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Communism stories: 37 news summaries

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OPINION

Sorry, Veterans, Vietnam Is Profitable Now

American companies move to Hanoi, reap benefits of communism

Jul 9, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - More expensive Chinese labor has American enterprises heading to Vietnam, moving Harold Meyerson to wonder, in the Washington Post, why 58,000 US soldiers died trying to defend democracy there. "American business, backed by the American government, has realized that the problem with communism wasn't that it was undemocratic... More »

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China • Vietnam • globalization • labor costs • manufacturing • Vietnam War • Communism • industry

analysis

China's One-Child Policy Leads to Nation of Angry Men

Huge gender imbalance spurs skyrocketing crime rate

Jun 28, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - China’s got a big problem, one of its own making. The nation's one-child policy, now 30 years old, has resulted in a land of angry, testosterone-filled young men unable to find wives, writes Mara Hvistendahl in the New Republic. Finally worried about the world's biggest gender imbalance and its... More »

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China • Beijing • infant mortality • violence • Communism • young men • one-child policy

Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

Former Cuban president chats with Hugo Chavez about food, fuel crises

Jun 18, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An animated Fidel Castro appeared on state-run Cuban TV yesterday, in the first such broadcast of the ailing revolutionary since January. Castro, standing in some parts of the video, was seen chatting in a garden with his brother Raul, the current Cuban president, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the AP... More »

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politics • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Communists

Book Reawakens Doubts About Polish Hero Walesa

Did the country's democratic pioneer collaborate with Poland's secret police?

Jun 13, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new book is stirring up an old debate in Poland: Did democratic hero Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity union and former president, collaborate with the secret police? Walesa has successfully defended himself against the claim for 15 years, in and out of court. But historians working with police... More »

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Eastern Europe • Poland • president • history • Communism • Lech Walesa • collaborator

Hard Workers in Cuba
Will Finally Get Their Due

Wages will be tied to productivity

Jun 12, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro has ordered employers to create new salary structures that include extra pay for increased productivity—a bold departure, by Cuban standards, from Socialist orthodoxy, the Miami Herald reports. Under the current system, workers get a flat fee based on their job descriptions with no hope for incentives. Low... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • socialism • Raul Castro • Communism • economy • Granma • salary structure • Center for Hemispheric Policy • Carlos Mateu • reforms

analysis

US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

'Bush would do what they are doing here in a heartbeat if he could,' expert says

Jun 2, 08 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free Tibet protests 3 months ago allowed China to road-test a new security network before the summer Olympics, Naomi Klein writes in Rolling Stone. Under the so-called “Golden Shield,” China is now installing closed-circuit cameras nationwide linked to facial recognition and other biometric software—technology from big-name US... More »

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China • War on Terror • homeland security • domestic surveillance • surveillance • Communism • police state • security cameras • facial recognition technology

Castro Victim's Family Wins Record Verdict

Juror: $253M award shows world not to 'mess' with Americans

Apr 5, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Miami residents won a record $253 million lawsuit against Cuba yesterday after Florida jurors approved a wrongful death claim on behalf of their father. The case involved the death of Rafael del Pino, a naturalized US citizen and ex-Castro ally who was imprisoned after turning against the Cuban dictator,... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Communism • court cases • Rafael del Pino Siero • University of Havana

Dressed-Up Pyongyang Hid Grim Reality

N. Korean capital masked poverty for
NY Philharmonic's visit

Mar 10, 08 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's capital was prettied up last month to show off the country's nonexistent prosperity to the New York Philharmonic and the accompanying press corps, the LA Times reports. The visitors to Pyongyang ate luxurious meals in newly painted hotels, but after they finished, the lights went out. "As... More »

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North Korea • propaganda • Pyongyang • Communism • Kim Jong Il • Kim Il Sung • New York Philharmonic • humanitarian aid

UPDATED

Raul Castro Is New Cuban Prez

But brother Fidel won't be far away

Feb 24, 08 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Raul Castro will succeed long-ruling brother Fidel as the president of Cuba, reports the Miami Herald, after members of the National Assembly voted today. The current defense minister and first VP of the national committee, 76, was the only candidate endorsed by a nominating committee, and his ascent is expected... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Communism • Jose Ramon Machado Ventura • Cuban National Assembly

