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Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · 12d

The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published by @lawrencewishart.bsky.social

Issue 29 is the second issue dedicated to looking at histories of 1956 globally, edited by Madeleine Davis and George Odysseos.

A 🧵 of the articles...

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Twentieth Century Communism: Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025) - Lawrence Wishart

Twentieth Century Communism: a journal of international history - Issue contents for Volume 2025 Issue 29 (2025)

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Pablo @pablogv17.bsky.social · 9d

🌍 Le 2e número spécial "Global 1956" vient de paraître chez @20thccommunism.bsky.social !

J'ai eu le plaisir d'y participer avec un article qui veut contribuer à l'histoire globale de l'Espagne pendant la guerre froide, ici dans une approche transnationale et microhistorique.

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 9d

Historians, archivists, librarians and historians working in the field of labour history. A starter pack to get you going…
go.bsky.app/CUqdx9a

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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · 16d

Soviet deception operation you probably never heard about.

Operation STORM, #MGB plan to fake the landing of #CIA agents in Lithuania. Based on my ongoing archival research at
@hooverinstitution.bsky.social

The link for my article: tinyurl.com/5h4zyj6c

#spies #coldwar @socintelhist.bsky.social

Deception Operation STORM

Faking the landing of CIA agents in Lithuania in the early Cold War

tinyurl.com

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Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde @isgv.bsky.social · 19d

Am Dienstag stellt Merve Lühr im Zeitgeschichtlichen Forum in Leipzig ihr Buch über das Erinnern an das Brigadeleben in der DDR vor.

23.9.2025
19 Uhr
Eintritt frei!

Infos: www.isgv.de/aktuelles/ve...

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Gwendal Piégais @gwendalpiegais.bsky.social · Sep 1

Un livre important vient de paraître : "La Croix-Rouge face à l'Étoile rouge - The Red Cross Facing the Red Star", dirigé par Jean-François Fayet, Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, Marie Cugnet et Donia Hasler. Disponible en #OpenAccess : www.georg.ch/la-croix-fac...

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · Sep 2

Chinese volunteers who fought in the International Brigades interned at Argèles-sur-Mer Concentration Camp (pre Vichy France) early 1939 in front of their banner. Some 60 Chinese fought against Franco in the IBs. (PS there was never a "Chinese detachment" in IBs as banner claims)

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Aug 29

Karl Marx, enemy of the constitution? 🚩

The Hamburg Administrative Court recently held that Marx’s social theory is incompatible with the German constitution.

BRUNO LEIPOLD (@brunoleipold.com) argues: The judges got Marx wrong.

verfassungsblog.de/marx-constit...

Quote: “Ironically, the judges of the Hamburg Administrative Court would benefit from a Marx reading group to better participate in just such a debate.”

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · Aug 25

One of Gerda Taro's early photos from the Spanish Civil War. Women in Catalan communist party (PSUC) training for militia on Barcelona beach (probably Camp de la Bota, today's Forum), August 1936.

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · Aug 24

Final cover proof!

Pre-order the hardback edition for your institutional library now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · Aug 24

Lovely to find in today’s Sunday Times this excellent discussion of INDIGNITY🤩🧿🐥!

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Aug 22

🎉 Congratulations @brunoleipold.com (@lsepoltheory.bsky.social) for winning our 2025 Political Theory Prize

⭐ Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought (@princetonupress.bsky.social)

👉 More about the winner buff.ly/TweS2Bw #ECPRPrizes

The 2025 Political Theory Prize is awarded to Bruno Leipold

European Consortium for Political Research

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations! 📖🏆

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Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas @jahrbuecherjgo.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jonathan D. Oldfield: The Soviet Union and Global Environmental Change. Modifying the Biosphere and Conceptualizing Society-Nature Interaction. Rezension von Mariia Koskina #OpenAccess in Heft 3/2024 #JahrbücherJGO:

biblioscout.net/article/99.1...

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · Aug 1

Friends, my book HOTEL LUX is currently available for £0.99 on the Kindle Store. An intimate view of the revolution that changed the world, based on 7 years of research in archives across the globe.

Please do check it out! www.amazon.co.uk/Hotel-Lux-In...

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Alan Stewart @laikaalan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Any historians of communism or espionage out there willing to hazard a guess as to why Bob Stewart of the CPGB made several journeys to France (Boulogne & Dieppe then to in all likelihood on to Paris) during the first eight months of 1939? MI5 were very interested. As am I.

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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · Aug 4

What did KGB Know About Iran's SAVAK and CIA in Iran in Mid-1970s?

Find out in my new article just published on Substack. #espionage #coldwarhistory @socintelhist.bsky.social

Here's the link: open.substack.com/pub/kgbstack...

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Twentieth Century Communism journal @20thccommunism.bsky.social · Aug 4

Twentieth Century Communism journal is looking for reviewers for these books.

Send a DM if you're interested reviewing one of these!

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Breaking The Fetters @breakingfetters.bsky.social · Aug 1

Bob Stewart, Grigory Zinoviev, Ho Chi Minh and others. Moscow 1924. If anyone can help identify the others I’d be eternally grateful. Picture courtesy of @mauricejcasey.com

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · Jul 28

#Digitized #collection
“Cultural Revolution in Images: Caricature-Posters from Guangzhou 1966-1977”
repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/collectio...

Thanks to @evansmithhist.bsky.social
#China #visuals #Hongkong #CPC #communism #communistparty #PRC #peoplesrepublic #CCP #CulturalRevolution

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Damian M @damiandamiani.bsky.social · Jul 28

Laura Pozzi, who curated the CUHK exhibition, and I (based on my work on the largest collection of Chinese caricatures at Maoist Legacy) have an article exploring the last leg of these caricatures -- targeting Jiang Qing during the anti-Gang of Four campaign of 1976-1978, doi.org/10.1215/1067...

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · Jul 28

#Digitized #collection
“Cultural Revolution in Images: Caricature-Posters from Guangzhou 1966-1977”
repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/collectio...

Thanks to @evansmithhist.bsky.social
#China #visuals #Hongkong #CPC #communism #communistparty #PRC #peoplesrepublic #CCP #CulturalRevolution

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Seba @sebaflores.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hace 54 años, en julio de 1971, la Unión Soviética donaba a Chile una fábrica de paneles de hormigón para construir edificios de viviendas en poco tiempo. El hilo de hoy es sobre la historia de los icónicos edificios KPD.

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miss girl @newbody.bsky.social · Jul 22

Who put a labubu on Karl Marx’s grave

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