faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party; a major faction in the Russian Civil War
Elliott Abrams writes for National Review Online about a disturbing Latin American development. Even the most repressive dictatorships hold some kind of elections — the tribute vice pays to virtue,…
David Strom writes for HotAir.com about a disappointing policy shift from California’s governor. Gavin Newsom has, until now, opposed wealth taxes, or so-called “Billionaire” taxes. No longer. Joining Ro Khanna,…
Nate Hochman of National Review Online takes MSNBC host Joy Reid up on her offer to explain Marxism “like I’m five.” Well, let’s see. Marxist theory prescribes a violent revolution…
Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon debuted in December 1940 and reverberated through the post-war period, though not with the universal acclaim of George Orwell’s 1984, in part because of its…
Paul Krause of the American Thinker ponders Antifa‘s role on the political left. Antifa storms in and out of the news, despite that fact, the Left is unable to denounce…
Arthur Herman reflects at National Review Online on the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin’s overthrow of the Russian republic. The next day, November 8, Lenin installed himself and his Marxist…
John O’Sullivan of National Review Online reminds readers of the facts associated with communism in the former Soviet Union. Russia was already a fast-industrializing capitalist economy prior to the First…
In a piece at libertylawsite called “The Wackiness of Evil,” Greg Weiner objects to the media’s casual and light-hearted treatment of Bernie Sanders’ sympathetic attitude towards communism: That wacky Bernie Sanders, as…
Historian Anne Applebaum reviews for The Atlantic a nearly 1,000-page book on the first 50 years of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s life. Among author Stephen Kotkin’s most interesting observations: Stalin’s…
On the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, Jonah Goldberg reminds us of that conflict’s lasting importance. For most Americans, the war is like algebra or frog…
Thomas Donlan takes a break from offering well-informed economic observations this week and instead devotes his Barron’s editorial commentary to the history and possible future of Crimea. Crimea is a…
If you’ve been happy to see the overthrow of long-entrenched dictators in the Arab world, Niall Ferguson‘s latest Newsweek article might dampen your enthusiasm a bit. Ferguson believes economic turmoil…