25-08-2023, 09:16 AM
25-08-2023, 09:19 AM
Communism had been associated with tyrants, with men who are ruthless and would not hesitate to kill.
Although on paper, communism uplifts the lives of the poor, but in reality, the leaders are anything but benevolent. Kim Jong Un, Mao Tse Tung, Putin.
Communism would work as it is said to be such and such only if God is the Chairman of the party.
Although on paper, communism uplifts the lives of the poor, but in reality, the leaders are anything but benevolent. Kim Jong Un, Mao Tse Tung, Putin.
Communism would work as it is said to be such and such only if God is the Chairman of the party.
25-08-2023, 09:46 AM
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Calling yr master communist?
25-08-2023, 10:13 AM
One Euro nation is figbting to de-communizatio.
Ukraine officially unveiled on Aug. 24, Ukrainian Independence Day. The decision to remove Soviet statue's symbols is a watershed moment.
in Kyiv's. Ukraine purposely distance itself from old Soviet ties, a de-communization also marks a decisive split from Russia. Ukraine seeks to stake its claim on as independent future nation, while Kremlin is keen to stoke nostalgia for old Soviet past: a supposed era of Russian military, economic and political might. ‘It’s a cult-like mentality’: Historian Ian Garner on the militarization of Russian society.
In process, Soviet symbols have become a staple of pro-war propaganda. When Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, with many seen flying the Soviet flag. These attitudes by old Russia visual baggage of the USSR reflect two very different visions of a somewhat shared past.
But they also cast light on the two contrasting futures on Ukraine and Russia to seek to build for their people — and the new national identities that each country seeks to cast on the world stage.
Winning identity for Ukrainian folks.
The refurbishing of the Motherland monument is just one part of a long-term Ukrainian effort to erase the vestiges of communist influence from its public spaces. Ukraine's parliament outlawed the public display of Soviet symbols in 2015, equating them with the Nazi ones. Across the country, hundreds of Soviet statues were pulled down and destroyed, while streets dedicated to Soviet cultural figures, often having no connection to Ukraine, were re-dedicated to celebrate Ukrainians. To seeking to reassert their national identity, the changing of the guard — repurposing and creation of statues and monuments — is not unusual, a professor at history and policy@London's Uni of Westminster and editor of the journal National Identities said
Ukraine officially unveiled on Aug. 24, Ukrainian Independence Day. The decision to remove Soviet statue's symbols is a watershed moment.
in Kyiv's. Ukraine purposely distance itself from old Soviet ties, a de-communization also marks a decisive split from Russia. Ukraine seeks to stake its claim on as independent future nation, while Kremlin is keen to stoke nostalgia for old Soviet past: a supposed era of Russian military, economic and political might. ‘It’s a cult-like mentality’: Historian Ian Garner on the militarization of Russian society.
In process, Soviet symbols have become a staple of pro-war propaganda. When Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, with many seen flying the Soviet flag. These attitudes by old Russia visual baggage of the USSR reflect two very different visions of a somewhat shared past.
But they also cast light on the two contrasting futures on Ukraine and Russia to seek to build for their people — and the new national identities that each country seeks to cast on the world stage.
Winning identity for Ukrainian folks.
The refurbishing of the Motherland monument is just one part of a long-term Ukrainian effort to erase the vestiges of communist influence from its public spaces. Ukraine's parliament outlawed the public display of Soviet symbols in 2015, equating them with the Nazi ones. Across the country, hundreds of Soviet statues were pulled down and destroyed, while streets dedicated to Soviet cultural figures, often having no connection to Ukraine, were re-dedicated to celebrate Ukrainians. To seeking to reassert their national identity, the changing of the guard — repurposing and creation of statues and monuments — is not unusual, a professor at history and policy@London's Uni of Westminster and editor of the journal National Identities said