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On AlterNet: soviet union

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "soviet union"

Gorbachev on His Legacy, and Obama's Chance to Lead an American Perestroika

Gorbachev on His Legacy, and Obama's Chance to Lead an American Perestroika

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Stephen Cohen, The Nation. November 4, 2009.
The former Soviet leader on his push for a peaceful dissolution of the Russian empire, and his idea that the US should follow suit.

Ernest Hemingway Revealed as Failed KGB Spy

Ernest Hemingway Revealed as Failed KGB Spy

John Dugdale, The Guardian AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
A new book says the Nobel prize-winning novelist was on the KGB's list of U.S. agents, describing him as a "dilettante spy" code-named "Argo."

Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush?

Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 5, 2009.
The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.

Keeping Journalists Out of Gaza is Futile and Counterproductive

Keeping Journalists Out of Gaza is Futile and Counterproductive

Robert Fisk, Independent UK. January 5, 2009.
Israel is ignoring the lessons of history by banning the press from the areas it is bombing.

The RAND Corporation: America's University of Imperialism

The RAND Corporation: America's University of Imperialism

Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. April 30, 2008.
For decades these self-professed saviors of the Western world helped precipitate U.S. foreign policy disasters like the Vietnam War.

Yeltsin's

Yeltsin's "finest hours"

Jonathan Weiler, AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2007.
Jonathan Weiler: Did Russia's first democratically elected President really serve his people?