“He was a monster, but he was our monster” By Justus Leicht and Peter Schwarz 16 December 1999 “Tudjman almost certainly did not care that he was a monster because, unlike Milosevic, he was our monster.” These are the words that the author Misha Glenny uses in his recent book to sum up the relationshipContinue reading “Retrospect: Croatian President Franjo Tudjman dies”
Category Archives: History
Peter Drucker & the Nazi Heritage of Privatization
Applied Economics Evening Bachelors program at University of San Francisco cps.usfca.edu German Resistance? “Conservative” economist Peter Drucker popularized privatization, a key Nazi economic policy Privatization is very popular among laissez-faire types today. The recent issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives offers a different tale in which the term privatization is falsely credited to PeterContinue reading “Peter Drucker & the Nazi Heritage of Privatization”
PCOT: “Another View of Stalin”
The PCOT in Tunisia review Ludo Martens’ legendary tome. — Espresso Stalinist 57th anniversary of the death of Stalin (March 5, 1953) you read in this issue of “Forward” book “Another View of Stalin” by Ludo Martens and the translation of “good return”. This book deals with Stalin’s personality from a different angle, trying toContinue reading “PCOT: “Another View of Stalin””
Black Panthers: Assassinated by the State – The Federally Sanctioned Murder of Fred Hampton
” … a much-needed corrective to a badly distorted mainstream narrative of a key event in the history of the left and African-American politics of the late ’60s … It is now clear that Hampton and Clark were victims of a plot hatched by the FBI and executed by the Cook County State’s Attorney andContinue reading “Black Panthers: Assassinated by the State – The Federally Sanctioned Murder of Fred Hampton”
Badass of the Week: Skanderbeg
That old dude carving people in half with a gigantic sword is Skanderbeg. Skanderbeg is the national hero of Albania. He’s a hardcore, skull-crushing Albanian hardass who fought for 20 years on the side of the Ottoman Empire, then got bored of that, flipped his shit, and spent the next 25 years leading an AlbanianContinue reading “Badass of the Week: Skanderbeg”
Sinchon Massacre: Untold Massacre of the Korean War
“There was well-documented evidence of 2,000 people pushed off the Sokdang Bridge, 1,000 women thrown into the Sowon Reservoir, 600 others found in the Pogu Reservoir, 1,200 stuffed in an icehouse and then burned to death. Over 900 people perished in an air-raid shelter when U.S. soldiers poured gasoline into the ventilation hole and ignitedContinue reading “Sinchon Massacre: Untold Massacre of the Korean War”
Stalin: Long Live Soviet Armenia!
4/12/1920 Armenia, so long martyred and tormented, with its people condemned by the grace of the Entente and the Dashnaks to starvation, ruin and the lot of refugees— this Armenia, deceived by all its “friends,” has now found salvation by proclaiming itself a Soviet land. Neither the false assurances of Britain, the “ancient protector” ofContinue reading “Stalin: Long Live Soviet Armenia!”
The Berlin Wall — Another Cold War Myth
William Blum in his latest “Empire Report” (http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer96.html) has the following to say about the Berlin Wall: The Western media will soon be revving up their propaganda motors to solemnize the 50th anniversary of the erecting of the Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961. All the Cold War clichés about The Free World vs. Communist TyrannyContinue reading “The Berlin Wall — Another Cold War Myth”
Uncovering the Black German Holocaust
Review by Delroy Constantine-Simms University of Essex June 18, 1999 Review of: “Hitler’s Forgotten Victims” by David Okuefuna and Moise Shewa At a time when the fight for justice for Jewish Holocaust victims continues to make front-page news, the horrific experiences of Black people in Nazi Germany are virtually ignored. These experiences are brought toContinue reading “Uncovering the Black German Holocaust”
Is the New Ottoman Empire Possible?
From EMEP The executives of AKP (Justice and Development Party) have been designating The Ottoman Empire as an enviable ‘model’ for a while; and comparing the policies of Turkey with the power and impression of self-confident Ottoman. The Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, has just stated: “We have to bring the Republic to that position.” byContinue reading “Is the New Ottoman Empire Possible?”
66th anniversary of Hiroshima: A call to end imperialism and war
From the Communist Ghadar Party of India August 6th, 2011 marks the anniversary of the terrible crime committed by the United States against the Japanese people – civilian men, women and children. 66 years ago, the US dropped atom bombs on two towns of Japan. On August 6, 1945, the atom bomb was exploded overContinue reading “66th anniversary of Hiroshima: A call to end imperialism and war”
History of the MPD in Ecuador
• On March 17, 1978 in the local Trade Union of Drivers of Pichincha, after 10 hours is installed FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION MPD. • Delegates from 350 brigades in the provinces of Azuay, Carchi, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Canar, Esmeraldas, El Oro, Guayas, Imbabura, Los Rios, Loja, Manabi, Napo, Pichincha and Tungurahua. • met all requirements establishedContinue reading “History of the MPD in Ecuador”
Macedonia Leaves its Partisan Heritage to Decay
Devotees of the Partisan struggle in Yugoslavia are angry that the monuments commemorating the era are falling into neglect in the very different circumstances of modern Macedonia. The controversy is even more pronounced as a result of the fact that the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE-led government of Nikola Gruevski is spending vast sums on erecting monuments ofContinue reading “Macedonia Leaves its Partisan Heritage to Decay”
ADL: Pius XII did not Save Jews in WWII
” … the ADL concluded that the claim amounted to an ‘apparent campaign of misinformation’ and urged Pope Benedict XVI to reject its conclusions. … “ The Anti-Defamation League took the Catholic Church to task this week, disputing “historical evidence” cited by Church officials as proof that WWII-era Pope Pius XII had worked to saveContinue reading “ADL: Pius XII did not Save Jews in WWII”
40 Helpful Tips for Becoming a Successful Anti-Communist
by J. Slavyanski of the APL 1. Constantly insist that Marxism is discredited, outdated, and totally dead and buried. Then proceed to build a lucrative career on beating that supposedly ‘dead’ horse for the rest of your working life. 2. Remember, any unnatural death that occurs under a ‘Communist’ regime is not only attributable toContinue reading “40 Helpful Tips for Becoming a Successful Anti-Communist”
The Espresso Stalinist 