#USSR

I’ve got a beer for every World Cup and Euros winner for my birthday next weekend. Had to go for four Quilmes as I can’t get any Uruguayan beer and
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The "Proud Boys" did a thing. I listened so you don't have to. Here is the recap."Proud Boy" leader Enrique Tarrio is somehow dumber IRL than he is online. He
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Will post some excerpts from this as I read it whenever it has something interesting to say. But why Stalin’s War, and not Hitler’s? For McMeekin, the war begins in
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1/ "Boris did/not go to Perugia in Italy" - why does this matter? A thread.Background first. On the 17th Sept, officials at Perugia airport said Johnson was there "in the
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I would NEVER consider myself a leftist but I have friends onna left and I do have some sneaking (if pitying cos lost cause) affection for welfare socialist types. It
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Charles Bettelheim on transition to socialism On the Economic Theory of Socialism, Oskar Lange and Fred Taylor (1938) The Economic of Feasible Socialism, Alec Nove, 1983 Wlodzimierz Brus on the
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Pelé 1970 World Cup Part 1 Pelé 1970 World Cup Part 2 Pelé 1970 World Cup Part 3 Pelé 1970 World Cup Part 4 Pelé 1970 World Cup Final Part
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#China seems to be getting ready to launch its space plane in April, here are some previous information as well as my thoughts about the space plane, its function, and
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Does anyone old enough remember the 1977–1978 Soviet/Russian flu epidemic? It was caused by strain Influenza A/USSR/90/77 (H1N1). It infected mostly children and young adults under 23; because a similar strain was prevalent
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Stalin sucks: A thread. Let’s see, where do I begin. Let’s start with:-Slept with a 13 year old girl.-Frequently kisses Lenin’s ass and called Trotsky a traitor. -Abused the position
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There’s been some talk lately about US dependence on Taiwanese semiconductors or Chinese rare earth metals which could be interrupted if things go bad. An interesting question is to ask
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1 #europeansuperleague Been having a look at competition in European Leagues - ALL, not just the 'big' five' General upshot is huge decline in Germany & Italy. England far more
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lenin's legacy is a complicated one and it's worth grappling with the full complexity. the russian revolution is one of the most important communist achievements in history. the bolsheviks also
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My attempt to understand why Russians hate / dehumanize Ukrainians so much, -- which is a way to understand one of the major causes of this war. Thread 1/10 Ukrainian
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I have alot of infomation on the united kingdom and everyone especially Americans and people from the UK needs to read this history is repeating it self. You need to
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the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, or Victory Museum, is the Russian national WWII museum. It was built during the final years of the USSR on a massive 5,000
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