The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
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As democratic socialists make inroads into mainstream US politics, one loaded word is doing a lot of work for their ideological opponents.
The protests have snowballed into an anti‑government movement that has become known as the ‘flamingo revolution’.
The interwar years in Latin America saw a remarkable flourishing of left-wing political thought aiming to challenge US dominance. That could offer lessons for today.
With the dissolution of the Soviet Union came rapid societal shifts. In Georgia, people called for the end of the Russification of their country and their culture.
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to remember that past.
The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than it may seem.
A pragmatic form of socialism based on improving ordinary people’s lives is winning votes – and making powerful enemies – in equal measure.
Aside from the weight of US policy, the Cuban state has become increasingly sclerotic and unable to meet the growing demands of its population.
Italian and Russian futurists of the early 20th century imagined that technology would remake humanity. Today’s techno-utopians are not so different.
George Orwell, the author of two classic anti-totalitarian, pro-freedom novels from the 1940s, was a democratic socialist who opposed authoritarian leaders of the left and the right.
In 1967, the Supreme Court said the government usually cannot take away citizenship without a person’s consent.
While rarely explicitly taught to scientists in training, a set of common values guides science in the quest to advance knowledge while being ethical and trustworthy.
An immigration historian says removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race, what they say or believe – or all three.
Some observers compare FBI Director Kash Patel to J. Edgar Hoover. A better historical match is the politically motivated William J. Burns.
The death of capitalism has been greatly exaggerated.
Trump reversed the Cuba ‘thaw’ initiated by President Barack Obama. But second-guessing the incoming president’s policy on the island isn’t straightforward.
The U.S. congressman from East Harlem promoted compassion in a district marked by ethnic, racial and class differences. It’s a story worth remembering in today’s divided America.
Robert Sobukwe was committed to individual rights, a key tenet of liberalism.
The evocative film charts Shen’s and his wife’s experience of life under the Mao regime – as well as communism’s influence on his work.
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