Soviet Union

Designed in the USSR: Artifacts of a lost civilization

May 21, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Western materialism depends on a culture of disposability, bewildering choice, rapid obsolescence, and keeping up with the Joneses. By comparison, the Soviet system was admirably sustainable.

I was curious, so I saw ‘The Death of Stalin’

May 11, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Perhaps Marx was right when he wrote that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce.

Russia marks 75 years since Nazi surrender at Stalingrad

February 5, 2018 By Ben Chacko

With over a million deaths, it was history's bloodiest battle and started the Nazis on their long retreat back to Berlin.

Growth and change for the Wende Museum of the Cold War

November 21, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

Founded in 2002 and housed for the past 12 years in an out-of-the-way office park elsewhere in Culver City, where only a small percentage of its collections could be displayed, the Wende Museum has just moved...

The People Speak: Some of the latest comments from PW readers

November 8, 2017 By PW Readers

People’s World readers offer their take on a number of recent articles featured in our pages. The comments below have been proofread and edited for length. Join the discussion on the PW website and on Facebook....