The Fall of Maduro: Why It Matters to United States Security, and Could Trigger a South American Glasnost #RedState
The Fall of Maduro: Why It Matters to United States Security, and Could Trigger a South American Glasnost
Analysis of Maduro's fall and its implications for U.S. security and South American democracy.
dlvr.it
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The Fall of Maduro: Why It Matters to United States Security, and Could Trigger a South American Glasnost #RedState
And in fact the entire thrust of this four-hour doc is an examination of the ultimate failure of glasnost, perestroika and the end of the Cold War leading to *gestures at state of world* this crap. Very poignant in its final tragic conclusion that we have utterly wasted the Space Race
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
And in fact the entire thrust of this four-hour doc is an examination of the ultimate failure of glasnost, perestroika and the end of the Cold War leading to *gestures at state of world* this crap. Very poignant in its final tragic conclusion that we have utterly wasted the Space Race
The latter is now its primary significance for Ukrainians, but in trying to ban a culture Russia only ensured its survival.
The Sixtiers were of course crushed by a new wave of repressions that largely persisted until Glasnost and Perestroika. (57/61)
The Sixtiers were of course crushed by a new wave of repressions that largely persisted until Glasnost and Perestroika. (57/61)
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The latter is now its primary significance for Ukrainians, but in trying to ban a culture Russia only ensured its survival.
The Sixtiers were of course crushed by a new wave of repressions that largely persisted until Glasnost and Perestroika. (57/61)
The Sixtiers were of course crushed by a new wave of repressions that largely persisted until Glasnost and Perestroika. (57/61)
When she perestroika my glasnost
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 AM
When she perestroika my glasnost
"Glasnost and the revelations of the Soviet press of the 1980s were all about uncovering Soviet crimes [...] There was no consensus anymore about what the past was" meduza.io/en/feature/2... via @meduza.io
‘The deepest sort of spiritual disorientation’ Historian Joseph Kellner on the zeitgeist of the Soviet collapse and its lessons for today’s democracies — Meduza
For decades, