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Vote Communist!

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Lark O'Dell1 Comment

A story of Russian communists regrouping after the Fall of the USSR; their performance in elections; the strategies used against them.

Posted in Current Analysis, Historical Analysis, StrategyTagged Anticommunism, Communism, Electoralism, Nationalism, Perestroika, Putin, Russia, USSR

Harnessing Russia’s Reactionaries

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Lark O'Dell2 Comments

Russia's oldest opposition party is a right-wing populist sideshow. Led by a man compared to Hitler and a Court Jester, the LDPR channels popular rage into imperial policies.

Posted in Current Analysis, Historical Analysis, StrategyTagged Anticommunism, Electoralism, Fascism, KGB, Liberalism, Perestroika, Putin, Russia, USSR

Passing the Torch

April 21, 2022May 5, 2022 Norene WeaverLeave a comment

The activists of Perestroika claimed to be champions of liberal values, but their work brought forward a new generation of Nationalists.

Posted in Historical AnalysisTagged Anticommunism, Cold Wars, Fascism, Perestroika, Ukraine, USSR

The Nationalist Reconstruction of Ukraine

March 30, 2022May 4, 2022 Norene Weaver1 Comment

The infamy of Neo-Nazis obscures the role played by other radical Nationalists in Post-Maidan Ukraine. Their histories show us the big picture, the long-term goals and trajectory of the Nationalist project.

Posted in Briefs, Historical AnalysisTagged Anticommunism, Capitalism, Cold Wars, Fascism, Perestroika, Ukraine, USSR

The Social-Nationalist Movement

February 3, 2022April 29, 2022 Norene Weaver1 Comment

Ultranationalists in Ukraine have appropriated Nazi symbolism while denying that they are National Socialists. Are they right-wing provocateurs trolling their opponents? Or is this something deeper than fascist aesthetics?

Posted in Briefs, Current Analysis, Historical AnalysisTagged Anticommunism, Fascism, Nazism, Perestroika, Ukraine, USSR

Sinophile Khans and Nationalist Turks

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Ching ShihLeave a comment

A brief overview of Yulbars Khan, the rebel prince who became Chiang Kai-Shek's Governor of Xinjiang in exile.

Posted in Briefs, Historical Analysis, LeadsTagged China, Chinese Civil War, Class Analysis, Kuomintang, Taiwan, USSR, Uyghurs, Xinjiang
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