Communism

Cuba: No 'Concession To The Enemy'

AP | By PAUL HAVEN | Posted 01.30.2012 | World

Read More: Communism, Cuba Reforms, Cuba Communist Party, Cuban Communist Party, Cuban Economy, Raul Castro, Cuba, Raul Castro Cuban President, World News

HAVANA -- President Raul Castro delivered a full-throated defense of Cuba's one-party political system on Sunday, and a sharp warning to Communist Par...

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Does Mitt Romney Need a Sistah Souljah Moment?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Bill Clinton, House of Representatives, Sistah Souljah, John McCain, Tea Party, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Bush Tax Cuts, Romneycare, Communists, 2012 Campaign, Sistah Souljah Moment, Health Care Reform, Birthers, Rick Perry, Republican Party, Obamacare, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Politics News

Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton demonstrated his centrist credentials by criticizing controversial rapper Sistah Souljah. Expressing a similar statement about the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh or some other visible right wing figure would help Romney accomplish the same thing.

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Emerging GOP View: Communist China Is Model for American Capitalism

Jason Salzman | Posted 01.11.2012 | Denver

Read More: Michele Bachmann, Mike Coffman, China, Capitalism, Mitt Romney, Communism, Gop, Great Society, Denver News

If three is a trend in politics, then we've got a trend going of GOP politicos pointing to communist China as the modern success story of capitalism that America should emulate.

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China's New Cultural Revolution

Michael Levy | Posted 01.11.2012 | World

Read More: Steve Jobs, Communism, Apple, Hu Jintao, Steven Spielberg, Jesus, Madison Avenue, China, Hollywood, Culture, World News

One thing we can count on is a revamped effort at censorship, Big Brother surveillance, and thought control. This may sound like hyperbole, but it isn't; President Hu Jintao has, in fact, been very blunt on these points.

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PHOTOS: Gallery Asks: Are Corporations People?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.06.2012 | Arts

Read More: Winkleman Gallery, Communism, Coca-Cola, Letters, Art, Apple, Controversy, Corporations, Yevgeniy Fiks, Coca Cola, New York Gallery, Capitalism, Are Corporations People, Arts News

In 2005, the Moscow-born, New York-based artist Yevgeniy Fiks mailed copies of "Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism" by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ...

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Will Vaclav Havel's Legacy Last?

AP | By VANESSA GERA | Posted 12.22.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, East Bloc, Iron Curtain, Vaclav Havel, Romania, Europe Democracy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, World News

WARSAW, Poland -- When Czech playwright Vaclav Havel was thrown in prison for his anti-communist writings, life for people across the East Bloc was sh...

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North Korea's Surprising Sense of Vulnerability and Hopes for Change

Vishakha N. Desai | Posted 12.21.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, Negotiations, Art, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Arts, Nuclear Proliferation, Kim Jong Il, China, North Korea, Culture, Kim Jong Un, World News

Last June we met with North Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. It was perhaps among the last substantial, non-classified contact between Westerners and high-level North Korean officials of the regime of Kim Jong Il. We were surprised by what transpired.

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Evo Quietly Consolidates Power

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 12.21.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Bolivia Politics, Arrest, World News

As the Bolivians are finding out, the institutions of 21st century authoritarianism offer them no better protection for their fundamental, inalienable, irreversible and un-renounceable human rights than did those of the last century.

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Remembering Vaclav Havel

Andrew Nagorski | Posted 12.21.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, Remembrance, Eastern Europe, Vaclav Havel, Poland, Solidarity, Free Speech, Czechoslovakia, Velvet Revolution, Dictatorship, Soviet, Newsweek, Playwright, Czech Republic, World News

Looking back at my encounters with Havel, I'm struck by three dominant character traits: his moral courage, his ability to recognize and live with the contradictions of human behavior, and his sense of the absurd.

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Tracking Vaclav Havel: From Orwell To Vermont And Into Prague

Lucas Kavner | Posted 12.19.2011 | Culture

Read More: Communism, Christopher Hitchens, Vaclav Havel, The Memorandum, Prague Spring, Middlebury College, Czech Republic, Democracy, Why Orwell Matters, Prague, Forum 2000, George Orwell, Hitchens Orwell, Culture News

This past week we lost a writer and a major intellectual, and we lost a brutal, confounding dictator. We also lost a playwright, a rebel, a rockstar, a chain-smoker, a renowned artist, a non-profit leader, and one of the most beloved presidents in history.

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15 Things That Even Liberals Should Be Willing To Admit

John Hawkins | Posted 12.15.2011 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Conservatives, Liberals, Anwr, Racism, Conservative, Liberal, Obama, Occupy, Media, Tea Party, Voter ID, Politics News

Sometimes you have to wonder whether conservatives and liberals are just talking past each other. Do we really agree on more issues than we think?

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Proof The Muppets Are Communists?

Posted 12.06.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Communism, Video, Muppets, Muppets Communists, Muppets Conan O'Brien, Fox News, The Muppets, Movies, Entertainment News

When the news that Fox Business called the Muppets a bunch of capitalism-hating communists went viral yesterday, the proposition was roundly mocked fo...

