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Man flew like within 10 days of this, December 17th 1903.
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The Tyrant who Built the Grand Canal & how it Changed China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rgAw6_wOMThe medieval Grand Canal was a major waterway linking northern and southern China, and was a vital part of multiple Chinese dynasties. This video explores the history of this Grand Canal - its construction under the notorious tyrant Emperor Yang of Sui and the important role in played in the growth of Chinese civilization over the subsequent five centuries.
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A 1944 map showing the present and historical courses of the lower Mississippi River.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River#/media/File:Ancient_Courses_Mississippi_River_Meander_Belt,_Plate_22_Sheet_07.jpg < The full 9000x14,000 image if you want to implode your computer. ... read full post
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Moscow's Red Square is not named as a reference to communism, since the name predates the Bolshevik revolution. In fact, it's not even a reference to red, as it predates the modern meaning.
красная is a Russian word which means "Red" today, but in 1662 would've meant "Beautiful", and is the origin of modern Russian word for beautiful, "красивая".
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Fascist officials and SS commanders amassed personal fortunes
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Quoting Michael Parenti’s Blackshirts and Reds, pgs. 9–10: ... read full post
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When the Soviet Union Tried to Build Its Own Disneyland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taZF4VfUvkQ25
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Any good reading on Venezuela's recent history?
I feel like I have a relatively surface-level understanding of Venezuela's recent history; anyone know of any good articles/books/podcasts/whatever I should check out? Also interested in sources on the "pink tide" generally.
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He was a good gardener.
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The Cultural Revolution That Transformed North Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogy9brlNqOY31
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Answers by Joseph Stalin to Question of the President of the United Press
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Galloping across Europe - 1917
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjbhkJ3Aykk16
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The Most Dangerous History They Don’t Want You to Know | The October Revolution (Episode 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMYgxFE_YIEven a century later, the history and the lessons of this revolution still terrifies the capitalist class. It was a global earthquake that inspired a wave of anti-colonial and Marxist revolutionary movements across the planet. It is for this reason, that its history is demonized and falsified by fascists, liberals, and even among many on the left.
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Happy 108th anniversary of the October revolution!
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a Zionist
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The Guardian: "Playing dirty used to be the west’s preserve. Now we’re letting Moscow beat us at our own game"
https://archive.ph/20251104053319/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/04/west-moscow-berlin-airlift-cold-war-civiliansAn incredible piece not only confessing to but proudly bragging about the West's historic lies during the Cold War that are still repeated and taught to this day! ... read full post
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The Third Reich wanted to ally with Poland against the Soviet Union
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Quoting Gerhard L. Weinberg’s Hitler’s Foreign Policy 1933–1939: The Road to World War II, pages 151–153: ... read full post
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Looking for Good WW2 Youtube Channels from a Communist/Socialist Bias or perspective.
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I've been trying to find some decent channels recently, because I realize that I've frankly been slowly brain rotting myself by watching/reading far too much HOI4 garbage. Wanting mainly to reorganize the proper order of things in my head, get a more through understanding & wanting an empathetic narrator at minimum who does not spread blatant constant lies about socialism/leftism or the like.
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In 1945, Mussolini mused on a plan for the Axis to join the Western Allies in destroying Communism
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Quoting H. James Burgwyn’s Mussolini and the Salò Republic, 1943–1945: The Failure of a Puppet Regime, 275–278, 280: ... read full post
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The Third Reich inherited anti-Roma policies from the Weimar Republic
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Checking a few notes that I copied from this book, I was originally only going to post this in our social democracy subcommunity, but doing research on this phenomenon I realised that it was even worse than I thought. ... read full post
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Winter Has Come, and We Still Have No Shelter — Please Help Us
Winter has arrived, and my family and I are still without a home. We have no shelter, and we are trying to survive in the freezing cold. We urgently need help to buy a tent, warm clothes, blankets, and other basic supplies to protect ourselves from the harsh winter. ... read full post
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Uncut Muammar Gaddafi Interview on Britain's Miners’ Strike and IRA Brighton Attack (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efj1fPoZzgYOn 1 November 1984 ITN’s Terry Lloyd travelled to Tripoli, making multiple attempts across three days to interview Colonel Gaddafi of Libya amidst a series of high-profile scandals tying Libya to Britain across 1984. Firstly, Roger Windsor, CE of the National Union of Mineworkers had travelled to Libya to seek aid for the Miner’s strike, now entering a crucial period in the winter of 1984. Secondly, British press had connected Libya to the IRA Brighton Bombing the month prior. And Finally, the killing of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher at a protest against the Gaddafi regime in London, leading to an 11-day siege of the Libyan embassy and the severing of diplomatic ties with Libya altogether. ... read full post
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Many of the Gestapo’s leading officials also worked for the Weimar Republic
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Quoting Frank McDonough’s The Gestapo: The Myth and Reality of Hitler’s Secret Police, pages 44–5: ... read full post
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This is what they took from you
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