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 Germany Celebrates 
 Fall of the Wall  

Twenty years later, unified country celebrates togetherness

Nov 9, 09 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Fireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • communism • Angela Merkel • Berlin • East Germany • Berlin Wall • Communism • West Germany • Iron Curtain • President Obama

 Miami Cubans 
 Feud Over 
 Havana Peace 
 Concert 

Cuban regime using Juanes, critics say

Sep 5, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Juan Esteban Aristizábal, the Colombian pop star better known as Juanes, has sparked a generational spat among Cuban-Americans by agreeing to sing at a “peace concert” in Havana, the Economist reports. Many elders view the event as the Cuban regime’s latest attempt to manipulate public opinion, but... More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Che Guevara • Cuban Americans

(Newser) - Cuba is battling a toilet paper shortage, the Miami Herald reports. The country says the global financial crisis and recent hurricanes have forced it to shutter factories and cut down on electricity usage. The result: The cost of a four-pack of TP in Havana is the equivalent of 2... More »

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communism • Newsweek • toilet paper • Cuba • imports • resources • rationing • hurricane • Havana • Fareed Zakaria

Hungary Fetes 1989 'Picnic' That Led to Fall of Berlin Wall

Provided escape from Communism for East Germans

Aug 19, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hungary is celebrating the 20th anniversary today of its “Pan-European Picnic”: the day it opened its border with Austria, providing a pathway for hundreds of East Germans to exit Europe’s communist east. “The Soviet bloc was like an air balloon with over-pressure so it needed only a... More »

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communism • Angela Merkel • Eastern Europe • Hungary • Western Europe • East Germany • Berlin Wall

 Communists Rise in Japan 

Young Japanese see red over lack of workers' rights

May 5, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession has reversed a long slide in the fortunes of the Japanese Communist Party, the BBC reports. The party had been shrinking for decades, but membership is now growing at the rate of a thousand people a month. Young people—introduced to Communist ideology through efforts like a manga... More »

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communism • Japan • Communist Party • recession • Das Kapital

OPINION

Kinsley: Cuba Policy Hasn't Just Failed—It's Backfired

If we can be sure of anything, this is it

Apr 17, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's time—actually it's way overdue—for America to admit that its Cuba policy simply hasn't worked, writes Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post. The US has been "unrelentingly hostile" to Havana, but to what end? Communism has collapsed just about everywhere else, but here it survives "unreformed... More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo

 Cuba Poisons 
 US Diplomats' 
 Pets: Report 

State Department unveils '07 findings as relations with Cuba warm

Apr 11, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama better hide the family dog when he reaches out to Cuba, The Hill reports. As Obama and Congressional Democrats seek warmer relations with the island nation, the State Department released a 2007 report saying Havana has been poisoning the pets of US diplomats in Cuba. "The apparent... More »

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Congress • communism • State Department • Cuba • international relations • Obama administration

 N. Korea Fetes Rocket, 
 Kim's Imminent 'Re-Election' 

Tens of thousands turn up to celebrate rocket launch

Apr 8, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands celebrated North Korea’s weekend rocket launch on the streets of Pyongyang today, a day ahead of a meeting in which the communist state’s new parliament is expected to re-elect Kim Jong Il. The satellite launch and the rally are a timed effort to increase support... More »

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North Korea • communism • nuclear weapons • rocket • Kim Jong Il

Cubans Mark
50 Years of Fidel

Celebrations sobered after tough year for Cuba

Dec 31, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - New Year's Day marks a sober occasion for Cuban-Americans: Fidel Castro's takeover 50 years ago and the exile and family separations that ensued. Many Cubans once hoped the dictator would bring them prosperity. Today, with their beloved island in decay and many lives lost in attempts to flee, few of... More »

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communism • Cuba • dictatorship • hurricane • anniversary • Cuban Revolution • Cuban exiles • weakening economy • Cuban Americans • New Year

Castro Calls for More
Work, Less Welfare

Cuban president cuts worker subsidies to shore up struggling economy

Dec 28, 08 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Saying Cuba’s finances “don’t square up,” President Raul Castro called for belt-tightening measures in the wake of three hurricanes and a global recession that have hobbled the communist nation. The state plans to dole out fewer worker subsidies, halve the number of overseas trips, and halt... More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • government • Raul Castro • hurricane

OPINION

Madoff Scheme Not Much Worse Than Legal Ones

End of communism
let Wall Street become unhinged: Friedman

Dec 17, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Wall Street used to be the epicenter of capitalism that the whole world wanted to emulate, but, on a trip to Hong Kong, Thomas Friedman discovers that the American financial establishment has lost its credibility. "We don’t just need a financial bailout," he writes in the New ... More »

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China • ethics • Wall Street • communism • Asia • subprime mortgages • Hong Kong • capitalism • Chinese economy • Thomas Friedman • Ponzi scheme • financial crisis • Bernard Madoff

ANALYSIS

In China and Russia,
a 'Springtime for Autocrats'

Is the Age of Authoritarianism upon us?

