History and Legacy of USSR
The real lessons of the 1956 uprising in Hungary

The real lessons of the 1956 uprising in Hungary

by | Dec 5, 2006

On June 22, President Bush traveled to Hungary to join a commemoration of an uprising that occurred there 50 years ago, in October-November 1956. He went there as chief representative of U.S. imperialism presiding over a ceremony marking its greatest victory—the...

Oil, imperialism and national conflict in the Caucasus

Oil, imperialism and national conflict in the Caucasus

by | Dec 1, 2004

The September 3 massacre of at least 360 children and adults in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, in the Caucasus region of Russia, shocked the world and brought the conflict in the area into the public eye again. The Caucasus is the area between the Black and...