Communism

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

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by Fabio Frosini

Český protest od dob normalizace - sociálně-politické podmínky disidentů a současné anti-systémové opozice v komparativní perspektivě

by Olivie Brabcová

Cílem práce je popsat změny anti-systémové opozice v Čechách za státního socialismu a po změně režimu na demokratický,... more Cílem práce je popsat změny anti-systémové opozice v Čechách za státního socialismu a po změně režimu na demokratický, konkrétně v časovém období od
počátku normalizace až do pádu komunismu v kontrastu s polistopadovou érou až do současnosti. Po obecném porovnání anti-systémových opozic autorka staví proti sobě
dvě konkrétní protestní události důležité pro daná období. První jsou násilně potlačené demonstrace v lednu 1989 známé jako Palachův týden a druhou alterglobalizační protesty proti zasedání Mezinárodního Měnového Fondu a Světové Banky v září 2000.

The Stalin Cult between Center and Periphery: Structures of the Cult Community in the Empire of Socialism, 1949-1956 – the Case of GDR, in: Ennker B., Hein-Kircher H. (ed.), Der Führer im Europa des 20. Jahrhunderts, Marburg: Herder-Institut, 2010, pp.297-321.

by Alexey Tikhomirov

A country with no exit? Migrations from Poland 1949-1989

by Dariusz Stola

English summary and Table of Contents of a book in Polish

Kraj bez wyjścia? Migracje z Polski 1949-1989

by Dariusz Stola

Wstęp i spis treści książki

May day 2012: Whither Communism?

by Mohsin Siddique

The State and Economic Development

by Nemanja Sukalo

Увидеть союз иначе. Альтернативный проект объединения советских республик (1919 г.)

by Serhiy Hirik

This paper was presented at the conference "Constructing the Soviet? - 2012" (the European University at St.-Petersburg, April 20-21, 2012) and published in the collection of its materials). Конструируя "советское"? Политическое сознание, повседневные практики, новые идентичности. Материалы научной конференции студентов и аспирантов (20-21 апреля 2012 года, Санкт-Петербург). - СПб: Издательство Европейского университета в Санкт-Петербурге, 2012. - С.33-38.

James Eastland: The Shadow of Southern Democrats, 1928-1966

by Maarten Zwiers

PhD dissertation, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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During the civil rights era in the United States, the South was often considered a country of intransigent racism,... more During the civil rights era in the United States, the South was often considered a country of intransigent racism, gothic politics and hooded terrorism. Mississippi in particular was singled out as “the South’s South,” a state where a totalitarian system of white supremacy reigned supreme. Its political establishment, represented by James O. Eastland in the U.S. Senate, accentuated the state’s devotion to segregation in its rhetoric and actions.

Undoubtedly, this image of the Magnolia State and of its political representatives was not solely based on myth. White on black violence reached unimaginable proportions in Mississippi during the 1960s. The state’s leadership did very little to stop this aggression and oftentimes even encouraged it. And white Mississippians offered stiff resistance to the attempts of the federal government to implement civil rights legislation.

This image, however, tells only part of the story about the reality of Mississippi politics. When the theory of interposition and the organizing principle of white massive resistance proved to be impracticable, southern politicians and their constituents had to find methods to accommodate to new social relations without losing too much of the old ways.

My research focuses on this particular subject, and how it developed on the federal and state level. Through the study of the career of James Eastland, I will investigate how this politician responded to the failure of massive resistance, how he adjusted his segregationist views to new realities, and how he used his position of power to defend the white southern way of life.

Eastland operated within the framework of the Democratic Party, which started to lose its status as the party of the South when it embraced a liberal ideology of racial equality. His close relationship with politicians such as John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson complicated his image as defender of the Old South even further. Yet he understood that his political influence in Washington was largely based on his connections with the administration and on his membership of the Democratic Party. As such, the story of James Eastland is a story of conflict and compromise with the federal government, the Democrats, and the agenda of the civil rights movement.

The language and value of things under Communism and Capitalism

by Alise Tifentale

Published in 'Dizaina Studija,' 2008

The photographs published in Soviet era magazines and newspapers eloquently describe for the next generation the grain... more The photographs published in Soviet era magazines and newspapers eloquently describe for the next generation the grain and sugar-beet harvests in collective farms; the increase in production in significant manufacturing facilities; the huge volume of milk gained from cows and the accomplishment of the five-year plan over a period of three or four years in factories; the triumph of the will of the people over the elements of nature and the continually increasing prosperity of the proletariat. Examining the visual material in chronological order, a gradual change in emphasis, both in the choice of scene and in the formal structures of photographs can be discerned – from the depiction of growth, which was ideologised and idealised in the Stalin era, to the final tiredness of the period of stagnation (which is illustrated by the inexpressive portraits of members of the politbureau and other officials frequently publicised in the press) and the unrest of perestroika.

