Lenin

El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

Lenin Statue Kills Belarusian Man

AP | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


MINSK, Belarus — A massive statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin collapsed on a man who was hanging from it Monday, killing him on the spot, a...

Chavez: My Next Gift For Obama Will Be Lenin Book

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says he has a new book for President Barack Obama: "What is to be Done?" by communist Vladimir Lenin,...

Lenin Rules!

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Larry Gellman

It was Lenin, after all, who almost 100 years ago stated what has become the mantra of the angry Right and the deluded media nearly a century later: A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Medvedev Interview: Russian President Breaks From Putin In Landmark Interview With Opposition Newspaper

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


Breaking with the tone established by his predecessor Vladimir Putin, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev stated outright in an interview with a well-kn...

In Russia, Patriotic Baby Names On Rise; Playground Beatings Likely To See Increase

Russia Magazine | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


Russia Magazine

Aw. If it isn't little Privatizatsia ("Privatization") and darling Viagra, Russian newborns who stand almost no chance of leading happy childhoods thanks to the names bestowed upon them by their parents.

Nepal's Political Crisis Deepens

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


Subhash Ghimire

More than 80% of Nepalese live in villages with very little access to health, education and other modern amenities. Lands seized by Maoists during the decade long war from 1996 to 2006 have not been returned to the owners.

Flashback: "Citigroup's Self-Immolation and the Beginning of the Eclipse of American Style Capitalism"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

Sorry, I was wrong ten months ago. The Citigroup bell has not tolled. The rot at the heart of American capitalism continues unabated.