This Word Means: Politburo
Within such an organisation, a Politburo (a shortened form of “political bureau”) referred to a smaller group of top ...
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Nothing like deviation in democracy. Even Lenin & Stalin adapted: Lal Bahadur Shastri
On 18 September 1964, during a no-confidence motion against his government, India’s former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri ...
Trump and Roosevelt’s common tie: The fatal vice of wishful thinking on Russia
Donald Trump’s telephone calls with Vladimir Putin hearken back to Franklin Roosevelt’s way of handling Joseph Stalin.
The National Interest4d
The Long History Behind Russia’s Attrition War in Ukraine
Today in Ukraine, the Russian military is pursuing a strategy remarkably similar to that of the past—using its overwhelming ...
Literary Review6d
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West
But during the Great Purge he was arrested and tortured; he confessed to having worked undercover for Russia’s enemies and ...
Jacobin on MSN6d
Roman Rosdolsky Breathed New Life Into Marx’s Capital
The Ukrainian Marxist Roman Rosdolsky was one of the pioneering scholars of Marxology. He was engaged as a Marxist activist and social scientist in spaces ranging from European cities like Lviv, ...