Stalin’s anti-Marxist conception of “socialism in one country,” the Soviet Union’s consequent rapid industrialization, and the environmental destruction accomplished through decades of state capitalist competition with the United States43 have nothing to do with Marx’s vision of..…
Today’s Taliban has a different rank and file makeup from the forces that emerged from the Afghan-Soviet war. ... The Taliban is also not a principled anti-imperialist force. In addition to its willingness to negotiate with the United States in the 1990s, the Taliban has close ties to..…
His support for the invasion was revealing Beyond the debt he had incurred with USSR Cuban leader stated his opposition to Alexander Dubcek's reforms. ..…