Communism

Cosmarxpolitan: Sex advice from Karl Marx

A new Tumblr combines highbrow with lowbrow to deliver "fun fearless freedom from the oppression of capitalism"

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 5:55 PM UTC
Entertainment Tumblr, Cosmopolitan, Magazines

China declares war on Apple

China Central Television warns that officials may take action against the "arrogant" computer giant

Benjamin Carlson and David Trifunov, GlobalPost Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:55 PM UTC
Technology GlobalPost, China, CCT, Apple

Matthew Rhys: “I still blink hard when the young PAs say, ‘We’re doing this period drama’”

"The Americans" star lived in Wales during the Cold War. Now he is seeing the Red Scare through his TV kids' eyes

Kera Bolonik Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:00 AM UTC
Entertainment TV, Television, Interviews

Russians still split over Stalin

On the 60th anniversary of his death, historians and politicians ponder the Soviet leader's enduring popularity

Max Seddon, Associated Press Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 1:54 PM UTC
Politics Associated Press, Joseph Stalin

Ted Cruz: Congress and Harvard Law School are crawling with commies

The Texas senator has made no secret of his McCarthyist leanings. Neither has the Christian right that supports him

Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches Friday, Mar 1, 2013 7:03 PM UTC 20
Politics Religion Dispatches, Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz maintains that Harvard Law School was full of Communists

The freshman senator and former Harvard Law student stands by claims he made in a speech two and a half years ago

Prachi Gupta Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 3:52 PM UTC 21
Politics Ted Cruz, harvard law, Communism

Brad Pitt to China: “I’m coming”

The actor sent his first tweet on the Chinese social network, hinting at a possible return VIDEO

Associated Press Monday, Jan 7, 2013 4:29 PM UTC
Entertainment aol_on, Video, brad pitt, China

Can Kerry make friends with Cuba?

While the ex-senator's been a harsh critic of U.S. policy toward Havana, he’ll have a hard time changing anything

Nick Miroff, GlobalPost Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 10:25 PM UTC
Politics GlobalPost, Cuba, Communism

The way we left Cuba

I came to Havana to film a documentary about a local boxer -- and found a country by turns beautiful and terrifying

Brin-Jonathan Butler, The Rumpus Monday, Dec 31, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 53
Life The Rumpus, Cuba, Boxing, Communism

Marilyn Monroe, communist?

New data from previously lost FBI files reveals the famous starlet's leftist leanings VIDEO

Associated Press Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:52 PM UTC 19
Life Video, aol_on, Marilyn Monroe

Dumb tweet of the day: “President DOWNGRADE, President PORKULUS”

One Twitter user has many names for President Obama

Salon Staff Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:25 PM UTC
Politics Barack Obama, Communism

China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution

The nation's government is letting brothels proliferate, so why is pornography still under attack?

Mara Hvistendahl, LA Review of Books Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Life China, Sex, sexual revolution

Mo Yan says censorship is necessary

The Nobel literature winner has been oft-criticized for his relationship with China's Communist Party VIDEO

Associated Press Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Life Video, aol_on, From the Wires

Chinese paper references Onion article calling Kim Jong Un “Sexiest Man Alive”

The People's Daily has printed a 55-page slide show honoring the North Korean leader for being so sexy

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 6:31 PM UTC
News Satire, Communism, North Korea

“Red Dawn”: Dumbest ’80s remake ever?

"Red Dawn" pitted Americans against Communists. A reboot casts the enemy as North Korea -- and it's absurd

Hugh Ryan Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 6:20 PM UTC 70
Entertainment fear-mongering, Red Dawn, cinema

Outrage over latest Cuban dissident arrests

Detained blogger Yoani Sanchez's husband fumes: The Cuban government has "no logic whatsoever" VIDEO

Girish Gupta, GlobalPost Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Politics Cuba, Communism, GlobalPost

Mass exodus in store for Cuba?

It's removed its crushing travel restrictions, but don't expect foreign embassies to start handing out visas

Nick Miroff, GlobalPost Friday, Oct 19, 2012 10:07 PM UTC 11
News Cuba, Communism, GlobalPost

China scrambles to censor discussion of Mo Yan

A leaked directive reveals the government's efforts to block dissidents from criticizing the Nobel winner

Benjamin Carlson, GlobalPost Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 2:59 PM UTC
Politics Mo Yan, Censorship, GlobalPost

The week the earth stood still

Fifty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, its lessons about the perils of global domination still resonate

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com Monday, Oct 15, 2012 9:58 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, Noam Chomsky

Stuck in American Samoa: Please let me come home

Nine months ago, I took a vacation. Thanks to a broken immigration system and one misstep, I can't reenter the U.S.

Mikhail Sebastian Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 66
Life Immigration, Soviet Union

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