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Great Leap distortions uncovered

Great Leap distortions uncovered by MC5 January 8, 2000 [slightly edited 2002] [slightly edited again by MSH editors, 2010] In [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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Hungry Ghosts: Mao’s Secret Famine

Hungry Ghosts: Mao’s Secret Famine  New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1998, 380pp.  by Jasper Becker reviewed by MC5 March [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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The Anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution

The Anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution (llco.org) November 7th, 2010 is the 93rd anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Today we [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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Reprint: Interview with Madhusree Mukerjee

Reprint: Interview with Madhusree Mukerjee, author of Churchill’s Secret War (llco.org) Harper’s recently published an interview with Madhusree Mukerjee, author [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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Mao’s Great Famine comments

Mao’s Great Famine. The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikotter. Some Initial Comments By Joseph Ball [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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MIM: Review of the “Black Book of Communism”

MIM: Review of the “Black Book of Communism” (llco.org, org) [Before MIM’s crackpot degeneration and despite their errors, MIM made [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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MSH on healthcare, NPR on barefoot doctors

MSH on healthcare, NPR on barefoot doctors (llco.org, npr.org) The following is an mainstream, bourgeois article from National Public Radio [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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Mexico: The Frozen Revolution

Mexico: The Frozen Revolution reviewed by Siglo (llco.org) Mexico: The Frozen Revolution Directed by Raymundo Gleyzer, 1971 The documentary Mexico: [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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