The extent to which Trump’s démarche toward Moscow succeeds will be the extent to which the U.S. can transcend a long, regrettable history and finally embrace the 21st century.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Russophobes
Tag: Joseph Stalin
Interview: Richard Sakwa on Russia Since Perestroika
Natalyie Baldwin asks the British author about the Soviet collapse, the 1990s, Vladimir Putin’s governance, the rise of a new cold war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Revisiting the October Revolution
Given recent articles and books on the Bolshevik Revolution, which began Oct. 24, 1917 (Julian), it’s a struggle on the level of ideas that continues well into the 21st century, says John Wight.
SCOTT RITTER: The Murder of Others
The U.S. has had a moral obligation to commemorate Nagasaki, but this year the U.S. refused to mark its murder of innocent Japanese by defending its murder of innocent Palestinians.
The D-Day of the Eastern Front
While Western Allies invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944, John Wight recalls the coordinated operation by the Red Army to break German resistance in Europe.
Atomic Bombings Were Needless: WW II’s Top US Brass
Enduring mythology about these mass civilian slaughters warps thinking about U.S. militarism, writes Brian McGlinchey.
From Stalinism to the ‘Most Avoidable War in History’
Natylie Baldwin interviews Soviet and Russian specialist Geoffrey Roberts on Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Europe’s role, Stalin and World War II.
Chris Hedges: Teaching ‘The Gulag Archipelago’ in Prison
There are many disturbing similarities between the brutality imposed on Stalin’s victims and the injustices endured by the incarcerated in U.S. federal and state prisons.
Chris Hedges: America’s Fate — Oligarchy or Autocracy
The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Empire’s Last Stand
The origins of the first Cold War have been hopelessly blurred in the histories. We can watch this time. It is occurring before our eyes.