World War II
Serving two masters: Mussolini’s moviemaker and his red reels of Albanian agitprop
May 11, 2022Alfredo Cecchetti worked for both the fascist Benito Mussolini and the Communist Enver Hoxha, raising questions about the political use of film and filmmakers.
Read moreU.S. and junior partners laid the basis for Putin’s illegal war
March 30, 2022Capitalists in the U.S., Europe, Russia, and Ukraine rely on right-wing nationalism to keep the war going.
Read morePolice remove Ukrainian flags from Berlin’s Soviet memorial to defeat of Nazis
March 30, 2022One of many incidents around the world resurrecting cold war anti-Sovietism to dampen today's peace movements.
Read moreThe ‘destructive prophets’ astride the field of history: Hitler was only one
March 3, 2022It took him many years to write his 466-page Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet because he made many trips to Germany in order to find and interview people who had known Hitler personally.
Read moreNagasaki remembers 70,000 dead, calls on leaders to create nuclear-free zone
August 9, 2021Nagasaki marked the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city today with its mayor urging Japan, the United States, and Russia to do more to eliminate nuclear weapons. In his speech at...
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