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The article reports on the private business ventures that have opened in Cuba as the country's communist government leaders embrace capitalists to address the financial and economic crises. It offers a look at divisions in Cuba's communist system as business elites acquire wealth. It discusses the potential of the legalization of private businesses in Cuba to pave the way for democratic and economic freedom amid worsening living conditions and economic hardships.

The article views that former U.S. President Donald J. Trump has turned to the political tradition of redbaiting by calling U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris a communist, which shows that he is worried about the surge of Democratic enthusiasm and the unexpected effectiveness of Harris as a campaigner.

The article celebrates Eastern European cars of the Communist era, highlighting a May Day event in Pirna where enthusiasts gather, embodying local pride and nostalgia despite the era's oppressive dictatorship.

The article focuses on efforts taken to avoid disruption of Chinese Communist Party congress where leader Xi Jinping is expected to claim the election, and mentions lockdowns pledged by other provinces to prevent spread of the coronavirus.

The article discusses the trend "ling ju feng," meaning the working wear of a characteristic mid-rank bureaucrat, on Chinese social media platforms where trendsetters trade fashion tips and young men share pictures of themselves dressed like fathers working in Communist Party offices.

The article discusses that Elke Kahr, the leader of the Communist Party of Graz, Austria's second-largest city has won the local mayor election of Graz, with the help of her work for the people.

The article focuses on motion picture director Luchino Visconti. He was born in a wealthy and noble family in Italy and was a communist. In his movies like "The Damned," and "The Leopard," the male actors used to dress up elegantly in formal wears and the movies often seemed like luxurious fashion shoots. His critics and admirers explain him as an elegant man with wonderful mannerism and whose taste was very dignified.

Cites the decision of Communist and nationalist lawmakers to withdraw their appeal demanding the investigation of Jewish organizations in Russia after complaints by human rights activists and Jewish leaders in retaliation to claims of carrying out Jewish ritual killings.

Profiles Ivan Cepeda, director of the Manuel Cepeda Foundation which is dedicated to pressing the government for an accounting of a two-decade war against the Patriotic Union in Colombia. Quest for justice for the victims of political war; Ivan's search for people who killed his father, Manuel Cepeda, who was a Communist senator and a leading figure in the Patriotic Union party; Intention of President Alvaro Uribe's government to pursue negotiations to disarm Carlos Castano's paramilitary movement.

Analyzes the increasing political power of Muslims in French society. Application of tactics used previously by Marxists; Growth of Islam as the ideology of the working classes, the downtrodden and the North African immigrants; Channeling of the frustration of youth toward Islam; High birthrate in the Muslim community; Political left's assistance to Muslims in the 1970s.

Reports that communist rebels ambushed two separate army patrols in western Nepal setting off battles that killed several people. Separate incident where soldiers were killed overnight when rebels ambushed them near Katmandu.

Reports that the Yopal, Colombia Roman Catholic bishop Misael Vacca, who was kidnapped by Marxist rebels, was released two days after Pope John Paul II condemned the kidnapping.

Reports that the ashes of the Spanish flamenco dancer Antonio Gades will be laid to rest in a mausoleum in the Sierra Maestra mountains of Cuba that holds the remains of guerrilla fighters who died in the uprising that led Fidel Castro in power in 1959. Death of Gades, a member of the communist Party in Spain, in July 2004 weeks after he received the highest decoration in Cuba from Castro.

Reports on the release by the U.S. government of suspected Colombian Marxist guerrilla Nelson Vargas who was extradited to the U.S. in 2003.

Focuses on the weakening of Russia's Communist Part and its impact on President Vladimir Putin's power in the country. Impact of internal factions on the Party's stability; Effort of some Party members to convert its founder's socialist ideals into something of modern political use; Development of Marxism and Leninism within the practical realities of the current time.

The article offers information on the state of the mind of the people of France regarding the French presidential candidates as mentioned by comedian Sophia Aram. Topics discussed include attitude of the citizens of France in non-supporting both presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen; views of writer Pascal Bruckner on the socialist and community; and comment of various people regarding the presidential candidates.

The article offers information on the demonstrations by the Chinese Communist Party's activists against the China's president, Xi Jinping's government with Parroting slogans scripted by the Communist Party.

The article discusses the life and career of 65-year-old former boxer Bob Bozic who is also known as Bartender Bob Bozic for his work as a bartender at the Fanelli Cafe establishment in the SoHo section of New York, New York, and it mentions how Bozic has decided to retire and fly to Serbia in order to reclaim the 22-room mansion in Belgrade, Serbia that Communists seized from his family in 1946. It states that Bozic fought boxer Larry Holmes in a match at Madison Square Garden

The article focuses on history of China which was united under Communist rule grinding out an existence of profound rural poverty and isolation and mention establishment of cottage industry in which cave dwellers earn money by renting rooms in their homes.

The article offers information on the brainwashing by communists and shift in interest Americans from the brutality of prisoner-of-war camps and turned instead to self-criticism.

The article offers information on the earliest Christians who were known to be communists, and mentions the significance of Christian culture in leading to political movement and radicalism in early churches.

The article reports on the Red Army schools established by the Chinese government across the country, as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's campaign in reshaping the political education for young communists.

The article reports on Jill Bloomberg, principal of Park Slope Collegiate in Brooklyn, New York City, who was under investigation by the New York City Department of Education for being a communist.

The author reflects on how the Soviet Union had neglected the common people in their town following the collapsed of the Communist system. Topics discussed include the power from Ukraine to Syria projected by Russia, the allegations made by the U.S. to Russia for meddling the Presidential election and the artificial social cohesive between the U.S. and Russia.

