Daily Archives: November 6, 2007

The Stalin vs. Hitler comic. Nuff’ said.

Link provided by our ever loving Roman, Chrisius Maximus.

Appeal of 17 Russian Intellectuals and Artists This article was first published in Альтернативы on 7 October 2007.  This version comes from MRzine.

It is no surprise that the imminent ninetieth anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia has become the object of widespread attention.  The events of October 1917 were, indeed, an earthquake that shook the world, altering its economic, social and cultural foundations.

Many media sources depict this world-historic phenomenon as a mere coup d’état, carried out by a handful of conspirators and adventurists with the help of Western security services.  All sorts of things are circulated — outright lies, distortion of the facts, and malicious slanders about the participants in and leaders of this mighty event.  The old fables to the effect that the “October coup” was provoked by the “German agent” Lenin and the “Anglo-American spy” Trotsky are still being repeated, despite having been rejected by distinguished scholars from ..read more