History.com: This Day In History (January 11-1928): Stalin banishes Trotsky

Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By History.com Editors. Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik revolution and early architect of the Soviet state, is deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Soviet Central Asia. He lived there in internal exile for a year before being banished from the USSR forever by…

Madrid 1936: Spanish Workers Fought Back the Fascists

Originally posted on Red October Goth:
The banner reads “They Shall Not Pass! Fascism wants to conquer Madrid! Madrid will be the tomb of Fascism!” November 1936, Madrid workers erecting a barricade to keep Franco’s fascist army out of the city. Original Facebook Note #17 published 4 February 2017 “At the present time, while this…

How willing are people to stand up for their values and beliefs

One can find several people doing violence against the truth. Similarly, there is Richard Martin who claims that fascism and communism are twin brothers.

Putin Lies And Manipulates History To Gain Domestic And International Support For His Military Buildup On The Ukrainian Border

Originally posted on Joyce O’Day:
Photo by author: Joyce O’Day. In his July 12, 2021, article, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” Vladimir Putin provides a thorough, yet slanted, account of Ukrainian/Russian relations. I discovered this article in a comment made by Erik Reich, DC to the story by Lauren Elizabeth, “What’s…