Aug 17, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The autocratic world powers that were crumbling in the late 1980s may yet have their day, and sooner than we think, writes executive editor Bill Keller in the New York Times. As China keeps its stranglehold on free speech despite promises to the IOC, and Russia tests how far it... More »

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China • Russia • communism • democracy • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • Cold War • foreign policy • George W. Bush • autocracies

Former Ally Now Rivals Chavez

Ex-defense minister pressed Chavez to admit referendum defeat

Dec 24, 07 6:05 PM CST
(Newser) - An ex-ally has become a formidable rival for Hugo Chavez after the president's defeat in a constitutional referendum that would have given him more power and the right to unlimited reelection. The Wall Street Journal explores the career of Raul Baduel, Chavez’ former friend and defense minister, who protected Chavez... More »

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communism • Venezuela • socialism • constitution • Hugo Chávez • referendum • Raul Baduel

Remains of Russian Royals Found

Archaeologists to assist in probe of royal family's deaths

Aug 24, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian archaeologists say they’ve unearthed remains belonging to two children of Nicholas II, the Russian czar executed along with the rest of his family almost 90 years ago. The discovery of Alexei and Maria Romanov may help prove the authenticity of remains found in 1991 that are believed to... More »

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Russia • communism • archaeology • DNA • St. Petersburg • Nicholas II • Alexandra Fyodorovna • Bolshevik Revolution • Romanov • czar • Alexei Romanov • Maria Romanov • discovery

China Declares War
on Tainted Exports

Beijing launches 4-month national campaign

Aug 24, 07 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to counteract the flood of bad publicity about its product-safety system, China will mount a 4-month "war" on tainted exports that focuses on whipping government officials into shape, Reuters reports. The short-term campaign is "a special battle to protect the health and personal interests of... More »

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China • communism • Wu Yi • tainted toothpaste • exports • product recall • product safety • consumer safety

Chinese Kids Tire of Communism

Mandatory Marxist indoctrination a tough sell to modern youth

Jun 26, 07 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese kids are bored stiff with the Communist philosophy still force-fed in their university system. Classes in Marxism have been mandatory since Mao, but cell-phone-weilding students entranced by China's burgeoning capitalist infrastructure are having trouble relating. "It's something like fiction," one student says of the readings in Das ... More »

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China • communism • Marxism • children • capitalism • youth • student

Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

As top sites are banned, web surfers
rail against 'Great Firewall'

Jun 20, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frustration with government curbs on the Internet is growing among China's 140M web users. Wikipedia has been banned, and the censors recently shuttered photo-sharing web site Flickr, after a user uploaded a picture of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tens of thousands of human monitors and an elaborate filter system... More »

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China • Internet • Wikipedia • communism • human rights • censorship • privacy • online privacy • Tiananmen Square • online monitoring • Communist Party • Flickr • website

Romanian Film About Abortion Wins Palme d'Or

Gus Van Sant wins special Cannes 60th anniversary award

May 28, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disturbing Romanian film about two college coeds trying to get an illegal abortion in the twilight days of the communist regime won this year's Palme d'Or  at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The low-budget  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was a critical favorite at the festival,... More »

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abortion • communism • film • Cannes Film Festival • Palme d'Or • awards • Gus Van Sant • movies

Castro Skips
May Day Parade

Ailing Dictator was widely expected to make a triumphant comeback

May 1, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro was a no-show at today's May Day parade in Havana, disappointing Cubans expecting a triumphant comeback appearance. Hundreds of thousands in Revolution Square got only brother Raul, who's been in power since Fidel was stricken by an abdominal ailment nine months ago. More »

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communism • Fidel Castro • Cuba • May Day • Raul Castro

Communist Art Is Capitalist Hit  

Russian collectors get nostalgic for commie propaganda art, bucolic peasant scenes

Apr 23, 07 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nostalgia for the good old days of the USSR is in—at least for Russian art collectors. These days, communist-inspired paintings of peasant scenes and heroic workers have acquired a uniquely capitalist hipness. "The art was propaganda of happiness," says Yuri Tyukhtin, a banker who runs an art... More »

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Russia • communism • propaganda • art • collecting • USSR • capitalism • Soviet • art collector

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