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Eric Hobsbawn: The historian who defended communism, misread India and avoided the Holocaust
In The Age of Hobsbawm, Emile Chabal strips away the mythology surrounding one of 20th century’s most influential historians Written by: Murari 5 min readUpdated: Sep 6, 2026 05:03 PM IST The Age of Hobsbawm, Emile Chabal. Make us preferred source on Google History can be cruel to the historian himself. For decades, Eric Hobsbawm was…
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Originally published: The Socialist Science Collective on November 7, 2020 by Gaither Stewart (more by The Socialist Science Collective) (Posted Nov 12, 2020) Capitalism, Marxism, MovementsGermanyNewswire Bertold Brecht put into everyday practice Marxist collectivism and dialectical materialism in his art as few other Western writers have ever achieved. Despite accusations of avidness for money, the German poet and playwright belied any…
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The Russian writer’s novel “Life and Fate”—often compared with “War and Peace”—was first published in English in the mid-1980s. But only now is interest taking off among a wider public By Robert Chandler September 23, 2006 It is easy for a translator to exaggerate the importance of what he is working on. In the early 1980s,…
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Filed: East Germany Soviet era Surveillance A Socialist Defector:From Harvard to Karl-Marx-AlleeBy Victor Grossman352 pages / $23 / 978-1-58367-738-4 Reviewed by Renate Bridenthal for Socialism and Democracy Victor Grossman, born Stephen Wechsler in 1928 in New York City, has written his second book about his defection to East Germany in 1952. The first, Crossing the River, described his escape from the US Army…
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The New York Times -June 2 ,2024 As the death toll in Gaza climbed, the pro-Palestinian movement grew into a powerful, if disjointed, political force in the United States. Democrats are feeling the pressure. Activists have urged voters to “vote uncommitted” to protest President Biden’s support of Israel.Credit…Emily Elconin for The New York Times By Katie…
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News 19/03/2024 At exactly 17:13 p.m. on March 3, 1954, our troops opened fire to attack Him Lam base, opening the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign. After 5 hours of fighting, our army completely took control of the Him Lam resistance center of the French army. This victory dealt a strong blow to the arrogance…

