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Central America and the Caribbean Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Managua’s Missing Murals

August 29, 2021 scorinoco Arnoldo Alemán, Contra war, erasure of cultural heritage, erasure of history, historical analysis, Managua, murals, neoliberal period in Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Sandinista Revolution, Violeta Chamorro

By Becca Mohally Renk – Aug 25, 2021 The capital city of Managua is a good lens through which to

International Opinion

Folly of War. Why did the Nazis Fail to Defeat the Soviet Union?

July 16, 2021 Shane Quinn Adolf Hitler, communism, Germany, historical analysis, Nazi, Operation Barbarossa, Soviet Union, World War II

By Shane Quinn – July 14, 2021 As the First World War was erupting from late summer 1914, the great

Europe International Opinion

Operation Barbarossa: Myths and Reality

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 Editor2 Adolf Hitler, communism, Germany, historical analysis, Hitler, Josef Stalin, Nazis, Operation Barbarossa, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Soviet Union, War, World War II

By Jacques R. Pauwels – Jun 22, 2021 Eighty years ago, June 22, 1941: Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa, the attack

International Opinion

Nazi Germany Prepares to Attack Russia—Analyzing Hitler’s Access to Oil Sources

June 20, 2021 Shane Quinn Adolf Hitler, communism, Germany, historical analysis, Josef Stalin, Nazism, Oil, poland, Romania, Russia, Third Reich, Ukraine, USSR, World War II

By Shane Quinn – Jun 17, 2021 On 3 June 1941 a meeting of the Soviet Supreme Military Council was

International Opinion

Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part II

June 12, 2021 Shane Quinn Adolf Hitler, Churchill, communism, historical analysis, Josef Stalin, Nazism, Operation Barbarossa, Soviet Union, Third Reich, who defeated Nazi Germany?, World War II, Yugoslavia

By Shane Quinn – Jun 10, 2021 After the failed November 1940 discussions in Berlin, of the Soviet Union’s foreign

Europe International Opinion

Operation Barbarossa: Did Stalin Expect Hitler to Invade? Part I

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 Shane Quinn Adolf Hitler, historical analysis, Josef Stalin, Nazism, Operation Barbarossa, Soviet Union, Third Reich, World War II

By Shane Quinn – May 27, 2021 In attacking eastwards from June 1941 the Nazis intended to annex the Ukraine,

Ideology-Commune-Labor Opinion

Friedrich Engels at 200: A Revolutionary Historian (Book Review)

December 12, 2020 Editor2 communism, Friedrich Engels, historical analysis, historical materialism, History, Karl Marx, marxism, Political Science, socialism, socialist theory

By Christian Hogsbjerg – Dec 10, 2020 November 28, 2020 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Friedrich Engels. The