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PHOTO: Does This #OWS Poster Go Too Far?

Posted 11.19.2011 | Arts

Read More: Protest Art, Occupy Wall Street Posters, Chinese Protest, Tiananmen Square, New York, Communism, Occupation, Ows Posters, Protest, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, Tank Man, Posters, China, Occupy Wall Street Poster, Arts News

A poster for Occupy Wall Street's (OWS) November 17 'Day of Action' seems to compare OWS to the historic 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing,...

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WATCH: Powerful Trailer For New Ai Weiwei Doc

Posted 01.11.2012 | Arts

Read More: Andy Warhol, Communism, Internet, Twitter, Never Sorry, Alison Klayman, Freedom, Ai Weiwei Film, Ai Weiwei Documentary, Ai Weiwei, China, Arts News

An upcoming documentary 'Never Sorry', set for a 2012 release, will give viewers a behind the scenes look Ai Weiwei's revolutionary spirit. The doc...

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Daily Life in China (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.03.2012 | Culture

Read More: Photos, Photography, Communism, Beijing, Hong Kong, Daily, Exposure, Photojournalism, China, Life, Culture News

AP photographers document daily life in China. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

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Chinese Citizens Band Together To Pay Ai Weiwei's Taxes

Posted 01.04.2012 | Arts

Read More: Weiwei, Taxes, Communism, Twitter, Activism, Chinese Government Ai Weiwei, Spartacus, Ai Weiwei Tax, Tax Evasion, Ai Weiwei Donation, Ai, Ai Weiwei, Chinese Revolution, Arts News

Not since Spartacus has there been such a widespread act of generosity for an activist and leader. On November 1, the Chinese government declared that...

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Nepal's New Prime Minister Aims To Complete Nation's Peace Process

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 10.29.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, Baburam Bhattarai, Communist Party, Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai Prime Minister, Maoists, Maoist Rebels, Nepal Maoist, Nepal Prime Minister, World News

KATMANDU, Nepal — The deputy leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels took the oath of office as prime minister Monday and began forming a governm...

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Romania's "Red Circuit": Equal Distributions Of Fun!

Posted 10.19.2011 | Travel

Read More: Communism, Romania Travel, International Destinations, Eastern Europe, Romania, Global Pulse, Nicolae Ceausescu, Ceausescu, Europe, Destinations, Europe Travel, Travel News

Romania's Tourism Ministry is publicizing the country’s new “Red Circuit,” a tourist trail featuring the spots party leader and avid bear hunter...

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Two Views Of Contemporary Cuba

Posted 09.24.2011 | Arts

Read More: Communism, Fidel Castro, Caribbean, Cuba: Tv, Simone Lueck, Jeffrey Milstein, Kopeikin Gallery, Cuba: In the Streets, Paul Kopeikin, Havana, Los Angeles, Cuba, Arts News

"Cuba: In The Streets" and "Cuba: TV," which opened this past weekend at Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles, offer two starkly different views of twenty-...

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Czech Parliament To Compensate Anti-Communists

AP | Posted 09.19.2011 | World

Read More: Communism, Anti-Communist Movement, President Vaclav Klaus, Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus, Anti-Communism, Prague, Velvet Revolution, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE -- The Czech Parliament has approved legislation to honor and compensate members of the anti-communist movement. The bill gives members of the...

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PHOTOS: 'Hotel Of Doom' Exterior Completed

Posted 09.12.2011 | Arts

Read More: Bbc, Ryugyong Hotel, Design, Architecture, Independent, Cold War, Kim Jong-Il, Coalition Provisional Authority, Communism, Pyongyang, Skyscrapers, South Korea, Telecommunications, Hotel of Doom, Orascom, Iraq, North Korea, Arts News

The massive Ryugyong Hotel, which towers over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, has long been symbolic for all the wrong reasons. Built from 1987...

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Earning Our Stars and Stripes

Nikki Stone | Posted 09.03.2011 | Sports

Sometimes we forget how lucky we are to be able to work toward our dreams. I know one good friend who has never taken that for granted.

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Cuba's Black Market Thrives Despite Market Reforms

Associated Press | Posted 09.04.2011 | Business

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Cuban Revolution, Communism, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Market Reforms, Havana, Miami, Cuba, Video, Business News

(AP) Want some paprika-infused chorizo sausage? How about a bit of buffalo mozzarella? Or maybe you just need more cooking oil this month, or a homema...

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90 Years and High. How?

Ipsita Shome | Posted 09.04.2011 | World

Read More: China, Communism, Sino-US Relations, 90 Years, World News

In a world that is dragooned by economic ascendancy and ranked by capitalism backwaters, it is hard to believe that theories like communism exist and exist to play -- especially in China where it has dominated for a whopping ninety years.

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Watch: The Only American Who Joined China's Communist Party

Posted 08.31.2011 | World

Read More: Chinese Communist Party Anniversary, Communism, Video, Ccp, World, Chairman Mao, Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, China, World News, World News

As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrates its 90th anniversary, one American offers a unique perspective on its history. Sidney Rittenberg i...

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