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Commemorating the Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956

Today Hungary remembers the heroes of the Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956. The events of the revolution are a testimony to Hungary’s thirst for freedom and self-governance, but also to its vulnerability to the world order….

Debated Public Spaces — Poland’s State Socialist Era Statues

The war in Ukraine has renewed the controversy over Communist era statues in Poland. The country is now being purged of the remaining Soviet monuments….

Communist Dictatorships Deprive Nations of Their History

Over the last couple of years the censorship of historical narratives has intensified in China. The assault on history is shared by all communist dictatorships and it goes against the conservative understanding of societies….

Secondhand Time by Alexievich: The Chronicles of the Demise of the USSR

Secondhand Time by Noble laureate Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful account of what Russians really think about the demise of the USSR. The views on the collapse of the regime are revealed to be much more complex and varied than…

Contradicting Views – Reflections on Mikhail Gorbachev’s Death

The death of the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev has been remembered worldwide. While some called him a global leader who changed the world for the better, others labelled him a remorseless criminal….
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19 June – Independence Day of Hungary

19 June is a reminder of the hard-earned freedom and independence of Hungary – between 19 March 1944 and 19 June 1991, for 47 long years, Hungary was occupied for foreign powers….
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The Historical Famine, Which Began in 1890 and Only Ended in 1947

According to Tarasevich and other experts, the dramatic experience of starvation in Russia had been part and parcel of Russian existence for centuries….
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The Structural Failures of Planned Economies III – Living Standards in the Soviet Union

Although it always comes as a shock for people from Central Eastern Europe who lived through state socialism, nowadays in the West there are increasingly more young people who identify as Marxists or even Communists….
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The Structural Failures of Planned Economies II – The Holodomor

Given the increasingly widespread appeal of Marxist beliefs in Western academia, it is important to remind ourselves of what really happened under Soviet-type planned economies….
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The Structural Failures of Planned Economies I – No Long Term Economic Growth

While some disappointment with capitalism—just like with any system—is completely understandable, the virtues of capitalism must be acknowledged….

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