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An account and critique of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which portrays the "revolution" as a factional squabble within the Communist Party bureaucracy which enabled the working class to begin to assert themselves as an independent force for a time before being crushed by the state.

Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina That the Nobel Peace Prize, arguably the world’s most prestigious award, was finally given to a Filipino is certainly stunning. After 120 years of existence, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to bestow the highest honor to journalist Maria R

The following is a presentation by the CNT-Granada Education Union for a conference on 'Precarious work, self-management and co-operatives', held in La Vecilla near León, Spain in August 2010.

Traditionally trained master woodcarver Alexander Grabovetskiy creates intricate woodcarvings from his Florida workshop. It's a talent that saved his life.

A report from 1956 presents a catalog of nuclear death.

BUCK: I've got my brother, who I would take a bullet for gladly, getting married next week.

Такие изменения помогут существенно расширить перечень исследований и повысить эффективность диспансеризации, считает ученый.

In disgrace, to be put on a plane back to minsk and an uncertain future. now shes holed up in the polish embassy behind me apparently on her way to a new life in europe. this whole story in tokyo has very much the whiff of history about it, because back in the cold war, this sort of defection was a regular event. the last one i can find was in los angles back in 1984. now we have someone defecting from a country called "the last dictatorship in europe". now shes going to poland, a country that w...

As Chinese Communist Party turns 100, dissecting the congratulatory messages of its Indian admirers How do they see the Chinese party – and their own country? The Communist Party of India (Marxist) symbol on a wall in Kolkata. | Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters The news that the Communist Party of China is celebrating its centenary sparked two memories. The first was of a conversation with a “lapsed” communist. It was in the late ’80s and he was a member of an organisation ...

Deterrence Is Key: Are U.S. Troops Headed to the Senkaku Islands? The strategic logic for emplacing troops on the Senkakus is blurrier than the physical feasibility of doing so. Heres What You Need to Know: Seapower would be critical to such a venture. If Japanese and U.S. maritime forces could reimpose command of the air and sea around an occupied island, they would confront the PLA with an uncomfortable case of role reversal. Chinese occupiers could find themselves playing the part of beleag...