Soviet Union
Stalin, Zhdanov, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich star in ‘Stalin’s Master Class’
April 22, 2024Politics collide with art, terror, and rich helpings of morbid comic relief when “Father of the People” Joseph Stalin and Soviet Cultural Minister Andrei Zhdanov summon the Soviet Union’s two most eminent composers, Sergei Prokofiev and...
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Bay of Pigs 1961: ‘The world knows the truth about invasion of Cuba’
April 17, 2024U.S.-backed mercenaries tried to overthrow the Cuban Revolution on April 17, 1961. They failed, but their assault turned out to be the opening of a decades-long war against the people of Cuba.
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The world is a better place because Lenin lived
January 19, 2024100 years after the Russian Revolution leader’s death, CPUSA Co-chair Joe Sims discusses his enduring influence.
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A monument to Lenin: Sourcing a well-known poem by Bertolt Brecht
January 19, 2024The story of how carpet weavers in Turkestan honored Lenin by helping themselves survive.
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As it happened 1924: LENIN IS DEAD
January 19, 2024100 years after the death of Lenin, read how the Daily Worker reported the news at the time.
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