Tag: Communism
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National Communism and Personal Power: Ceauşescu’s Dictatorship and Romania’s Eastern Bloc Exception, 1965-1989
Seanryan Lai discusses the regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu (1965–1989) one of Eastern Europe’s most eccentric dictators. Unique among Eastern Bloc states, Romania pursued independent policies away from Soviet control. This created “national communism,” fusing Marxist-Leninism with Romanian nationalism and a strong cult of personality
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The Importance of Archives: Partido Comunista de España (PCE) Archive Madrid
Isabelle Shaw discusses the importance of the Partido Comunista de España Archive in Madrid for understanding how the Spanish Communist Party operated.
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The Shackles of the “New Soviet Woman”: How the Women of the Gulag Expose Fraudulent Claims to Gender Equality in the USSR
Olivia Hiskett explores how the Gulag exposes the contradiction between Soviet gender equality claims and women’s harsh realities, reflecting on their systemic oppression and exploitation.
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Unravelling the Khmer Rouge’s Motivations
Cambodia’s postcolonial era created a social context for the radical ideologies of the Khmer Rouge and led to the systematic extermination of c.1.7 million people. Louisa Steijger explores the impact of colonialism and the Cold War on the Khmer Rouge.
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“It’s the End of Atlantis!”: Bulgarian Science Fiction in the Western Mind
Science fiction is frequently seen as a genre created in the West that later spread to the rest of the world. Kat Jivkova takes a look at Bulgaria’s own rich sci-fi tradition.
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‘Ten Years of Chaos’: Revisiting the Chinese Cultural Revolution
The Chinese Cultural Revolution is one of the most brutal events in history with hundreds of thousands killed in an attempt to create a modern communist society. Edie Christian revisits the history of the Cultural Revolution to understand how citizens were impacted by the immense societal changes.
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Anti-Communism and the Cinema of South Korea, 1953-79
Written by Jack Bennett. How did South Korean cinema relate to the official ideology of anticommunism between 1953 and 1979? Jack Bennett discusses this issue through its close and nuanced relationship with everyday life, as a site of adherence and resistance to these forces.
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Communism, virtue and the ideal commonwealth in Thomas More’s Utopia
Written by Nikita Nandanwad. Thomas More’s Utopia is frequently regarded as his best work, but how does his depiction of Utopia correlate with modern communism, and how should we understand More’s intention with this work?
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