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John Holmes on ‘The Lost Spy’

BLANK Oct 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 )

Georgia ? Stalin

Staff / Truthdig Oct 1, 2008 With Georgia on the U.S. mainstream media's map after its recent war with Russia, a new interest in Georgian history and politics seems to have come to life, especially concerning the cult of personality that Stalin still leads in his native land. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Russia Backs Ossetia, Abkhazia Independence

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 Russia has formally recognized the independence of the two separatist Georgian states, prompting jeers abroad and cheers in the regions in question Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili rather theatrically compared the declaration to the conduct of Hitler and Stalin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Is Responsible for U.S. Russia Policy?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2008 Why has the U.S. maintained an aggressive stance toward Russia long after the demise of the Soviet Union? And how on earth does that strike anyone in Washington as a productive strategy for America, not to mention the rest of the West? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 13, 2008 Is it possible that this time the October surprise was tried in August, and that the garbage issue of brave little Georgia struggling for its survival from the grasp of the Russian bear was stoked to influence the U.S. presidential election? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Moral Force Moves Into History

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2008 He was born into a Cossack family, which was just one of many indications that life wasn't exactly going to be conflict-free for Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died Aug. 3. The Russian writer survived eight years in Stalin's notorious gulags and became one of his country's most controversial critical thinkers, a process that continued during the two decades he was forced to live in exile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )