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The talented and reviled Mr Pepper (Comintern agent)
A Communist Odyssey: The Life of József Pogány/John Pepper
Nelson Mandela: Between fact and fiction
Nelson Mandela at the Riv
Venezuela: A day with Nicolas Maduro
Nicolas Maduro interviewed by Spain's El Viejo Topo's Víctor Ríos and Miguel Riera, translated by by Tamara Pearson for Venezuelanalysis.com
September 26, 2013 -- Very little is known about Nicolas Maduro, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in Spain. [There’s] scarcely four lines, mainly contributed by the mass media which is hostile to the revolutionary process. Spain's El Viejo Topo wanted to get to know him, and the Venezuelan president accepted the interview without any hassles.
Jonathan Sperber's new bio seeks to bury Karl Marx, not praise him
Karl Marx, A Nineteenth Century Life
By Jonathan Sperber,
Liveright Publishing, 2013
John Riddell: Five precedents for understanding Egypt’s July coup
General L.G. Kornilov, Moscow, August 1917.
By John Riddell
Malaysia: Chin Peng 'a determined, resourceful anti-colonial and anti-imperialist fighter'
Chin Peng holds up page one of The Straits Times newspaper of
The other September 11: 'The Battle of Chile', Patricio Guzmán's classic documentary
Part 1: Insurrection of the bourgeoisie.
