The Latest Breaking News from Communism

Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights

The Guardian - US · Sep 30

Fox News hosts happy to hang with Xi after railing against communism in US

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The Independent UK · Sep 25

No ‘crazy communists’?: Fox News stars all smiles for China’s State Dinner despite ranting about communism in the US

‘I’m invited to a state dinner; I have to go,’ Ingraham said, explaining her choice to attend the dinner

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Is Donald Trump’s bid to brand Democrats as ‘radical’ communists working?

In deep red South Carolina, the president helped stoke apprehension of a deeper red surge ahead of November’s US midterm elections

The Guardian - US · Aug 29

Trump administration revives conspiracy theories about Cuba’s alleged manipulation of activism in the US

For nearly 70 years, Cuba has “waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States,” according to a newly released State Department report.

The Conversation · Aug 7

Return of the Red Scare: how the US right is weaponising the word ‘communism’

“Communism is no longer a far fetched threat,” speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson warned on social media recently. “It is here on our SHORES!”

The Conversation · Aug 4

Most Americans Say They Wouldn't Vote For A Democratic Socialist. Democrats Feel Differently

A new poll has shown that Democrats are more likely to associate democratic socialism with economic equality and helping ordinary people, while Republicans associate it with communism and increased government control.

International Business Times · Jul 31

Donald Trump has launched another ‘Red Scare’ in the US – it’s a favourite tactic of the right

President Donald Trump’s recent speech at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was a key moment in his carefully choreographed America 250 weekend. Though partisan and rambling in typical Trumpian style, the speech stood out for its focus on a theme which has increasingly dominated his rhetoric over recent months: the…

The Conversation · Jul 28

Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east

The duo’s groundbreaking 1985 tour reveals a strange collision of pop stardom and communism, a re-edit of Lindsay Anderson’s efforts that got him fired

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’

President harks back to red scare of his childhood to attack US left – but will such language resonate beyond Maga base?

The Guardian - US · Jul 26