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The Bolivarian Revolution by Simón Bolívar
Category: History
Personal: Genealogical Notes — January 2, 2026
Today I learned I’m approximately 75% German and 25% French. My third great‑grandfather on my paternal grandmother’s side was French. My paternal grandfather’s family was German, and my maternal side is entirely German. They immigrated to America before World War I. I still can’t find much about my paternal line, but I’m excited by this discovery.
What makes me feel nostalgic?
Mao: Directive On The Question Of Class Distinction
THERE CAN BE NO TRACE OF SOCIALISM IN US-CONTROLLED LANDS. ON THE “REVOLUTION” IN ROJAVA +
Radical Peace
by C. A. Matthews
A lot of talk in activist groups consists of “When do we act?” and “Who will lead us?” Discussions of when we’ll know what to do and how we’ll know who to trust or which groups are the best ones to give us advice can go on for days, weeks, months or even years. Everyone has a right to their opinion, but in the meantime nothing much is accomplished and things can continue to grow worse. Much worse.
Barack Obama’s Literature List for 2025 —Connecting the Dots
As senior OWI officials saw it, “Books do not have their impact upon the mass mind but upon the minds of those who mould the mass mind—upon leaders of thought and formulators of public opinion. The impact of a book may last six months or several decades. Books are the most enduring propaganda of all.”
John B. Hench, Books as Weapons: Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010), 70
Barack Obama’s Literature List for 2025 —Connecting the Dots
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Books differ from all other propaganda media, primarily because one single book can significantly change the reader’s attitude and action to an extent unmatched by the impact of any other single medium… this is, of course, not true of all books at all times and with all readers – but it is true significantly often enough to make books the most important weapon of strategic (long-range) propaganda.
Discussion in the Meeting with the Creative Intellectuals (1946)
CIA: Comments on the Change in Soviet Leadership
Read More »Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely the captain of a team and it seems obvious that Khrushchev will be the new captain. However, It does not appear that any of the present leaders will rise to the stature of Lenin and Stalin, so that it will be safer to assume that developments in Moscow will be along the lines of what is called collective leadership, unless Western policies force the Soviets to stream-line their power organization. The present situation is the most favorable from the point of view of upsetting the Communist dictatorship since the death of Stalin:
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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