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Hungary braces for landmark election as Orban faces strongest challenge in years

In the final days before Hungary’s crucial elections on Sunday, the two candidates have been criss-crossing the country, whipping up enthusiasm in rival, frantic last-minute rallies. Huge crowds of flag-waving supporters have cheered them on all week, building towards what could become Hungary’s most important political moment since the fall…

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Poland went from a post-Communist wreck to one of the world’s biggest economies

Poland also benefited from billions of euros in EU aid

The Independent UK

Poland's Beer and Food Tell the Story of the Country's Extraordinary Rise From Communism

Not even 35 years after escaping Soviet-style central planning, Poland has become a capitalist success story.

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‘I took literary revenge against the people who stole my youth’: Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu

As the first part of his acclaimed Blinding trilogy is released in the UK, the novelist talks about communism, Vladimir Nabokov – and those Nobel rumours

The Guardian - UK

Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views

In an unprecedented step, the Department of Defense announced online on Nov. 24, 2025, that it was reviewing statements by U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, who is a retired Navy captain, decorated combat veteran and former NASA astronaut.

The Conversation

What to know about how Florida will teach McCarthyism and the Cold War

Students in Florida’s public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era

The Independent UK

Don't Send Cubans and Venezuelans Back To Suffer Under Communism

Despite Trump promising to stand "with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," his administration has fast-tracked deportations for victims of communism.

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November 7 as Victims of Communism Day - 2025

I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose. But November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

Reason

Brian Harris obituary

Photojournalist who covered the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the collapse of communism in eastern Europe

The Guardian - UK

Ivan Klíma obituary

Czech novelist and playwright whose work was banned under communism

The Guardian - UK

When Did the Ballon d’Or Get So Big?

The fall of communism, the rise of social media, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have all played their role in startling evolution of the Ballon d’Or, which has shown few signs of slowing down.

Sports Illustrated

Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism was rooted in his support for freeing workers from poverty and exploitation

George Orwell’s dystopian novels “Animal Farm” and “1984” have remained popular in the U.S. ever since their initial publication in the 1940s.

The Conversation

Animal Farm at 80: why the animals really matter in Orwell’s parable about communism

George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) turns 80 on August 17 2025. If there’s one thing every student of history or politics knows, it’s that the novella is not really about animals. Sure, the principal characters are pigs and horses. But really, so we are told, it is about the Soviet…

The Conversation

Trump Is Trying To Fast-Track Deportations for People Who Came Here Legally To Flee Socialism and Communism

For years, the president has rightly railed against those oppressive regimes. So why is his administration targeting their victims?

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The Independent UK

Ion Iliescu's death exposes Romania's deep divisions over his legacy as former leader laid to rest

On the day of Ion Iliescu’s funeral, the polarizing legacy of Romania’s first elected president after the fall of communism was laid bare

International Business Times

Ion Iliescu: Democratic Romania's First President

Romania's former president Ion Iliescu, who died aged 95 on Tuesday, was long hailed as Romania's "little father" but faced charges over his role in the eastern European nation's chaotic transition from communism to democracy.

The Independent UK

Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody revolution, has died

Al Jazeera

Fact check: Is Zohran Mamdani a communist?

No, Trump’s claim that New York City mayoral candidate’s platform is akin to communism is false, experts say.

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Dr Oz Ridiculed for Urging Parents to Feed Their Kids 'Real Food': 'When Michelle Obama Said This It Was Communism'

Dr. Mehmet Oz is being derided by social media users online after encouraging parents to feed their children "real food" in order to boost health and immunity during a televised interview.

The Texas Tribune

Bill to teach Texas kids the dangers of communism — but not fascism — clears the Legislature

The bill won bipartisan support despite efforts from multiple Democrats that would have also required students to learn about fascism and Nazism.

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‘They made billions last year’: Donald Trump wants Walmart to do communism for a bit so his tariffs don’t make him look bad

Donald Trump thinks Walmart should pay for his poor policies.

Radio France Internationale

Romania at a crossroads: confronting communist nostalgia on election day

As Romanians head to the polls in a pivotal presidential election, the country’s struggle to come to terms with its communist past is taking on new urgency. The legacy of Ceausescu’s regime, and the nostalgia or disillusionment it inspires, now shapes debates about national identity and the direction Romania will…

The Independent UK

Trump is desperate to brand his opponents as communists. But why?

A 'Red Scare'-era figure influenced a young Trump

Reason

Victims of Communism Day - 2025

May Day should be a day to honor victims of an ideology that took tens of millions of lives. But we should also be open to alternative dates if they can attract broad enough support.

The Guardian - UK

Two to One review – East Berlin cash scam capers through ruins of communism

The discovery of a cache of ostmarks, just before German reunification makes them worthless, sets off a madcap tale from Natja Brunckhorst

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