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NEWS ABOUT: Communists

Communists stories: 12 news summaries
OPINION

 Communist China Turns 60, 
 Really Just Celebrates Past 30 

Communists used people as 'cannon fodder' before making it OK to get rich

Sep 30, 09 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A blowout party is hours away in Beijing, where the People’s Republic of China will celebrate its 60th anniversary with an unprecedented display in Tiananmen Square. But it’s worth noting that only the second 30 of those years are worth applauding, Isabel Hilton writes—not the first 30... More »

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China • Tiananmen Square • anniversary • celebration • Communists • parade • economic development • People's Republic of China • Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution

Berlin Corpse May Be Slain Leftist Hero

Doc thinks body in Berlin hospital cellar is 'Red Rosa' Luxemburg

May 29, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - For nearly a century, left-wingers have mourned at the tomb of Rosa Luxemburg, a murdered academic who fought to make Germany communist. But one pathologist insists Luxemburg’s body isn’t there, rather abandoned in a hospital cellar, Der Spiegel reports. The corpse Michael Tsokos found had no head, feet,... More »

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Germany • autopsy • Communists • Rosa Luxemburg • Social Democratic Party

 Merde! French 
 Rapper Sparks 
 Feminist Fury 

Lyrics threaten to break lovers arm, legs

Mar 30, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French musician's rap about beating his girlfriend has so enraged activists that they're lobbying to have him banned from an upcoming rock festival, the Guardian reports. OrelSan sings about a broken arm, broken legs, and a wished-for miscarriage and "slow death" for his lover in his song Sale ... More »

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music • France • sexism • domestic violence • Socialist Party • rapper • rap music • feminists • Communists

Czech Author Slams Claim He Aided Reds

Kundera denies turning in secret agent to Communists

Oct 13, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Czech author Milan Kundera emerged from media isolation today to denounce a story that he betrayed a Cold War agent to the Communists, the Guardian reports. A historian says that in 1950, Kundera ratted on a Czech deserter hired by Western intelligence; the man served 14 years of mostly hard... More »

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Czech Republic • Cold War • Communists

 Ethel Was 
 Innocent: 
 Witness 

Co-defendant admits being spy, calls Julius' secrets 'junk'

Sep 12, 08 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A co-defendant of Julius and Ethel  Rosenberg has admitted for the first time that he was a Soviet spy—and that she was innocent. Morton Sobell, 91, passed military secrets to the Communists in World War II when the nations were still allies, he told the New York Times. Sobell,... More »

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espionage • Soviet Union • Cold War • atomic bomb • Communists

Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence
Kept Secret

Attorneys sought material to clear Ethel

Jul 23, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Evidence that could clear the name of Ethel Rosenberg must stay under wraps to protect grand jury secrecy, a judge ruled yesterday. Ethel and husband Julius were executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. Her brother David Greenglass, who testified against her, has since said he lied... More »

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espionage • Soviet Union • nuclear weapons • Cold War • atomic bomb • Communists

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

Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death

Marulanda, 78, died of a heart attack 'in arms of his companion'

May 25, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle... More »

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Colombia • obituary • heart attack • drug trade • FARC • Alvaro Uribe • Manuel Marulanda • Communists • rebel fighters

Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

St. Petersburg's Communist Party says a big 'nyet' to latest Indy adventure

May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indy's new Cold War adventure has infuriated St. Petersburg's Communist Party, the London Times reports. The angry apparatchiks say Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's depiction of ruthless KGB spies who send terrorists to the US is pure propaganda intended to “slander Soviet Communists” and poison... More »

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Russia • Indiana Jones • Soviet Union • Communist Party • St. Petersburg • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • Communists

Gorbachev Admits He's Christian

Ex-Soviet prez publicly atheist, but Reagan sensed 'closet believer'

Mar 19, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union's atheist empire, Mikhail Gorbachev has admitted he is a Christian, reports the Daily Telegraph. On a visit to Italy the last president of the Communist state prayed at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, and later told priests the... More »

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Christianity • Italy • Soviet Union • religion • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Communists

Fidel Looking Forward
to 'Vacation'

Former leader mocks US in post-presidential newspaper column

Feb 22, 08 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Fidel can't wait to retire. The soon-to-be-former dictator published a new newspaper column today, telling Cuba he was relieved to be rid of his exhausting presidential duties. “The night before, I slept better than ever,” Castro wrote. But he couldn’t give up his newspaper gig because, “... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Communists • Havana • Election 2008

Russia Cancels UK Painting Exhibition

Art reversal is latest salvo in worsening diplomatic tit-for-tat

Dec 19, 07 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A major exhibition of Russian-owned art in London was canceled today, the Guardian reports, the latest casualty of cooled relations in the wake of the Alexander Litvinenko affair. More than 100 paintings were to go on exhibition Jan. 26 at London's Royal Academy, but Russian agencies are now refusing the... More »

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Alexander Litvinenko • art • painting • Picasso • Matisse • Cezanne • Communists • London's Royal Academy

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