Russian court jails anti-war Soviet-era dissident for 16 years, prosecutor says
A military court in St Petersburg jailed Soviet-era dissident and anti-war activist Alexander Skobov for 16 years on Friday after convicting him of "justifying terrorism," the Prosecutor General's ...
An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir ...
The US military has cared about climate change since the dawn of the Cold War – for good reason
During the Cold War, the US poured support into Arctic military outposts and climate research amid fears of a Russian invasion. Climate change is still on the military’s radar as a threat multiplier.
Beyond The Iron Curtain: How Polish Posters Subverted Hollywood Under Communism
A Polish Film Poster Exhibition currently on show at the Coal Drops Yard in London, unveils how Polish artists reinterpreted ...
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Bill Maher Imagines Patriotic Posters for the Trump-Russia Era: ‘Stand Up to Democracy’ | Video
Maher imagined patriotic posters reminiscent of the iconography of World War II — but of course ... I’m sticking with the Union: the former Soviet Union. Unlike some people, he always says ...
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Orwell’s ‘1984’ dystopia is happening now
This is like saying Poland invaded Germany to trigger World War II. As Smith comes to believe in 1984 after having been tortured by the “Ministry of Love,” 2 + 2 = 5. Freedom becomes slavery as our ...
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Housewives helped win World War II
“Victory is in the Kitchen” proclaims one World War II poster that encouraged British residents to save food and accept substitutions to their usual diet. During a program on food rationing, Kristy ...
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Prabhleen Sandhu secures rights to The Indian Spy, continuing to shape Almighty Motion Picture’s vision
He became the only known quintuple spy of World War II, using his unmatched espionage and deception skills to simultaneously work for Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union ...
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Opinion: Putin is ready to carve up the world. Trump just handed him the knife.
His reverence for the Yalta accords goes beyond the glorification of the once-mighty Soviet Union and its ... Germany invaded Poland, and World War II officially began. When Trump, fuming ...
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Akshay Kumar reacts to him hugging the Shivling in ‘Mahakal Chalo’; says, “If you hug your parents, what’s wrong with that?”
Akshay Kumar has time and again has opened up about his deep-rooted connection with Lord Shiva, including playing roles that showcase his intense devotion towards the Almighty. Yet again ...
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5 Interesting Facts About World War II Icon 'Rosie the Riveter' and the Famous Poster
By the end of World War II, that number had spiked to more than ... The "We Can Do It" poster many of us think about when someone mentions Rosie the Riveter was just one in a long line of war ...
11 Chilling Facts About the Cold War
Nuclear armament of the U.S. and the USSR in the 1940s; establishment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; the Space Race; the Cuban Missile Crisis; glasnost and perestroika in the USSR; the fall of the ...