The article focuses on the report prepared by the state-run Institute of Forensic Research in Krakow, Poland which shows that President Lech Walesa was a Communist paid informant in the 1970s.

Corrections to articles including the dispute between the Canadian officials and American businessman Manuel Mouron in the June 13, 2016 issue, the news coverage about the politics in the U.S. and Great Britain in the July 4, 2016 issue, and Vietnam communist Nguyen Quang A are presented.

An obituary for German politician Margot Honecker is presented.

A correction to the article regarding gossip columnist Hedda Hopper's support of a Congressional investigation and hearings conducted conducted by the House Un-American Activities against suspected communist.

The reports on the implementation of four laws in Ukraine which eliminated the country's Soviet traditions of commemorating World War II and required the removal of symbols and names connected to the history of Communists or Nazi.

Reports on plans to shot a movie based on the television program "The 30 Cases of Major Zeman," a show about a Communist detective who, in the upcoming film, is going to be turned into a double agent sharing secrets with the U.S.'s Central Intelligence Agency. Revelation that Jiri Sequens directed the original television series; Comments from Lukas Bulin, one of the movie's producers, on how they plan to change the Major Zeman character; Comparison of the Major Zeman character to James Bond.

Focuses on Chinese-born, Western-educated bankers who are heading the operations of big investment banks or playing crucial roles in China. How these bankers were raised as Communists during China's Cultural Revolution, but were schooled in capitalism; Suggestion that they are some of the most powerful deal makers in China; Role of these rich and politically astute investment bankers in helping transform China's economy and restructuring some of its biggest corporations; Examples of Chinese-born star bankers at various investment banks; Information on these fairly secretive bankers, who have returned to China to play pivotal roles in a growing number of international deals; Value of these new bankers' relationships and navigational skills; Why the rise of these bankers may pose some risks to the banks.

The article reports on the resilience of communist leader Minister Manik Sarkar, chief minister of Tripura in India, to the decline of his political group Communist Party of India.

The article discusses the rise in the idea of communist Karl Marx.

The article reports on the denial of Czech Republic politician Andrej Babis that he was a secret police agent during the Communist era.

Corrections to articles in previous issues are presented such as regarding the high cost of colonoscopies in the U.S. in the June 2, 2013 issue and a photograph caption with an article on Vietnamese-Americans accused of being Communist sympathizers in the June 23, issue.

An obituary for Marxist intellectual Alfredo Guevara Valdes is presented.

The article focuses on the history of several issues worldwide. Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro expressed his interest to get to know the U.S. when he visited the country in 1912. Two East German families crashed an armor-plated of the Communist barriers to reach West Berlin in 1962. The major league baseball meeting between the National and American circuit was considered as the dullest event in 1937.

The article focuses on the career change by 80-year-old novelist and book publisher Shintaro Ishihara as Japanese prime minister candidate. Ishihara leads a newly formed populist party, promising to turn Japan into a more independent, possibly nuclear-armed country and to restore its national pride. Moreover, his political campaign to bring patriotic populism into the political mainstream could still have a lasting effect if he looses the election.

The author reflects on the works and contribution of William F. Buckley Jr. for the Republican Party. The author states that Buckley placed great faith in the Republican establishment and often took issue with liberal-minded members of his party. He also mentions the challenges faced by Buckley when John Birch Society demanded the government to get rid of the supposed Communists such as Robert Welch and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The article focuses on the presentation of theatrical production "Joe McCarthy: Enemies Within," which features the life of Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.

The article reports on the passage of the trade bill by the U.S. House of Representatives which aims to normalize trade relations with Russia, with particular focus on human rights violations. It states that Russia remains among former Communist nations that were denied of trade status in 1974 due to their refusal to let their citizens leave the country freely. It adds that the legislation has an attached provision that seeks to punish Russians involved in human rights violations.

BEIDAIHE, China -- Clutching a wooden cane and aided by an entourage of young people, the old man in a black silk shirt and matching shorts hobbled up the stairs to Kiessling, a decades-old Austrian restaurant not far from the teeming beaches of this seaside resort. He sat on the balcony and ordered ice cream. It was the best in town, he told his companions. At least it had been in his youth. ''This man is a relative of Zhou Enlai,'' the restaurant manager said in a low voice to some foreign diners at a nearby table, referring to the revered prime minister of China in the Mao era. ''He's come here before. He stays in the neighborhood where the leaders live.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communist rebels killed at least 11 soldiers and a civilian in an ambush in the northern Philippines on Wednesday. New People's Army guerrillas attacked an army convoy in Ifugao Province, said an army spokesman, Col. Miguel Puyao. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ROSTOCK, Germany -- Now that Joachim Gauck has been sworn in as Germany's 11th postwar president, the country's two highest-ranking officials share a worldview shaped by decades spent longing for freedom from East Germany's Communist system. But the paths of Mr. Gauck and Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor since 2005, diverged once democracy dawned. Ms. Merkel has repeatedly pointed to their common experience of having grown up under Communist rule as a defining and unifying element of their friendship. They also share strong ties to the Lutheran Church; Ms. Merkel's father and Mr. Gauck were both pastors in the northern coastal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parliament elected a judge with a European outlook as president on Friday, ending nearly three years of political deadlock. Lawmakers approved the election of Nicolae Timofti, the chairman of the Superior Council of Magistrates, but the opposition Communists boycotted the vote. Moldova had been without a president since 2009 because its largest party, which has 58 seats in the 101-seat legislature, could not muster the 61 votes required. On Friday, Mr. Timofti, 62, who wants Moldova to join the European Union and favors democratic and free-market economic reforms, was elected with 62 votes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]