Cold War – Page 8 – People's World

50 years after Paris Peace Accords, Vietnam remembers victory over U.S. imperialism

January 27, 2023 By Amiad Horowitz

A half-century ago, the international peace movement helped end one of the century’s bloodiest wars.

Paul Whelan: Innocent prisoner of Russia or a spy?

December 13, 2022 By John Wojcik

Release of Brittney Griner shows U.S.-Russia talks can succeed, so let’s not allow Whelan case to derail possible peace negotiations.

Toxic Cold War weapons legacy: Uranium mines still poisoning the U.S.

December 5, 2022 By ProPublica

The U.S. government bankrolled the uranium mining industry, but it had no plan for the toxic by-products of this nuclear assembly line.

Polish missile crisis shows, again, why Ukraine war must end

November 17, 2022 By Lindsey German

Accidents happen, and the precautions that were in place in the Cold War to prevent the escalation are gone.

Decades after Berlin Wall fell, Cold War victors still trashing East Germany

November 9, 2022 By John Wojcik

The GDR, as the old East Germany was officially known, was a lot more than the totalitarian prop paraded out during anniversaries to prove the supposed superiority of capitalism over socialism.