Berlin Wall's Fall Didn't Resolve Everything
Has the promise of freedom that looked so bright in 1989 faded-or are there grounds for cautious hope, in place of the wild-eyed optimism of a quarter century ago?
Communism
Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the Berlin Wall Came Down
The man who gave the order to let the crowd through.
Socialists Push For $20 Minimum Wage But Won't Pay Workers That Much
Or, how to prove your beliefs don't work in the real world.
Friday A/V Club: When Satire, Slapstick, and Surrealism Collide
The long-suppressed Soviet satire My Grandmother, plus a tribute to Bob Hoskins.
The Communist Party's Role in the Rise of Joseph McCarthy
No, not some crazy Manchurian Candidate scenario
Four Great Myths of the McCarthy Era
Sixty years after the Army-McCarthy hearings, we should reexamine some of our accumulated lore about the period.
Friday A/V Club: Footage from the Communist Mirror-Universe
A weird pop relic from the end of the Soviet era
Kim Jong Il Unmasked: Michael Malice's Unauthorized Autobiography of North Korea's Supreme Leader
An event at NYC's Museum of Sex
The Left Still Harbors a Soft Spot For Communism
For all the brutal revelations, the romanticized view of communism as a failed but noble venture has yet to get a stake through the heart.
The Third Lesson of Nelson Mandela
With great foreign intervention comes flawed moral reasoning.
The Civil Rights Movement's Unsung Hero
For Bayard Rustin, human rights activism was never about solidarity with his own group but about freedom, justice and dignity for all