Steely Raúl's Time Is Now

Low-profile No. 2, Fidel's 'organizational glue,' steps into Cuba's top job

Feb 20, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Castro brothers overthrew a dictatorship and won a revolution together, but while charismatic Fidel was the public face giving passionate seven-hour speeches, steely Raúl quietly got it done—ruthlessly sending dissenters to the firing squad, earning him the nickname "the Prussian." As Fidel fades, writes the... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Batista dictatorship • interim leader • firing squad • the Prussian

Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

The Brazilian architect, famed for his spiraling designs, turns 100

Dec 16, 07 6:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar Niemeyer turned 100 this weekend, but the famed Brazilian architect is still planning for the best years of his life: he’s still developing bold designs—including a museum that resembles a giant eye—starting a magazine, and he recently remarried. Niemeyer, who soared to fame in 1956 after... More »

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architecture • Fidel Castro • Brazil • revolution • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • Communism • Oscar Niemeyer

China’s Hot Seller: the Bible

It sells by the millions, but isn't allowed in bookstores

Dec 8, 07 9:02 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not in China's bookstores, but the Bible remains one of the country's bestselling books, the Times of London reports. Today China's one authorized Bible publisher, Amity Printing, proved it by producing its 50th millionth copy. Yet Bibles remain a hot issue in China, for police sometimes arrest Bible smugglers,... More »

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China • Christianity • Bible • Communism

Gorbachev Goes Easy on Putin, for Now

Ex-leader defends prez, even as
Kremlin rolls back democracy

Dec 1, 07 8:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Gorbachev remains pals with Putin, even as the Russian prez pares back reforms that Gorbachev holds dear, the Wall Street Journal reports. The former leader reserves his blame for the Kremlin, and spares Putin, calling him "a very normal person"—even after Moscow shut down Gorbachev's political party... More »

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Russia • Boris Yeltsin • Vladimir Putin • Soviet Union • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Cold War • Margaret Thatcher • Communism • Stalin • Russian democracy • perestroika

Secret Poll: Cubans Want Vote

Three-quarters would like say in Castro succession

Nov 19, 07 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Three-quarters of Cubans surveyed in an unorthodox poll want to vote on Fidel Castro’s successor, 79% say the current government can't fix the country’s problems, and 83% want changes in the economic system, USA Today reports. The 600 respondents weren’t told they were being polled—and... More »

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democracy • Fidel Castro • Cuba • vote • Communism • Heritage Foundation • International Republican Institute

China Picks New
 Politboro Young Bloods

Youngest may vie for top spot in 5 years

Oct 22, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese Communist Party named its newest leaders yesterday, including the man favored to succeed current president Hu Jintao, reports the Washington Post. Xi Jinping, 54, is the son of a Chinese guerrilla leader who rose to the top of the Shanghai branch of the Communist Party, making him a... More »

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China • Beijing • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Wen Jiabao • Communism • Li Keqiang • Xi Jinping

Cuba Celebrates Che

Casto, too weak to attend, calls comrade 'a flower yanked prematurely from its stem'

Oct 8, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 10,000 Cubans gathered today to honor Che Guevara, the man who helped Fidel Castro take power in the 1959 communist revolution. Calling Che "a flower yanked prematurely from its stem," Castro, too weak to attend, praised the icon in a message read to the crowd. The... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Bolivia • Communism • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • El Che • Motorcycle Diaries • baseball

Berlin Synagogue Reopens

Country’s largest synagogue survived century of strife

Aug 31, 07 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany’s largest synagogue has re-opened its doors after a major restoration, welcoming political leaders and Holocaust survivors to its unveiling. Built over 100 years ago, the Berlin temple was burned on Kristallnacht but the structure survived Nazism, Communism and decades of neglect. Architects re-created the original appearance with the... More »

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Germany • Berlin • Holocaust • Judaism • restoration • synagogue • Nazism • Communism • Kristallnacht

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