Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2013
Complex works of art lend themselves to multiple interpretations, especially where political matters are concerned. Late in 1946, American writer Dwight Macdonald asked George Orwell whether the book " 'Animal Farm' … meant that revolution always ended badly for the underdog, 'hence to hell with it and hail the status quo.' " In advance of the publication of a new collection of Orwell's letters, here is the author's response. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 8, 2010
Russia has come a long way, but geopolitics in Eastern Europe are still overshadowed by a mutual distrust rooted in World War II. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Yasha Levine / TruthdigApr 19, 2010
The members of the Koch family, America's biggest financial backers of the tea party, would not be the billionaires they are today were it not for the godless empire of the USSR. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 31, 2009
The battle between the Obama administration and Fox News hasn't ended yet (sigh), but luckily, Jon Stewart takes this timely opportunity to dissect what exactly the conservative-leaning channel's raison d'être is, and here's a hint: It's not necessarily the news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 16, 2009
A Russian historian faces four years in prison for having the nerve to research Stalin's gulags, which Russian revisionists would have you believe either didn't exist or were a form of forced vacation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 16, 2009
Is Vladimir Putin's dictator chic to blame for Josef Stalin's makeover? The Soviet tyrant who presided over the suffering of millions and helped launch World War II has been rebranded as a "competent manager" and, if Moscow's deserted Gulag Museum is any indication, Russians appear to be lapping it up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 8, 2009
Invoking the notorious images of dictators like Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Saddam Hussein as part of an AIDS-awareness ad series constitutes a serious gamble at best -- and a deeply misguided move at worst, according to critics of the new "AIDS Is a Mass-Murderer" European campaign conjured up by a Hamburg advertising firm. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 1, 2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has attempted to improve relations between his country and Poland by addressing some wrongs committed by the Soviet Union -- and later Russia -- against its Baltic neighbor in recent decades. He offered an apology in an article he penned for the Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza that ran Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKOct 3, 2008
Former Time correspondent Andrew Meier presents a riveting exhumation of the previously unknown story of Cy Oggins, an early American-Jewish communist who spied for the Soviets and was killed by them in 1947. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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