#Ceaușescu

Why it is not enough to be anti-abortionWhat do Adolf Hitler, Nicolae Ceaușescu, and Michael Corleone have in common? All were strong men and all opposed abortion... for certain people.
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30 years ago on this day in the city of Timisoara protests started after the communist regime tried to evict Hungarian Calvinist priest Laszlo Tokes from his home. The crowds
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Window dressing: : the act or an instance of making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable (Merriam-Webster)https://www.wehoville.com/2021/01/02/city-looking-for-artists-to-create-temporary-art-installations-in-vacant-storefro
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Communists ruled Albania from 1946-1992.  During that time period, a single ruler Enver Hoxha ruled until his death in 1985Upon taking power, non-communist politicians faced either death or the labor
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My family and I lived under a communist regime all the way through the end of the 80s. We experienced poverty, food shortages, and profound misery that culminated in swift
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People are seeking change in #Belarus, and the regime has been responding with brutality, believing it will scare people off the streets. https://bit.ly/3fYg8Nu  But protests are only growing and strikes
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When MAGA waves flags with Trump's name, declares they will die for him, and accept every lie he says as truth, we are dealing with a deluded cult of personality.
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I had a strange realization this morning. Most autocratic regimes don't fall until those keeping them in power (military, secret police) decide it's not going down with them. In East
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That's #Bucharest's gritty Gara de Nord on a cold Saturday morning. Which means it's time for another little #railway day trip! The "Tomis Express" arrives at Bucharest Gara de Nord
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The US is a gerontocracy.It’s President is 74, it’s President-elect is 77. The Speaker of the House & the House majority whip are 80. Almost half the Senate is over
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I would like a history of buildings that have been moved. Whether the Manchester pub that moved twice, houses they get hoisted onto trains, this house.https://twitter.com/areasvellas/status/1261937353406533632 Everytime i encounter another
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Thread: In communism poetry is a capital crime.This poem was used as evidence by the communist prosecutors in the 1958 treason trial of Romanian poet and journalist Radu Gyr. Gyr
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My non-Polish mutuals, here's what's happening in Warsaw right now // Thread#Margot #LGBT #Warszawa #Policja Margot (a.k.a. Małgorzata Szutowicz) is an LGBT activist for the StopBzdurom (StopTheNonsense) organization, which aims
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