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In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries’ economic systems. Nixon pointed to the dishwasher on display: “In America,…

Grover Cleveland fought high tariffs as a “communism of pelf.” Trump embraces them as an economic cornerstone.

The 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, an event that powerfully symbolised the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and signalled the end of the cold war, is an opportune moment to take stock of what remains of East Germany (GDR) in the capital of Germany.

A short-yet-sprawling historical tour of the atomic age.

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The unveiling of Canada's "Victims of Communism" memorial is on hold as officials investigate a report flagging over half its honorees for links to fascism.

Conservatives think giving children free lunch at school is socialism, but vast, powerful private monopolies are freedom

Antonio Gramsci, the Marxist theorist, ideologue, philosopher and journalist, has long been associated exclusively with communism and socialism. The late Italian thinker’s ideas have travelled the world, influencing elites and mass publics alike.

Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That’s where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point in the political landscape of the post-World War II era.