#Soviet

Existential Comics

existentialcoms

The reason is simple. Lenin not only lucidly wrote about the contradictions in our own system, which go so deep that they cannot be resolved by minor alterations or incremental

Gino M

GMassarra

Ideological subversion and how #Lebanon went from Liberal to failed state: (1/?)#لبنان #لبنان__ينتفض #الدولار Former KGB agent and propagandist Yuri Bezmenov describes how the Soviet Union effectively used Ideological

The Kunerist🇭🇺🇰🇵Juche Gamer

Juche_Gaming

[THREAD] LIFE OF KIM IL-SUNG (1912 - 1994)The life of President of the DPRK Kim Il-sung (born Kim Sŏng-ju) starts in 1912 Korea when it was still under Japanese rule.

marianmerritt

marianmerritt

Today's my late mother's birthday. If not for ovarian cancer, today she would be 85 years old. She was remarkable. Top of her class at Oklahoma City's Classen High School,

Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺

nicktolhurst

+BREAKING+A "Hard Brexiter" Conservative MP has been under investigation by UK Intelligence agencies so worried are they not only by his “chaotic private life” & blackmail vulnerable private life. But

Imre Jele

imrejele

Storytime:I helped organising a youth event in Hungary a few years after the fall of Communist regimes across the Soviet block. Attendees came from all around the globe and the

Julian Röpcke

JulianRoepcke

#News Heavy fighting between Azeri and Armenian forces along the Nagorno-Karabakh frontline.Armenian MoD footage shows Azeri tanks burning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jd1bw0AXQ More footage of what looks like a deadly morning for Azer

Sāmapriya Vasu | ḫa-am-ap-ri-a-ma-u-iš

samopriya

Ishkashimi verb of the day!#Ishkashimi кьл- kəl- [kɘ̟l- ~ kɘ̟ɭ-] ('kill, cut') < Proto-Iranian *kau̯s- ('kill, fight') < Proto-Indo-European *keu̯h₂-(s-) ('strike, hit, pinch, nibble at, ...')The v

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

(long thread)In 7 years of Twitter, I have not received as many negative comments as yesterday on my views re HK's status and democracy there. So I wanted to explain

Slava Malamud

SlavaMalamud

Today, Russia celebrates Victory Day. Germany capitulated on 5/8, but it was past midnight in Moscow, and Russians, who wound up calling the war Great Patriotic, are a bit Russo-centric.I've

Dr Hyelander 🇦🇲 🌋

Helioprogenus

Ւ's tumble toward obscurity, a sad fate for such a fine letter.Ւ (hyun) is the 34th letter of the Armenian alphabet. Its independent role has essentially disappeared from the reformed

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

By summer I knew White House never intended to contain COVID19 in America. It would have required fed govt to take control of response, exert leadership. When they rebuffed my

Ruslan Trad

ruslantrad

Thread: Yesterday, the @newlinesmag published my text on Wagner PMC and how such groups are used in the context of Putin's foreign policy. This is just an overview. Behind the

Kadri Liik

KadriLiik

Virtsu-Rapla narrow gauge railway was 96 km long, it opened in December 1931 and functioned until May 1968. My father and grandfather travelled there by train; I cycled. And here

Roderic Day

RodericDay

Black Ribbon Day effectively constitutes a collaboration between anti-communist Nazis and collaborators imported into Canada as "refugees" post WW2, and the capitalist ruling class who appreciates their fervent opposition to

Kamel Amin Thaabet

K_AminThaabet

Not something I usually do, but here’s a thread with some thoughts on the Arab-Israeli conflict and the myopia of groups like IfNotNow, and J Street 1/ Over simple, I