History of Communism
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History of Communism publishes documents, visuals and studies of and about communist movements and events with the aim of stimulating and supporting academic research on communism.
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An opportunity lost: Good will between the US and USSR following the assassination of JFK can be felt in this collection of Top Secret reports and correspondence. Hopes ran high for common ground, and then came LBJ and intensified operations in Vietnam. Cancel the Christmas cards.
1963: A Cold War Stand-Down: Top Secret Documents on Kremlin Response to JFK Assassination
On November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The event shocked the entire world and elicited waves of sympathy on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The genera…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
An opportunity lost: Good will between the US and USSR following the assassination of JFK can be felt in this collection of Top Secret reports and correspondence. Hopes ran high for common ground, and then came LBJ and intensified operations in Vietnam. Cancel the Christmas cards.
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Where sections of the Berlin Wall pieces can be found around the world
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Where Berlin Wall sections are found around the world – DW – 11/08/2025
The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. But that's not where its story ended: Today, you can find pieces of the wall around the globe, even in strange places. Each one tells its own tale.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Where sections of the Berlin Wall pieces can be found around the world
www.dw.com/en/where-sec...
www.dw.com/en/where-sec...
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#OTD 1917 the 'October' Revolution took place in Russia
Our archives include significant primary sources on the relationship between Britain and Russia in the decade following the 1917 revolutions
650+ documents have been digitised and are freely available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Our archives include significant primary sources on the relationship between Britain and Russia in the decade following the 1917 revolutions
650+ documents have been digitised and are freely available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OTD 1917 the 'October' Revolution took place in Russia
Our archives include significant primary sources on the relationship between Britain and Russia in the decade following the 1917 revolutions
650+ documents have been digitised and are freely available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Our archives include significant primary sources on the relationship between Britain and Russia in the decade following the 1917 revolutions
650+ documents have been digitised and are freely available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
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Leute, die Plakate für den 27.11. sind da 😍
Den Termin habt ihr euch schon geblockt, ne?
Den Termin habt ihr euch schon geblockt, ne?
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Leute, die Plakate für den 27.11. sind da 😍
Den Termin habt ihr euch schon geblockt, ne?
Den Termin habt ihr euch schon geblockt, ne?
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Sibylle Bergemann, Das Denkmal (Kerber Verlag, 2025; DE/EN/FR, #skystorians, #photography): kerberverlag.com/de/buecher/s...
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sibylle Bergemann, Das Denkmal (Kerber Verlag, 2025; DE/EN/FR, #skystorians, #photography): kerberverlag.com/de/buecher/s...
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GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1
GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1 – DW – 11/01/2025
The hunt for the assets of the former East Germany’s ruling party has the hallmarks of a thriller. There are dubious characters, bags of cash, and key witnesses who suddenly die. At its heart is the q...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
GDR assets: The mystery of the missing billions — Part 1
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#BOOKGIVEAWAY Follow @coldwarpod.bsky.social
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#eastgermany #GDR #DDR #Berlinwall @DDROnline.bsky.social @GermanAtPompey.bsky.social
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#eastgermany #GDR #DDR #Berlinwall @DDROnline.bsky.social @GermanAtPompey.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#BOOKGIVEAWAY Follow @coldwarpod.bsky.social
then reshare & reply to this post to enter a chance to win a copy of this book.
T&C's & other ways to enter here coldwarconversations.com/giveaway/
#eastgermany #GDR #DDR #Berlinwall @DDROnline.bsky.social @GermanAtPompey.bsky.social
then reshare & reply to this post to enter a chance to win a copy of this book.
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#eastgermany #GDR #DDR #Berlinwall @DDROnline.bsky.social @GermanAtPompey.bsky.social
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East Germany 1986. In an old sketchbook, I discovered sketches from 1986 of a guided tour to VEB Schwarze Pumpe, GDR, organized by SEW Westberlin. It was quite a peculiar experience at the time. #urbansketching #ddr #schwarzepumpe
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
VEB Schwarze Pumpe, DDR 1986 – Detlef Surrey Skizzenblog
In einem alten Skizzenbuch entdeckt: 1986. Informationsreise mit der SEW Spandau zum DDR Kombinat VEB Schwarze Pumpe. Die westberliner Genossen...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
East Germany 1986. In an old sketchbook, I discovered sketches from 1986 of a guided tour to VEB Schwarze Pumpe, GDR, organized by SEW Westberlin. It was quite a peculiar experience at the time. #urbansketching #ddr #schwarzepumpe
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
You can view it on my sketch blog: sketches.surrey.de/1986/11/17/v...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Coming soon!📚🗃🗃
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Coming soon!📚🗃🗃
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
I contributed with a chapter:
Writing Contemporary History in Late Socialist Hungary: Dissecting Institutional Legacies.
