The two Russian Revolution’s of 1917 is classed as one of the most significant events in modern history. It was a political movement in Russia that climaxed in 1917 when the Provisional Government was overthrown after replacing the Russian Czar system leading to the establishment of the Soviet Union. The Russian Revolution affected Europe and America as well as indirectly spreading Communism around the world to struggling third world countries.

Image by Flickr user Jason Tavares (CC-usage). Here’s the latest chapter rough draft for the ongoing CyberChaikhana project.  It focuses on the status of media in general and journalism in particular in the region.  I think it actually came out rather well… ( Warning: some of the formatting with the hyperlinks may get a little wacky…) When the Pen Runs Dry What book like ours would be complete without a chapter on traditional forms of media in Central Asia?  The situation

A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet ************************************ There is an article entitled: “America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely” we recommend you read. You’ll find it on Pravda’s site. And, YES, we DID say PRAVDA!If any organization on the planet should know a socialist state when it sees one, it is Pravda. So, who, or what, is Pravda? Well, for those you who attended government schools … Pravda (“Truth”) was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991.

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Judaic Studies scholar Professor Zvi Gitelman will give two lectures at the Third Lecture Series co-sponsored by Hebrew College and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Prof. Zvi Gitelman to give two lectures on Jewish Genealogy and History On November 12, Prof. Gitelman will speak on “Culture Wars: Litvaks vs Galizianers in Eastern Europe,” at 8pm at Temple Emanuel, Newton. The program focuses on the cultural chasm - sometimes comic, sometimes tense - between the two main streams of Yiddishkeit.

Kevin Davis sat at the wooden table in the small front room writing in a notebook: “How do I explain in this diary, how the world came to an end?” Sighing deeply he looked up to where his wife Sally, and their best friends, Dave and Katy Bevan, were seated together on the small sofa, one of the few pieces of large furniture that they had been able to bring with them.

There is the very real danger that a Communist tyranny could be coming to America. The key elements already are beginning to come into place: an attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the central government, the ongoing attack on the private sector, and the use of intimidation against all important media opposition. This same process occurred in Venezuela in 1999 after the election of Hugo Chavez. Today, Chavez is a virtual Marxist dictator.

“Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, is set to face a divorce battle that could cost him up to £100 million, according to reports.” –TELEGRAPH.CO.UK GALENA BEREZOVSKY MAKES HER PLAY FOR THE CASH Boris Berzovsky’s divorce from his absentia wife Galina Berezovsky is just getting started and promises to be the stuff that “ Russian KGB thrillers” are made of. The 50 year old Galena, who has two children with the Russian oligarch, certainly will have her work cut out for her in attempting to get her soft, white hands on Mr.

by Rick Rozoff Featured WriterDandelion SaladStop NATOhttp://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ October 28, 2009The century’s longest war continues to rage in South Asia with no sign of abating. Instead, the invasion of Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 has exploded into endless armed hostilities that have spread across the length and breadth of the nation, with U.S.

Glenn Greenwald has an important column today comparing the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with the US presence there: I’m traveling still today, but I wanted to note an amazing Op-Ed that was referenced in a book I’m reading:  the Op-Ed is by Nikolai Lanine, published in The Toronto Globe and Mail in November, 2006.  Lanine was drafted into the Russian Army at the age of 18 and spent several years as part of the Russian occupying force in Afghanistan.  Thereafter, he moved to Canada, and

There’s a very interesting article on euobserver.com about Russia’s attempts to re-brand itself as a benign global power in the eyes of Brussels.  The piece reports that news agency Ria-Novosti has apparently engaged the services of low-profile PR consultancy RJI Companies to assist it in softening Russia’s image in Europe, in order to justify it having a large say in global affairs.  Apparently a sub-section of this campaign revolves around Stalin rehabilitation and a Soviet makeover:

There’s a very interesting article on euobserver.com about Russia’s attempts to re-brand itself as a benign global power in the eyes of Brussels.  The piece reports that news agency Ria-Novosti has apparently engaged the services of low-profile PR consultancy RJI Companies to assist it in softening Russia’s image in Europe, in order to justify it having a large say in global affairs.  Apparently a sub-section of this campaign revolves around Stalin rehabilitation and a Soviet makeover:

As far as bridge blogs go, English Russia is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Founded in August 2006, the site describes itself as “the Eastern Entertainment Channel.” (The 300-plus comments on its about page offer a pretty good introduction to what seem to be the most recurrent discussions in the Russian-language blogosphere.) The blog has around 20,000 subscribers. When you add the number of daily page views from Google search results and from links around the web, English Russia probably has around the same daily circulation as a mid-sized American newspaper.

from MercatorNet: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden toured several countries in Central Europe last week, including the Czech Republic and Poland. The trip comes just a few weeks after the United States reversed course and decided not to construct a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in those two countries. While the system would have had little effect on the national security of either Poland or the Czech Republic, it was taken as a symbol of U.S. commitment to these two countries and to former Soviet satellites generally.

By: Andrea Shea King The Radio Patriot In my World Net Daily column Surfin Safari this week and last , I wrote that it was 47 years ago this month our nation was threatened with nuclear war with the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles being installed in Cuba. We know it as The Cuban Missile Crisis. President John Kennedy spent a tense 13 days negotiating with then Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev to remove the nukes.