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‘Agent Sonya,’ a biography of intrepid antifa spy Ursula Kuczynski
February 16, 2021For a couple of decades in the 1930s and 1940s, she was among the USSR’s most important windows to the outside world.
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Black History Month is American History Month
February 12, 2021Black History Month is American History Month. It's too long for a hashtag. But what better way to honor the legacies of founding African American historians?
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On big lies and insurgencies: Comparing Capitol attacks
February 12, 2021TV and other media keep comparing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to the British attack during the War of 1812, but there is an historical event that bears a better comparison.
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From former Soviet Kyrgyzstan comes new book on Lenin’s 150th
February 1, 2021Lively, thought-provoking, and informative, its roots are in the ideas of a group of young communists living and working in Kyrgyzstan.
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Chickens coming home to roost: Remember what Malcolm said
January 28, 2021Fascists and racists cannot be appeased. They must be defeated and punished.
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