Who Killed Denis Voronenkov?
In the heated propaganda war between Russia and the “West,” rationality is in short supply.
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Bulletin: The Expressive Function of the Russia Freakout
Like the Tea Party in the Obama years, liberals lament a country they no longer recognize — and go hunting for foreign culprits to blame.
The Forgotten Interventions
The long history of US intervention in other countries’ elections has been omitted from discussions of Russia’s alleged meddling.
The Revolt in the Trenches
One year after the Bolsheviks ended Russia’s participation in World War I, revolutionary soldiers in Bulgaria forced their government to do the same.
Lenin’s Final Writings Are More Talked About Than Read
Lenin died 100 years ago today, leaving behind a batch of writings that became known as his political testament. These widely misunderstood texts shed important light on his understanding of how difficult it would be to construct a socialist system in Russia.
Liberals Are Increasingly Embarking on Dangerous Flights from Reality
Democrats like to think of themselves as “reality-based” people who “follow the science.” But lately, they have been engaged in irrational fearmongering over Russia and China that is reminiscent of their disastrous Cold War–era paranoia about the Soviets.
Anti-Imperialists Today Must Push for Full-Scale Nuclear Disarmament
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed the new reality of great-power conflict, underwritten by nuclear weapons. Our task is to reject aligning with one of the great powers and to instead push for across-the-board nuclear disarmament.
Donald Trump Is Exploiting Europe’s Weakness
Talks over the Ukraine war show that Donald Trump thinks both the US and Russia can end up as winners. Europe is being made to pay the price, as its leaders accept their role as humiliated junior allies.
This Billionaire Is Calling Taxes Soviet Oppression
Sergey Brin’s family fled Soviet authoritarianism, an experience he’s now invoking to portray a proposed wealth tax as Soviet-style tyranny. Ironically this sort of rhetoric is more likely to bring the US closer to today’s Russia: an unabashed oligarchy.
The Biden Administration Fed the Press Dubious Intelligence About Russia
White House claims that Putin was considering using chemical weapons in Ukraine were based on weak evidence, US officials have disclosed. The revelation should remind us all about the dangers of uncritically reporting government statements.
Lessons From the First Red Century
"We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden."
Finland’s Revolution
The forgotten Finnish Revolution has perhaps more lessons for us today than events in 1917 Russia.
Stop the Arms Race Madness
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fed calls for the West to radically step up its own military spending. An arms race only increases the risk of a conflict between China and the US — a global disaster that we must do everything in our power to prevent.
David Riazanov, a Revolutionary Scholar of Marxism
David Riazanov was a brilliant scholar who pioneered the study of Marxism while playing an active part in Russia’s revolutionary movement. But Ryazanov and the Marx-Engels Institute he founded both fell victim to Stalin’s purges in the 1930s.
It Turns Out Hillary Clinton, Not Russian Bots, Lost the 2016 Election
A new study of Russia-based Twitter posts by New York University researchers buries the liberal canard that Russian bots played any significant role in swinging the 2016 election for Donald Trump.
Turning Ukraine Into Another Afghanistan Would Be a Disastrous Idea
Some influential voices are calling for a policy aimed at turning Ukraine into an “Afghanistan-style” quagmire for Russia. It's a disastrous idea that would prolong Ukrainian suffering and ignores the lessons of countless foreign misadventures.
No, Crypto Isn’t Helping Ukraine
In times of war, stocks in weapons companies have always been a safe investment. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown that wars are also a big opportunity for crypto bros — another group of disaster capitalists profiting off other people’s misfortune.
Russia’s War Has Nothing to Do With “Denazifying” Ukraine
In the early 20th century, Ukraine was repeatedly a site of antisemitic violence and genocide. Even today, racism hasn't disappeared — but Jewish people’s place in today's Ukraine shows that antisemitism is no eternal national trait.
Rejecting Russian Culture Only Plays Into Putin’s Hands
Opera houses and literature departments have dropped works by Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. Yuri Gagarin’s name has been erased by a space exploration nonprofit. It’s all part of a wartime anti-Russia frenzy that is astonishingly provincial and foolish.
We Would Never Tolerate Julian Assange’s Persecution If Any Other Country Carried It Out
If Russia were persecuting a whistleblower like Julian Assange, the US would rightly condemn it as authoritarian abuse. But because that persecution is backed by the US, the mainstream media and American politicians are fine with it.