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Tag Archives: communism
The Voice of Murder
The subject of the bloody 1965 Indonesian mass murder of suspected communists is not often openly discussed history even in today’s Indonesia. Given the pervasive silence, estimates vary on the actual number of people killed, but it’s generally accepted as … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History
Tagged 1965, antidemocratic, Asian communism, Associated Press, Autocracy, banyan tree, Cambodia, China, CIA, clove cigarettes, communism, communist, Darmo, death tool, decapitation, democracy, freedom, Hamid, History, Indonesia, Indonesian, Indonesian massacre, islam, Islamic clerics, Javanese sarong, mass graves, mass murder, murder, Nahdlatul Ulama, nationalism, PKI, pogrom, preemptive murder, prisoners, purge, Quran, religion, sledgehammer, Suharto, Sukarno, Sulchan, US, Vietnam
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The Gulag
Too often, I have heard people I know laud Cuba’s health care or some other aspect of their nation. If you are someone who admires Castro’s Cuba – please read this
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Armando Valladares, communism, Cuba, Health Care, totalitarianism
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Thunder in the Place of the Winds
photo: Isuru Senevi | site And so ends Mauritania’s brief experiment with constitutional democracy. The AFP has a source in the new ruling junta who says there will be new elections in two months. We shall see.
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Abdallahi, AFP, Africa, Alex Ely, capital, Cold War, communism, constitutional, coup, darfur, democracy, extermists, Islamic, Mauritania, military, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, power, State Department, support, Washington Post
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn R.I.P.
The impact of this man on the world is not part of the memory of many today. I’ll be breaking out a few of his books this week in his memory. A true Giant has passed away. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
Tagged Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, communism, Russia, Soviet Union
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The Tidal Empires of War
(photo: Charles Roffey – Charles & Fred) Someone once said that in Damascus you truly can get a little bit pregnant. It’s a good aphorism, because if you asked the foreign minister of almost any state in the Middle East … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 1990s, army, Bashar al-Assad, Beirut, capitalism, Cedar Revolution, Charles Roffey, communism, Damascus, Eisenhower, Eisenhower Doctrine, Fenwick, Frederic Bastiat, free trade, globalization, imperialism, investment, Israel, Jihad Yazigi, Lebanon, Lenin, Leonard Wibberley, London, markets, Mediterranean, Michael Shermer, Middle East, military, nationalism, occupation, pacifism, Pat Buchanan, pregnant, secular, Shukri al-Kuwatli, Syria, Syrian, Tzipi Livni, United States, war, World War II
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Hugo’s Road to Ruin Continues
I say it eventually ends in mass murder, but McQ has the latest intermediate step.
The Victims of Communism Day
Let us remember what May Day has really represented RJ Rummell gives us the toll of The Red Plague: As you can see, the total mid-estimate is about 110,286,000, an incredible total. It is around 65 percent of all democide … Continue reading
The Sickening
A Cuban medical office with a sign reading “No prescriptions available.” Photo by: Dr. Darsi Ferrer [via The Real Cuba]. News of Fidel Castro’s retirement has elicited some interesting responses. Chris Bertram’s has to be one of the most arrogant … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Foreign affairs, Health Care, MichaelW's Page
Tagged apologists, communism, Cuba, Education, Fidel Castro, Health Care, Michael Moore, retires, socialism, The Real Cuba
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Visit the People’s Paradise
Communist documents promoting North Korea, which were seized from Cuban personnel during the invasion of Grenada in 1983. Not your ordinary tourist brochures. Click to enlarge: photo: Department of Defense
Posted in History, Lee's Page
Tagged 1983, brochures, communism, communist, Cuba, Grenada, North Korea, paradise, propaganda, tourist
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The Smell Of Socialism
What does socialism smell like? At first blush I can’t be much more specific than “pungent and bad.” Luckily the enterprising Catalan Socialist Party has brewed up a concoction as a campaign stunt that promises to answer this confounding quandary: … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Humor, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Catalan Socialist Party, communism, elections, perfume, propaganda, socialism, Spain
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Soviet Disney World Reborn
With the red stars back on the MiGs, criticism of the government illegal and dissident arrests again in fashion, Soviet reversion is all the rage in Russia. Jim Hill revealed a couple of days ago that apparently Disney is in … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged authoritarianism, communism, Disney, Epcot, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union
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