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Bertolt Brecht (and me)
February 13, 2023Regardless of his sometimes sharp but always constructive criticism, Brecht supported the GDR attempt to build a socialist state in Germany with all his heart.
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‘Home Front’ probes race, gender and sexuality in post–World War II era
February 8, 2023"It’s shocking that, more than 70 years after WW II ended, questions about states’ right to ban interracial marriage have resurfaced.”
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Spreading anti-communist hot air: Washington’s balloon warfare against the USSR
February 8, 2023The U.S. government claims China is deploying “spy” balloons, but during the Cold War, it was Washington that used balloons to carry out anti-communist propaganda missions against the socialist bloc.
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Brendan Behan on the centenary of his birth
February 7, 2023Brendan Behan was arguably one of the last writers to emerge from the Irish literary revival movement.
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Stalingrad – 80 years on
February 2, 2023After the Red Army victory over the Nazis in Stalingrad they were able to begin, as they hooked up with local liberation fighters, what ended up as the liberation of all the Eastern European countries occupied by...
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