beginner’s Guide to Jazz in the USSRWhen one looks back at the history of the Soviet Union, jazz music isn’t normally looked at that often. That’s mainly because jazz music is looked at as a primarily American style of music, which is a fair judgement. However, like many aspects of human culture, they spread outside their…Soviet Union5 min read
