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The article explores the intersection of the video gaming industry and the military, focusing on the Space Force's success in competitive video gaming tournaments. It delves into the historical ties between gaming culture and military achievements, highlighting the role of games like Call of Duty in reflecting and perpetuating American militarism. The text also discusses the evolution of military simulation technology, from early Pentagon-led efforts to modern gaming platforms, emphasizing the blurred lines between entertainment and defense industries. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the resurgence of Marxism in contemporary society, paralleling its reemergence with the villain from "The Brothers Karamazov." Topics include the modern adaptations of Marxist ideology by woke intelligentsia, the examination of communism's history through recent publications, and the underestimated influence of American communists during the 20th century.

The article focuses on American film director John Huston who faced accusations of being a communist during the Cold War era. Topics include his movement to Ireland to escape the scrutiny of McCarthyism where he found a supportive community along with fellow dissident journalist Claud Cockburn, who continued to criticize elites in his writings; Huston's film "Moulin Rouge" how he decided to make a film based on Cockburn's novel "Beat the Devil"; and his honorary doctorate from Trinity College.

The article states that the Balkans have long been an area of instability, conflict, and fragmentation. It mentions that for more than 150 years, the notion of a united Balkan state persisted among socialist and communist thinkers in the area. It also mentions that throughout history, the Balkans have experienced cultural fragmentation caused by multiple divisions, the earliest of which was between the ancient Greeks and the perceived barbarian lands outside of Greece.

UPFRONT CHHATTISGARH STRIKING AT MAOIST ROOTS By Rahul Noronha Intelligence gathering, planning and execution by security forces came together in a perfect operation against the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), [...]

Fox News host Harris Faulkner attempted to give Donald Trump the opportunity to climb down from his fascist rhetoric during an open town hall in Georgia Tuesday night, said Chris [...]

The article explores the struggle of black sharecroppers in Alabama during the Great Depression and their alignment with the Communist Party in opposition to the oppressive tenant farming system. It details the harsh living conditions, economic exploitation, and the forms of resistance employed by these rural workers.

Actor Keanu Reeves and writer China Miéville have collaborated on a tie-in novel for Reeves' comic book series, BRZRKR. Miéville, a renowned speculative fiction writer with communist beliefs, surprised many with this collaboration. The novel, titled The Book of Elsewhere, expands on the comic's universe and showcases Miéville's unique storytelling. Despite their different backgrounds, the duo has created a work that combines their talents and explores themes of immortality and the desire to live. Miéville's struggles with depression have influenced his writing, making the protagonist's longing for mortality a metaphor for the will to live. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents the discussion on strategic challenge posed by the People's Republic of China, particularly the potential conflict over Taiwan, where U.S. intervention has historically prevented a communist takeover. Topics include China's growing power and intentions, the historical context of Taiwan's resistance to communist rule; and the U.S. military's role in deterring aggression through naval and advisory support.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of her family's interactions and struggles within the context of the communist regime in Romania.

The article focuses on the cultural significance of dolls like Barbie and Fleur in 1980s Poland, symbolizing Western ideals of freedom amid Communist rule. Topics include the social dynamics surrounding doll ownership, the role of dolls in shaping childhood imagination, and reflections on body image influenced by dolls.

Ahead of the recent elections in Taiwan, tensions across the strait with mainland China were heightened by fears that Beijing could see the results as further evidence that it might one day use force to reunify the island with Communist China. For now, that peril has subsided. But as the war in Ukraine grinds on, Taipei and Kyiv could well look to each other for valuable lessons from the threat posed by larger, more powerful neighbors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Byline: Rajeev Deshpande DESPITE VERY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS of governments, bureaucracies--ranging from the communist apparatus of the Soviet Union to dictatorships like the one Saddam Hussein presided over in Iraq--have one [...]

Byline: Sudeep Paul His real legacy is making Bengal aspire for more and want to do better If GOOD INTENTIONS are our undoing, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's late career was a testament [...]

China halted arms control talks with the US over American arms sales to Taiwan. (https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-us-china-relations-red-lines-chips-taiwan-2023-10) China claims that Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to attack the [...]

(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8009b76c-4408-4601-89ae-bdce70999f02_751x798.jpeg) Imagine it is 1950. Sen. Joe McCarthy has just given a speech to the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he waved around a piece [...]

The pre-Christmas removal of the 'Reconciliation Monument' at Arlington National Cemetery is just the latest example of the 'Cultural Revolution' sweeping America. It is a shocking example of the efforts [...]

At a ritzy gala at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco on November 15, a crowd that included America's top business leaders twice gave Xi Jinping a standing ovation as he [...]

The article focuses on the historical evolution of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), highlighting its early association with Communism and subsequent purging of Communist elements during the Stalin-Hitler pact in 1939. It examines the recent ideological shift within the ACLU, noting a departure from impartial liberalism and a move towards aligning with left-wing "woke" values, influencing its case selection criteria and organizational direction.

