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Neal Stephenson's Polostan Is a Compact Epic About Communism, Science, and the Dawn of the Atomic Age

A short-yet-sprawling historical tour of the atomic age.

Reason

What is a communist, and what do communists believe?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

State-Funded 'Victims of Communism' Memorial Delayed After Majority of Names Found to Be Linked to Fascists

The unveiling of Canada's "Victims of Communism" memorial is on hold as officials investigate a report flagging over half its honorees for links to fascism.

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The US right keeps accusing Democrats of ‘communism’. What does that even mean?

Conservatives think giving children free lunch at school is socialism, but vast, powerful private monopolies are freedom

The Guardian - US

Why the radical right has turned to the teachings of an Italian Marxist thinker

Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike.

The Conversation

75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY

Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That’s where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point in the political landscape of the post-World War II era.

The Conversation

My Cuban family fled a dictator. Now I’m scared they’ll elect Trump

Democrats are finding it increasingly difficult to connect with Latino voters — especially Cubans, who associate left-wing politics with the communism that tore their country apart. Jesus Maria Alvarez reports on the deep rifts within his community in the battleground state of Florida

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Journalist Banned From Commenting During The Olympics After Linking Performance To “Communism”

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Polish journalist suspended for calling 'Imagine' a 'vision of communism' during Olympic opening

The Polish state broadcaster has suspended a television journalist who during the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris reacted to a performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by saying it was a “vision of communism.”

The Independent UK

Dining across the divide: ‘He came in wearing a red beret. I thought: this is going to be very intense’

They wrestled with communism and capitalism, taxes and Brexit – and still ended up swapping numbers

The Guardian - UK

In Frostpunk 2's post-post-apocalypse 'it's not nature that's your worst enemy, it's human nature,' and nothing proves that like my doomed attempt at turbo-communism

You've got nothing to lose but your chains. Oh, and the coal. You could definitely also lose the coal.

PC Gamer

‘A deranged fringe movement’: what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

Two young men are promoting a grab-bag ideology celebrating ‘honor’ and condemning ‘global elites’ – and winning powerful friends on the right

The Guardian - US

Victims of Communism Day — 2024

May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.

Reason

DeSantis marks Bay of Pigs anniversary requiring Florida students to learn about 'evils of communism'

"We're going to tell the truth about the evils of communism", said the Florida Governor during a press conference

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Ally vs ally: In Wayanad, Annie Raja is more than a ‘textbook’ politician. Can she take on Rahul Gandhi?

Despite the insufferable April heat of Kerala, little groups of women stand outside the Communist Party of India office in Wayanad’s Kalpetta, gathering from as far as Manipur and as remote as the Sathyamangalam forests of Tamil Nadu. Emerging from the CPI office, Annie Raja chats and jokes with each…

International Business Times

Romanian Ex-prisoners Fight To Save Memory Of Former Communist Jails

Niculina Moica felt the weight of history as she pushed open the rusty iron gate to the former Communist prison of Jilava, where she was detained as a teenager.

The Hindu

Elections that shaped India | 1957: The rise of Red Kerala

Kerala was the first State in Independent India to democratically elect a communist government. Check out how it happened and how it served as the foundation for the parliamentary communist party.

The Guardian - UK

Socialism, anti-fascism and anti-abortion on Prevent list of terrorism warning signs

Communism also among ideologies on document as human rights groups say UK scheme has been politicised

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Communal fascism and communism two sides of the same coin: Satheesan

Thrissur Opposition leader warns against communalism and communism, urges support for United Democratic Front in Lok Sabha elections.

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Marx in London!; The Barber of Seville; LSO/ Stutzmann; RPO/ Petrenko – review

A day in the life of the father of communism is full of laughs in Scottish Opera’s new production of Jonathan Dove’s buoyant farce. Elsewhere, notable house debuts at ENO, a Bruckner double bill and Rachmaninov to remember

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘It seemed he was on the verge of being a communist. Communism hasn’t worked anywhere’

One advocates a small state and private sector freedom, the other is a passionate socialist who wants to tax wealth and big corporations more. Was there any common ground?

The Hindu

Basavaraj Kattimani responded to his time through his novels, says Nataraj Huliyar

Novelist and activist Basavaraj Kattimani's writing addressed social issues and introduced nationalism and communism to readers.

The Guardian - US

Florida schoolkids may have to study ‘threat of communism in the US’

Republican bills likely to reach Governor Ron DeSantis, who has railed against indoctrination of students by ‘liberal elites’

Reason

Alleging Police Officer's "OK" Symbol Was "White Power" Hand Sign Is Constitutionally Protected Opinion

From today's Ohio Court of Appeals opinion in Olthaus v. Niesen, written by Judge Pierre Bergeron and joined by Judges Candace Crouse and Marilyn Zayas (for more on the general legal issue, which has arisen as to allegations of Communism as well as racism, see this post): During the wave…

The Independent UK

Associated Press correspondent Roland Prinz, who spent decades covering Europe, dies at age 85

A former Associated Press correspondent who spent four decades covering the Cold War and the fall of communism has died at age 85

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