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Destroyer of Bad Takes Hulk
_Credible_Hulk
One of the most impactful classes I took in college was Russian Economic Transition with Dr. Richard Ericson. Dr. Ericson must be one of the foremost experts on the Soviet
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John Suarez ن
johnjsuarez
Same Castro regime that wanted to start World War 3 remains in power in Cuba today: Some lessons from 1962 for 2020 https://cubanexilequarter.blogspot.com/2020/10/same-castro-regime-that-wanted-to-start.html 1/ "Those who cannot rememb
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Uzbekistan Tourism Ambassador
UZAmbassador
On 26 April 1966, an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale ripped through Tashkent, devastating the historic city. 300,000 people were left homeless, & the city had to be
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Let My Brothers out.
BlackNotRedd
I should do a thread on every Black communist who spoke truth to power about the Soviet union and why Black people today shouldn't seek to use its theory or
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Palmer Violets
JammerPalmer
In terms of the sheer amount of people who would have to lie without breaking ranks in order to keep the conspiracy under wraps, the “North Korea is actually great,
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Michael McFaul
McFaul
A great conversation with @NPRKelly just now helped me crystallize some thoughts on Russia and the West. In the spirit of twitter, written without nuance. Comments welcome. THREAD 1/ Conventional
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allele ☭🇨🇺
queertypes
small musings -it is true that both anarchists and ML[M]s are communists.the key difference is in approach. anarchists (in theory) aim for the establishment of an ideal society immediately and
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left of Brown
TKispeter
The reason people of ex soviet countries, when polled, miss the Soviet Union is because life wasn't actually 1984, you could get a Lada, an apartment and summer holidays as
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Craig Unger
craigunger
1/ I've written five books on the GOP's war on democracy. Hard to distill them to a tweet, but it didn't start w Trump. Karl Rove, neocons, Jerry Falwell, the
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Garry Kasparov
Kasparov63
Starting to sound like the USSR! On a serious note, the Saudis might survive such an oil shock. Putin must be terrified. He'll need friends from abroad more than ever
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balajis.com
balajis
The Cool WarThesis: America is transitioning from the coolest country in the world to the holiest country in the world. From blue jeans & counterculture to blue checks & cancel
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Wowbagger the infinitely prolonged
Mathitsfake227
Mini Thread on why Marxism doesn't mean a nanny state & why the USSR wasn't Marxist:I would begin by addressing the communist manifesto. The manifesto was written when both M
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Carl Zha
CarlZha
This sounds familiar and quite close to views held by my Dad’s generation of Chinese intellectuals esp his Uni classmates frm 1960s who had experienced Cultural Revolution. I agree w
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Kamil Galeev
kamilkazani
Many think Putin aims to annex Ukraine. I find that implausible. That's based on assumption that Putin is primarily concerned with foreign policy. But what if his main concern is
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Bud Pfizer
BostonJerry
With the impeachment hearings starting today it's a good idea to take a look back on recent history involving Ukraine, Russia, Paul Manafort, and Trump.Everything goes back to the fact
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Oren Cass
oren_cass
1/ Let's discuss this remarkable article in @nytimes about the importance of universal daycare. No, not the @KathaPollitt op-ed from Sunday. An article from 1974 about conditions in the Soviet
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