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I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
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Today in the Italian Communist Party archives I found a spreadsheet sent by the party in Rome to all of its local federations where party secretaries were asked to report all acts of political violence, and there was a specific line asking them to count all acts of "proletarian shopping"
Starting in Milan, in 73, revolutionary groups would mass up, go into supermarkets and chase out the bosses/security, get on the loudspeaker and declare everything free. They would then make revolutionary speeches while shoppers gleefully enjoyed the discount. They called this "proletariat shopping"
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today in the Italian Communist Party archives I found a spreadsheet sent by the party in Rome to all of its local federations where party secretaries were asked to report all acts of political violence, and there was a specific line asking them to count all acts of "proletarian shopping"
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Just added 50 new photos to my visual repository of reading acts in China, chinareading.wordpress.com -- too many great images to repost here, but these are the four that stood out for me. Go visit the website and browse the 300+ historical photographs of people reading in China!
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just added 50 new photos to my visual repository of reading acts in China, chinareading.wordpress.com -- too many great images to repost here, but these are the four that stood out for me. Go visit the website and browse the 300+ historical photographs of people reading in China!
#digital #archive
Nice online collection of Spanish Civil War communist ephemera:
library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?f%...
Nice online collection of Spanish Civil War communist ephemera:
library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?f%...
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#digital #archive
Nice online collection of Spanish Civil War communist ephemera:
library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?f%...
Nice online collection of Spanish Civil War communist ephemera:
library.ucsd.edu/dc/search?f%...
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The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions!
Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize
cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize
cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions!
Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize
cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize
cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
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Who has written analytically about the concept of 'Marxolgy'? Has someone tried to define what Marxology is? What is its aims and practices? Its methods?
April 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Who has written analytically about the concept of 'Marxolgy'? Has someone tried to define what Marxology is? What is its aims and practices? Its methods?
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Recently learned that the more well-known illustration of the French edition of Capital (first image) was not the only one, and that there were at least two others that were full of republican iconography (second and third image)
October 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Recently learned that the more well-known illustration of the French edition of Capital (first image) was not the only one, and that there were at least two others that were full of republican iconography (second and third image)
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Dear friends: I am SO EXCITED to announce the release of the first episode of the SECOLAS audio documentary mini-series on the Cuban Missile Crisis that I co-produced with Dustin Walcher! (thread 1/7) #History 🗃️
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Renata Keller and Dustin Walcher - A Cuban Story (Episode 1)
In this episode, Dustin and Renata explain their goal for the audiodocumentary: to teach listeners about the Cuban context of the Cuban Missile Crisis. They speak with Lars Schoultz, Lillian Guerra, W
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October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Dear friends: I am SO EXCITED to announce the release of the first episode of the SECOLAS audio documentary mini-series on the Cuban Missile Crisis that I co-produced with Dustin Walcher! (thread 1/7) #History 🗃️
soundcloud.com/historiaspod...
soundcloud.com/historiaspod...
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For those who study Societ history - Reimagining Soviet Gerogia is a podcast with the participation of scholars talking about their research. Thank you Bryan and Sopiko for inviting me! Look up for the long list of previous series!
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Episode 59: The Soviet Red Cross, Socialist Humanitarianism and India with Severyan Dyakonov
Podcast Episode · Reimagining Soviet Georgia · 10/17/2025 · 1h 1m
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October 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For those who study Societ history - Reimagining Soviet Gerogia is a podcast with the participation of scholars talking about their research. Thank you Bryan and Sopiko for inviting me! Look up for the long list of previous series!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Episode with @historyned.bsky.social coming soon to @coldwarpod.bsky.social
35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Episode with @historyned.bsky.social coming soon to @coldwarpod.bsky.social
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Talking with @renatakeller.bsky.social about the Cuban Missile Crisis in Latin America. Check out our latest podcast and her new book from @uncpress.bsky.social in the thread below
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Talking with @renatakeller.bsky.social about the Cuban Missile Crisis in Latin America. Check out our latest podcast and her new book from @uncpress.bsky.social in the thread below
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Fellowships for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers from Poland or Ukraine for a stay of up to six months in Halle. 👇
www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...
www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...
Ausschreibungen
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October 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Fellowships for doctoral candidates or postdoctoral researchers from Poland or Ukraine for a stay of up to six months in Halle. 👇
www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...
www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/forschung/au...
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List of researchers focusing on the German Democratic Republic
go.bsky.app/drcrDK
#DDR #GDR #RDA #EastGermany
go.bsky.app/drcrDK
#DDR #GDR #RDA #EastGermany
October 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
List of researchers focusing on the German Democratic Republic
go.bsky.app/drcrDK
#DDR #GDR #RDA #EastGermany
go.bsky.app/drcrDK
#DDR #GDR #RDA #EastGermany
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Teachers of Russian and Soviet history!
Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Sex, symbols, gods, devils: teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender, and sexualities
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July 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Teachers of Russian and Soviet history!
Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Join us in Manchester this November for unique @histassoc.bsky.social event with 3 world-leading scholars to discuss pedagogical approaches to teaching Russian and Soviet cultures, gender and sexualities
www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
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Tomorrow is my book's official pub date! I'm celebrating by tackling a whole new social media platform and hosting an #AskMeAnything on Reddit! Join me and ask me anything about my book, the Cuban Missile Crisis, my hobbies, publishing...whatever! @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Tomorrow is my book's official pub date! I'm celebrating by tackling a whole new social media platform and hosting an #AskMeAnything on Reddit! Join me and ask me anything about my book, the Cuban Missile Crisis, my hobbies, publishing...whatever! @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social