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George Conway
gtconway3d
In 1960, after an initial count showed that the Republican candidate for president had won the state by 115 votes, the Republican governor of Hawaii initially certified a slate of
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Sergey Radchenko
DrRadchenko
Forty-one years ago! What do we now know, and what evidence do we have? We know that throughout 1979 Kabul (Taraki and Amin) pleaded for Soviet intervention. This was especially
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Declan Ganley 🇭🇰
declanganley
1. In what now seems another lifetime ago, late 80's and into early 1990, I put serious effort into the idea of launching Western communications satellites on Soviet platforms. It
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Georgy
oktyabrvperedi
The Soviet democratic system, a thread: The Soviet democratic system was based on Soviets, which were councils directly elected by the people. They were responsible to their electors and bound by
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matt blaze
mattblaze
An aside: both the US and the Soviets were, for most of the cold war, quite uncertain of their ability to predict or detect whether the other side was planning
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Sergey Radchenko
DrRadchenko
A quick thread comparing Soviet motivations for intervention between 1956 and 1989.1) Poland. 1956. After Gomulka, whom the Soviets considered a nationalist, gained power and tried to force out pro-Soviet
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鍾翔宇 Xiangyu
notXiangyu
1. It's remarkable how effectively the capitalists are able to so completely distort history that it ends up entirely inverted. For instance, in the widespread and ludicrous myth that Poland
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Sergey Radchenko
DrRadchenko
From the annals of Soviet decision-making on Afghanistan, 1979. Many people know that the Soviets were in fact remarkably reluctant to intervene in Afghanistan. We had long known that they
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Tony Toh
tonytohcy
#THREAD | Reality check on the current status of Yemeni Socialist Party, Yemeni leftist politics, and "South" Yemen (PDRY): The Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) was originally founded in 1978 after
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Guns, Ganders, and Goats
MENA_Conflict
No, they're wrong about it all. Angsty "We could fight the government!" fuckscones like to make that comparison because if "backwards Afghans can do it..." which underpins their argument, that
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zei_squirrel
important to remember also that truman went ahead with it primarily to intimidate the soviet union and ensure a greater sphere of influence for the US in the post-war orderhttps://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1291385164506030082
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Kristen Soltis Anderson
KSoltisAnderson
Today in 1986, the Challenger exploded on ascent into space. @TeviTroy and I each have written essays for @reaganinstitute reflecting on Reagan's address to the nation that evening, as part
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Lefty
leftyandzesty
To those who might not know, and want to ernestly learn: This graphic is technically correct. From a legitimacy standpoint the DPRK is the better one. Let me explain: [...]https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1352768567935180806
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Sergey Radchenko
DrRadchenko
The new Reagan FRUS / Soviet Union volume has just been released, triggering a new round of debate about how close we came to nuclear war in 1983. See this
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Tom Nichols
RadioFreeTom
So, here's a thread on missile defense, since the U.S. is trumpeting shooting down an ICBM from an AEGIS. This is about why I was okay with SDI in the
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EDUCATE. ORGANIZE. AGITATE. | 沈
MountainChen4
The notion of "informational pipelines" needs to be explored more. Anti-Communism, and Anti-Capitalism as well, are almost always positions arrived at through a process that involves at least some level
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