Six days after the Germans launched Operation Citadel, which threatened to surround and cut off several Red Army divisions of the Central and Voronezh Fronts, German panzers continued to make [...]

Byline: Siddharth Singh How the Home Minister has rebuilt internal security IN EARLY LAST year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid an impromptu visit to a Central Reserve Police Force [...]

'Allo 'Allo! 8.00pm Von Strohm and Geering are captured by communists 6.10am Secrets of the Transport Museum (AD) 7.10 Classic Car Garage (AD) 8.00 The World at War: four back-to-back [...]

Byline: Terry Nguyen The first episode of The Sympathizer ended on a cliffhanger - 'a real Hollywood cliffhanger,' remarks a North Vietnamese commander at the second episode's start. Tasked with [...]

America's crackdown on Chinese trade is broadening. On the campaign trail on April 17th President Joe Biden proposed tripling tariffs on steel imports, citing https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/03/31/how-xi-jinping-plans-to-overtake-america. Having choked off China's access [...]

BY RISHI IYENGAR —Robbie Gramer contributed reporting for this story. IT ALL BEGAN IN BEIJING. Narendra Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat when he visited in 2011 to pitch [...]

John A Moretta is a historian and Professor of History at Houston Community College. He is the author of numerous works exploring the counter-cultural movements of the 1960s including The [...]

The article considers the implication of the failure of the Communist group to control the press coverage of the August 1991 coup in Russia like the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. Topics discussed include the successful news blackout and press narrative control during the 1917 revolution, press freedom enjoyed by Soviet journalists and foreign correspondents under the President Mikhail Gorbachev, and lack of interest of the coup leaders in curtailing information gathering or distribution.

COMMUNISTS IN CLOSETS Queering the History 1930s-1990s by Bettina Aptheker Routledge. 255 pages, $44.95 HOMOSEXUALITY has long been a political football. Conservatives have accused queer people of all manner of [...]

Weaponizing public schools for sinister purposes, an obscure United Nations institute is quietly working to transform education worldwide to impose radical political and spiritual values and beliefs on children. It [...]

Raju was just 18 when he saw his brother killed by Indian security forces in February this year. They were walking with two other members of the protected Indigenous Adivasi [...]

As events would have it, the news of Alexei Navalny's death came just two days after I'd finished reading the second volume of Stephen Kotkin's biography of Joseph Stalin, which [...]

Norma Barzman 1920-2023 Norma Barzman, who has died aged 103, was a Hollywood screenwriter best known for the noirish thriller The Locket (1946). She and her husband, Ben, were also [...]

Byline: Just Earth News Two senior officials of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have been subjected to disciplinary Party penalties for neglecting their duties and failing to fulfil their [...]

When Xi Jinping looks out at the world, he seems to see history's arc bending his way. As war in Ukraine slides towards a frozen stalemate, and intensifying horrors stalk [...]

January 03 -- Jharkhand police on Friday said 397 Maoists were arrested, nine killed, and 26 surrendered before security forces across the state this year. A special area committee member, [...]

December 27 -- Members of the banned CPI (Maoist) blew up a portion of railway tracks in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, disrupting train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route for several [...]

The article examines the loyalty of the British historian Eric Hobsbawm to the Marxist orthodoxies of his youth even after the Soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956, of Czechoslovakia in 1968, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Topics covered include his focus on the manner in which industrialisation and capitalism changed the social conditions of workers, the factors that would define him as a communist, and his rise to prominence during the 1960s.

The article focuses on Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution which come to encapsulate how most people view the ten days that brought the Czechoslovak communist regime to an end and ushered in an era of capitalism and democracy. It mentions Czechoslovak government was even more dedicated to preserving a controlled version of socialism than Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union. It also mentions communism had guaranteed a level of prosperity and a privileged position in society that capitalism.

YOU CAN'T OWN so much as a smartphone today and not know about Russia's relentless, unprovoked war against Ukraine. But back in the early 1970s, the U.S.S.R. was intact and [...]

Fresh from the embarrassment of the Varkiza Agreement, and the disbanding of ELAS, many communists who still believed in the goal of a communist Greece retreated to the EAM and [...]

Throughout 1947 the British government was facing its own post-war financial difficulties, so began exploring ways to abandon its role in Greece. However, the Attlee government was also aware that [...]

The power vacuum left in the wake of the Axis retreat in 1944 was immediately contested by two major political and military groups. One party claiming power was the communist [...]

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Unraveling the Geopolitical and Strategic shifts from Maldives to Bay of Bengal The election of pro-China politician Mohamed Muizzu as the eighth President of Maldives this September was reported in [...]

Evan Osnos In 1979, when Deng Xiaoping became the first leader of the People’s Republic of China to visit the United States, the occasion had the air of a courtship. [...]