Communism

Castro's Promise: A Future Without Poverty; Now Only the Poor Remain

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

Read More: Raul Castro, Human Rights, Cuba, Fidel Castro, World, Cuban Revolution, Poliics, Communism, Socialism, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The Humble I had not yet been born in April 1961, when the socialist character of the Cuban process was declared. "This is the socialist revolution ...

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Das Bailout: A Conversation With Karl Marx

James Pinkerton | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Communism, Wall Street Crisis, The Communist Manifesto, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Karl Marx, Politics News
James Pinkerton

Searching for perspective about all these bailouts and huge deficits, I thought I would pick the brain of the ultimate big-government guy, Karl Marx. Of course, he died in 1883, which forced me to get creative.

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The Cuban People and the State: Who Subsidizes Whom?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.30.2008 | World

Read More: Communism, Cuban Revolution, Yoani Sanchez, World, Cuba, Politics, Economy, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The end of subsidies The tedium of this end of year drove me to go see the dreary spectacle of our parliamentarians in their final meeting of 2008. ...

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Bad News Vaclav Klaus

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

Read More: Community, Communitarianism, European Union, Communism, Eu President, Vaclav Klaus, Eu, World News
Amitai Etzioni

Vaclav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, is about to take the helm of the EU. This is not necessarily good news for Europeans, Americans, or any one else.

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The Fall of a Free Market Prophet

Larry Beinhart | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Economics, Economy, Henry Waxman, Ronald Reagan, Karl Marx, Salvation Boulevard, George Bush, Objectivist, Ayn Rand, Objectivism, Alan Greenspan, Jesus Christ, Bubble, Real Estate, Crash, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

The most interesting, and perhaps the most important, moment in philosophy in the last decade occurred on October 28, 2008, in a hearing of the House ...

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The Short End of The Socialist Stick

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Auto Industry, Communism, Europe, Gm, Socialism, Mexico, Canada, Social-Democracy, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Journalism, Transportation, France, Education, Military, Bailout, Charles De Gaulle, Marxism, Republican Party, Health Care, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

What we have is De Gaulle-style socialism (state-funded corporations, cronyism, an overstuffed military), but without free and decent French schools, doctors and trains.

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Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Chile, Yunus, Microcredit, French, Marianne De Boisredon, Yin, Opportunity, Grameen, Economy, Bank for the Poor, Social Business, Capitalism, China, Communism, Male, Yang, Hedge Funds, Disaster, Financial Crisis, Crisis, Socialist, Female, Private Banks, War on Terror, Banks for the Poor, Women and Business, Women in Business, War in Iraq, Global Recession, Bush Administration, Balanced Economy, Socialism, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

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The Great Recession

Larry Abrams | Posted 10.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Bob Marley, The Next President, Robert Reich, Bretton Woods, Karl Marx, Obama Administration, The Great Recession, Robert Pollin, Capitalism, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ken Mehlman, Communism, Congressional Bailout, Secretary of Labor Reich, Ben Bernanke, Jeb Hensarling, Socialism, Keynesians, Bank Bailout, Business News
Larry Abrams

We need an economic system of checks and balances where the public sector competes with the private sector and keeps it honest, and vice versa.

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The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, November 4th, Kerry, Swift Boat, Socialism, Radicals, Obama, Mccain, Dukakis, Teamsters, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, 401k, Palin, Fuel Costs, South Carolina, Hoffa, Republican Machine, McCain Smear Campaign, Campaign Ads, Political Ads, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

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4%--That's What Joe-the-Plumber, Socialism, Communism, is All About

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Joe the Plumber, Taxes, Jobs, Socialism, Obama, Mccain, Sarah Palin, Deficits, Fdr, Economy, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Our dearly-beloved news media always prefers a manufactroversy -- Joe Biden was even asked by a Florida News Station whether it amounted to Communism! 4%!

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Growing Up Right -- Learning Political Lessons From the 'Rents

Bill Hoversten-Davis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Election 2008, Offthebus, Billy Graham, Communism, John Birch Society, Knott's Berry Farm, John McCain, Dirty Politics, Children, Negative Attacks, Raising Children, Barack Obama, Home News
Bill Hoversten-Davis

My strict but loving parents instilled notions of religion, ethics, obedience, good citizenship -- and politics. Early on, I learned right was right and left was wrong.

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Trying to Help This Country Makes Obama a Good Candidate, Not a Socialist

Tracy Lea Carnes | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Red States, Communism, Patriotism, John McCain, Communist Party, Chinese Culture, Sarah Palin, Marxist, Socialism, Election 2008, Democratic Party, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Barack Obama, Tattoos, Canada Hockey, Mao Zedong, John McCain Angry, Home News
Tracy Lea Carnes

Canada has a form of democratic socialism yet I don't see them suddenly amassing an army and marching across the border to impose their health care system, crazy accents, and Moulson beer on us. Inflicting Celine Dion on us was enough.

