communist

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Your humble correspondent cannot claim to be a communist sympathizer, but shouldn’t we all spare a thought for anyone who has to sit through endless hours of Marxist speeches without so much as a cocktail?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

And naive, especially after the Soviet Union spent a decade fighting in Afghanistan to put communist allies in charge, before withdrawing its troops in 1989 amid failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Stern also co-invested in an electric vehicle start-up called Canoo, with Li Botan, the son-in-law of a former senior communist party official.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Thapa was drawn into politics as a teenager in the 1980s, when leftist and communist parties led a popular movement against absolute monarchy, giving rise to multi-party democracy since 1990.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

“You don’t know what a communist is? Such a simple thing. Everyone knows. It’s common knowledge. You don’t... Bah. I don’t know why I’m surprised.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini