communist
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He also said watching his parents rebuild after fleeing communist Vietnam taught him the value of stretching a dollar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The self-proclaimed revolutionary communist has since sent messages to supporters describing himself as a "prisoner of war".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Cibelli said the vibrant software industry in Poland in part comes from lower costs, but also from the country’s long-term affection for Western culture, which began during its communist period that ended in 1989.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
When the Shanghai Municipal Police arrested them for suspected communist activities on June 15, 1931, the pair identified themselves as the Belgians Hilaire Noulens and Marie Motte—no, it was Fernand and Marie Vandercruyssen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Cold War is over, and fear of communist expansion has been replaced by the menace of international terrorism.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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In Germany, a democratic revolution toppled the monarchy in 1918, bringing into existence the fragile Weimar Republic, which communists in Moscow hoped would soon succumb to a communist revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Brown and black coal mining employed about 100,000 people in the 1980s, when the former Czechoslovakia was ruled by Moscow-steered communists promoting heavy industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
Lai was born in Guangzhou, a city in southern China, to a wealthy family that lost everything when the communists took power in 1949.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Oliver and I had encountered a recurring difficulty in our travels: one African leader after another had ques-tioned us about our relations with white and Indian communists, sometimes suggesting that they controlled the ANC.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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