communism

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The author emphasizes that by the 1950s, approximately 90% of Cuba’s mines were owned by U.S. companies, demonstrating a longstanding pattern of American economic domination that predated the rise of Fidel Castro and communism.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

“There was a time,” he says, “when communism was plausible, with its industrialization, with factories, with machines.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Since the fall of communism 35 years ago, Poland has transformed itself from a command economy notorious for rationed goods and empty store shelves to one of the engines of European growth.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

As writers and scholars, Lewis and Tolkien ranked among the most perceptive critics of burgeoning totalitarian movements such as Nazism and communism, in no small part due to their shared Christian faith.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

In the 1940s, he rejected communism and rediscovered his religious beliefs.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau