The Cold War as a System - Michael Cox Many leftists saw the Cold War as a genuine clash between Soviet 'Socialism' and Western capitalism. Michael Cox, however, shows how Soviet…
The Soviet Union versus socialism - Noam Chomsky In this article, which was written close to the end of the cold war, Noam Chomsky argues against the association of socialism with Bolshevism.
The Show Is Over! - Point Blank From 1970s situationist journal, Point Blank! Analysis of the state of the world and the class struggle in 1972. Subtitled "Theses on the end of…
The cultural Cold War: corporate and state intervention in the arts A look at involvement of governments and corporations attempting to push their interests in the…
1966: The Blake prison escape A short history of the miraculous prison break of Soviet double-agent George Blake from a British jail, organised by two libertarian activists.
The Cold War, 1940-1989 - Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky explains the nature of the Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union before its collapse in 1989.
A short history of Vietnam, 1945-1957 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's brief history of Vietnam from the defeat of Japan in 1945 through the installation of the US puppet government in Saigon to the…
1957-1975: The Vietnam War Howard Zinn's short history of the war in Vietnam from the beginning of the Communist insurgency in 1957 until the defeat of US and South…
Conkers or bonkers? Humanitarian war in Kosovo Explanations in terms of both imperialist gains and a descent into irrationality grasp only part of the reason why Europe and the USA recently…
