In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as “comrade.” Now, among the left, it’s more common to hear talk of “allies.” In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and d...(展开全部)

In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as “comrade.” Now, among the left, it’s more common to hear talk of “allies.” In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and d...(展开全部)

Comrade Lin Piao's letter to members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission of the Party Central Committee (March 22, 1966)--Summary of the forum on the work in literature and art in the armed forces with which comrade Lin Piao entrusted comrade Chiang Ching.--Two diametrically opposed documents, editorial of Hongqi, no. 9, 1967.--An important document for the pro...(展开全部)

Comrade Lin Piao's letter to members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission of the Party Central Committee (March 22, 1966)--Summary of the forum on the work in literature and art in the armed forces with which comrade Lin Piao entrusted comrade Chiang Ching.--Two diametrically opposed documents, editorial of Hongqi, no. 9, 1967.--An important document for the pro...(展开全部)

In the shadow of the Gulag, Soviet citizens were still cracking jokes. They had to. Drawing on diaries, interviews, memoirs and hundreds of previously secret documents, It’s Only a Joke, Comrade! uncovers how they joked, coped, and struggled to adapt in Stalin’s brave new world. It asks what it really means to live under a dictatorship: How do people make sense of their lives? ...(展开全部)

In the shadow of the Gulag, Soviet citizens were still cracking jokes. They had to. Drawing on diaries, interviews, memoirs and hundreds of previously secret documents, It’s Only a Joke, Comrade! uncovers how they joked, coped, and struggled to adapt in Stalin’s brave new world. It asks what it really means to live under a dictatorship: How do people make sense of their lives? ...(展开全部)

Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he could supposedly drive a car at the age of three--to the grimly bloody stories of family members who perished at his command. Anna Fifield reconstructs Kim's past and present with exclusive access to sources near him and brings her unique understanding to explain the dynast...(展开全部)