When the Party Comes Down: The CPGB and Youth Culture, 1976-1991

by Evan Smith

Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 4, 2012 (in press)

PRL na talerzu: Rzeczywistość kulinarna Polski Ludowej (Propozycja projektu badawczego) «Peoples Poland on the Plate: Culinary Reality in Communist

by Grzegorz Piotrowski

published in Nationalities Affairs (Sprawy Narodowościowe), issue: 28 / 2006, pages: 143158

This article sketches some of the main directions in which research could go,
mentioning the most important... more This article sketches some of the main directions in which research could go,
mentioning the most important issues that construct the social reality of those times,
mainly regarding food as a research subject. By trying to reconstruct social realities
(especially food consumption patterns) more than just a simple ethnographical description
is given; questions raised about the relations between everyday life and official
state propaganda can also be answered. Furthermore, issues connected with
gender studies (such as the position of women in the household hierarchy, their control
over food flows and their associated responsibility) and family life and structure
are considered.
The aim to create the New Man, as defined by communist propaganda, was one
of the leading aims of such propaganda, especially in the 1950s. Moving the responsibility
for most of the decisions from an individual level to the level of society had
also its influence on food, which became a social issue. Because of this, the state tried
to take responsibility for feeding people by establishing cheap, subsidised food bars
and canteens in schools and workplaces. That situation inevitably lead to confrontation
with tradition and traditional images connected to food and its consumption.

Do the entrepreneuriat dream of electric sheep? Why contemporary activists talk about power

by Bertie Russell

It is perhaps an exaggeration to suggest, as Paul Mason has, that those blockading either Tahrir or Parliament square... more It is perhaps an exaggeration to suggest, as Paul Mason has, that those blockading either Tahrir or Parliament square are well versed in their Hardt & Negri, much less their Deleuze, Guattari or Foucault. Yet it doesn’t take a bookworm to realise that the forms of struggle witnessed over the past six months surpass any simplistic “us and them” binary, and that a more nuanced understanding of power is required if we are to come to terms with the battles we are fighting.

Berliner Mauer Das Welken der Mauerblümchen (press citation)

by Sune Bechmann Pedersen

Press report quoting my presentation "The Aesthetics of a Collapsing Border: The Fall of the Berlin Wall in German cinema" at the conference: From the Iron Curtain to the Schengen Area: Bordering Communist and Postcommunist Europe, co-organized by Ludwig Boltzmann institute for European History and Public Spheres (LBI EHP); Institute for Human Sciences (IWM); Austrian Academy of Sciences, Historical Commission (ÖAW), Wien, 28-30 September 2011.

The Unfinished Revolution: Making Sense of the Communist Past in Central-Eastern Europe (book review)

by Sune Bechmann Pedersen

Book review published in Scandia - Tidskrift för historisk forskning, 2011:77

Ce monstre sureuropéen, l’Amérique du Nord. Jean-Paul Sartre, les États-Unis et la Guerre froide

by Yan Hamel

Dans LAROCHELLE, Marie-Hélène (dir.). Monstres et monstrueux littéraires, Québec, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2008, p. 71-85.

The French far left in the 2010 regional elections

by Paolo Chiocchetti

NACIÓN Y CLASE EN EL COMUNISMO BRITÁNICO. INTERNACIONALISMO, ANTIFASCISMO Y DEMOCRACIA EN LA CULTURA POLÍTICA DEL PERÍODO DE ENTREGUERRAS (1919-1939)

by Adrià Llacuna

III Encuentro Jóvenes Investigadores, 13 - 16 de Septiembre 2011 (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

El marco interpretativo del período de entreguerras nos ofrece la oportunidad de examinar cuáles fueron los elementos... more El marco interpretativo del período de entreguerras nos ofrece la oportunidad de examinar cuáles fueron los elementos predominantes de los grupos políticos que pasarán a formar el incipiente Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) en 1919/20 y como éstos evolucionan en el tiempo condicionados tanto por el contexto nacional, como por la situación internacional. Partiendo de este modelo, se pretende analizar las manifestaciones políticas y culturales socializadas entre los grupos afines al partido. Principalmente, se debe prestar atención tanto a sus órganos de prensa, como a sus declaraciones públicas en forma de mitin político, discurso, panfleto o celebración conmemorativa. Por otro lado, esta base ideológica propia, formada con los años y heredera de los partidos fusionados en el CPGB (el British Socialist Party o el Socialist Labour Party entre otros), se verá en constante contraste con los análisis y directrices del comunismo internacional (a través del Comintern) y tendrá una traducción práctica en su línea o campañas políticas. Por tanto, siguiendo este esquema, se examinarán de forma contextualizada las campañas a favor de la lucha antiimperialista (Irlanda, la India, Egipto, entre otros) contra “su propia” nación (o contexto nacional), así como la lucha contra el fascismo y la defensa de la democracia en España.

Clinging To Capitalism

by Dion Peoples

An undergraduate paper written in 2001, while I was still in the USAF - for Industrial Sociology.