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Andrzej Kozlowski
akoz33
Arguments between Polish historians on whether Poland could have avoided its disastrous fate in 1939 by allying itself with Germany against the Soviets (before the Stalin-Hitler pact) have an air
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Bhomik Mathur
neutral_always
THREAD:While Foreign policy experts try to understand why China is provoking multiple countries at once, here's a blast from the past:WW2: Just before the start of World War 2, Nazi
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William Ukpe
William_Ukpe
In 2015, a 3 time coup plotter..Who spent 15 years threatening Nigerians with violence if he is not made President..Was suddenly packaged as a " Reformed Democrat"Zero Ideas on economic
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passo
Passo_di_Basso
This reminds me of the time I read a wikipedia article about "whataboutism" and it cited Soviet Propaganda as a "classic example". Specifically it referenced the popular soviet mantra "...and
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Unkindled Ash | Black Lives Matter
AiMakSicur
I'm not even going to bother pointing out hannity's homophobia. Instead, I'd like to point out WHY this was the case.Because of rampant homophobia in the 20th Century, almost every
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Andrew Seal
andrew_seal
In my economic history class, I had my students watch two videos about Soviet economic power. One was a 1962 Encyclopedia Britannica-produced film narrated by Alfred Rieber, the other was
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Michael
MarryLohnson
Because Holodomor denialism is as trendy for commies as Holocaust denialism is for Nazis, you get a (graphic) thread: The Holodomor was a man made famine in Soviet Ukraine in
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Matthew Lesh
matthewlesh
The bureaucracy surrounding personal protective equipment procurement is putting lives on the line. My latest for the @Telegraph:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/22/nhss-soviet-style-command-control-system-driving-ppe-woes/ 1. The Govt’s cent
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Robert L. Reece, PhD
PhuzzieSlippers
I do, however, feel it's important to contextualize the "non-violent" protests of the 1960s that people like to romanticize.The matches were not nonviolent for the sake of it. They were
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Slava Malamud
SlavaMalamud
OMG, the horror!Turns out, the evil, godless, horrible commie Soviets had universal day care. And because we all know that EVERYTHING Soviets had led to Gulags, we must all reject
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Despoiler of Hope ㊙️
DespoilerofH
A small investigative thread on the current status of #Soviet #WW2 military heritage in #Poland since 2017.In 2016, the Sejm passed a decommunization legislation banning all names symbolizing the regime
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Դավիթ
Davit_arm
1/11 Over the years when I have come across information about an interesting character with the adjective "Armenian" in magazines, books, etc. (foreign press), I noticed that the story about
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Sam Hirst
Samuel_J_Hirst
Question (in thread form) about race and Orientalism in the USSR: At the recent #aseees2019 conference, I was struck by the audience's laughter. For example, an art historian pointed out
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Slava Malamud
SlavaMalamud
This is definitely the most Canadian way to extract a tooth.What's the most American way? Tying it to a levy-traipsing Chevy?I will tell you about the Russian way in the
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jennifer evans
nejsnave
So I studied Soviet politics. Which was a pretty useless thing to have a degree in for a long time. Since late 2015, however, it has become disconcertingly more relevant,
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Petri Mäkelä
pmakela1
So I assume everyone is looking for something to #read while on #Covid_19 #lockdown?Here are my Finnish #MilitaryHistory pieces starting from the 1944 Summer offensive by USSR against Finland after
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