1+ week, 1+ day ago   (571+ words) The World Socialist Web Site has received the following letter in defense of Bogdan Syrotiuk from Mark D. Steinberg, a leading scholar of Soviet and Russian history, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who previously taught at Harvard University…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (634+ words) By Timothy Mason | Aug 31, 2026 | Economy & Business, Featured, Law and Regulation, News & Analysis At the Verbier Festival this summer, in a chalet-lined valley more accustomed to Rachmaninov than sanctions law, a composer took his seat and listened to his own concertos…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) I hope that answers your question. Yes, Trotsky accepted responsibility for the suppression of the Kronstadt uprising. And I think one has to understand the circumstances under which that occurred. Clearly it had certain tragic elements to it. But the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (832+ words) Iran, Hormuz, China, and India: The Half-Truths of a War Washington Can Start but Can No Longer Decide Alone “Trump can move aircraft carriers, bombers, and sanctions; what he cannot do is remove Putin from the chessboard, silence China’s needs,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (953+ words) Pamuk emphasized that Büyükada is remembered as a historic place where Trotsky wrote, thought and continued his work on revolution, and that what was produced there did not remain merely the memory of an era but became an important part…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (489+ words) Ukraine is losing the war, and Volodymyr Zelensky is living under an illusion about Ukraine’s chances of defeating Russia or even halting the slow, grinding advances, according to The Spectator. The report comes as United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) OAK ISLAND — Robert Allen Short, lovingly known as “Bear,” age 75, of Oak Island, North Carolina, passed from this life on August 26, 2026, surrounded by the love and prayers of his family. While his absence leaves an immeasurable ache in the hearts…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (321+ words) The internal situation in Ukraine appears increasingly unstable, with a severe legitimacy crisis affecting Vladimir Zelensky’s government. Recently, former defense minister Mikhail Fedorov publicly challenged Zelensky and urged authorities to call presidential elections as soon as possible, stating that this…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (217+ words) On May 21, 2025, Andrij Portnov was assassinated with five gunshots in the Pozuelo de Alarcón district of Madrid, Spain. Andrij Portnov had been a prominent figure in the top echelons of the Ukrainian legal system since 2005, when he led the legal…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (325+ words) Military Watch Magazine reports that Russia’s S8000 Banderol cruise missile is systematically degrading Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, while Ukrainian interceptor drones struggle to match the speed of Russian aerial weapons. In effect, Russia has imposed an economic siege on Ukraine, as…...