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Amid Financial Crisis, Books By Karl Marx Selling Well

AFP | Posted 10.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Engels, Communism, Economy, Karl Marx, Financial Crisis, Capital, Business News

Whether it is simply a fashion cycle or a sign of the times, books by communist icon Karl Marx are selling well, German publisher Joern Schuetrumpf sa...

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Republicans, Please Stop Calling Me a "Communist" Simply Because We Disagree

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Communism, Neocons Mccain, Communist Party, Economy, Blog Wars, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

For your sake, not mine, please stop calling me a communist. It reveals that you know so little about govt. that you're forced to regurgitate GOP talking points from over a half a century ago.

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John McCain, Joe McCarthy and a Code of Honor

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Joe Mccarthy, John McCain, Dwight Eisenhower, Guilt by Association, Terrorism, William Ayers, McCarthywasm., Joseph N. Welch, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Nolan

Today, amid economic trauma which he does not seem to understand, McCain has conjured up the Stygian gloom of ultraconservatism's darkest hour.

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A McCain-Style Anti-McCain Ad: "John McCain's Dirty Little Secret"

Ron Grande | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: France, Communism, John McCain, French, Name, Palin, Foreign, Mccain, Obama, Socialism, Election, Biden, Home News
Ron Grande

John McCain has been hiding something. Something that calls into question his honesty and forthrightness with the American people. Can you trust John Sydney McCain to be president? There are questions but no answers.

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Asian Americans May Nip The Vote

Disgrasian | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Mccain Gook, John McCain, Asian American Voters, Vietnam, Asian Americans, Gook, Barack Obama Asians, Big Government, Racial Slurs, Politics News
Disgrasian

"...two-thirds of Vietnamese Americans said they support Mr. McCain." What?

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What the Heck is Going On in Georgia

Doon Baqi | Posted 08.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Communism, Condoleezza Rice, Oil Pipeline, Israel, Imperialism, Russia Georgia War, Syria, Politics News
Doon Baqi

Life in America for the average slightly politically aware citizen can be extremely frustrating. Take me for example. I am so confused and pained ...

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Mao Zedong's Successor Hua Guofeng Dies

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home

Read More: China, Communism, Communism China, Hua Guofeng, Mao Zedong, China News, Home News

BEIJING — Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that lau...

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"A Scarily Efficient Way of Organizing Society": Naomi Klein on China

The Real News | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Communism, Surveillance, Naomi Klein, Capitalism, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Politics News
The Real News

The Real News Network's Paul Jay spoke with author and investigative journalist, Naomi Klein about the Olympic show hiding a scary backdrop. Here's the video.

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Bush's Chinese Media Interviews Draw Criticism

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Communism, Chinese Government, China, Home News

President Bush sat down yesterday for interviews with foreign journalists, including two unusual media outlets: the People's Daily newspaper and the C...

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Are the Beijing Olympic Games Being Used as a Propaganda Campaign to Prop up the Communist Party?

Susan Brownell | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bejing Olympics, China, Communism, Olympics, Chinese Government, Chinese Education, China Olympics Education, Politics News
Susan Brownell

I think it is more accurate to conclude that the Olympic Games have been de-politicized in China's Olympic education efforts -- part of a backlash against the politicized national curriculum.

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Karl Rove's Big Lie

Nina Darnton | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swiftboating, Communism, Karl Rove, Karl Rove Lies, Propaganda, Barack Obama Elitist, Swiftboating Obama, Politics News
Nina Darnton

In Communist Poland, even when the government told the truth, the public had been conditioned not to believe anything it said. If the Republican propaganda machine isn't careful, it risks the same fate.

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Are Clinton and Obama Communists?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Communism, Hillary Clinton, Conservatives, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Conservatives are trying to scare me away from voting for Clinton or Obama by claiming that, if elected, they will bring us 5 weeks paid vacation a year and free health coverage at the cost of rich CEOs and corporations.

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George Soros: "We Are in the Midst Of The Worst Financial Crisis Since the 1930s."

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Recession, Depression, George Soros, Decline of the Dollar, Housing Crisis, Communism, Dollar, Hillary Clinton, Pound, Forbes, Bank of England, Barack Obama, Business News
Blake Fleetwood

If Soros is right and foreigners lose confidence in the U.S. economy, they will want their money back, the dollar will fall, and foreign investments will tumble.

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