communism
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Among the attendees on Saturday was Lech Wałęsa, who led the movement to end communism in Poland and would go on to become the country's first democratically elected president.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Wałęsa famously wore a Virgin Mary pin badge while campaigning and credited his Catholic faith as playing a major role in his fight against communism.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
This fundamental contradiction—Shanghai as the birthplace of Chinese communism and also the center of the country’s capitalist development—lies at the heart of Michael Dillon’s “Shanghai: The Story of China’s Most Dynamic City.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The characterization departs from how political scientists typically define communism, which is generally understood as an ideology centered on collective ownership of the means of production and the elimination of private ownership of productive assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Markus Wolf had waited out the fall of communism and now watched the dissolution of his longtime protector, the KGB.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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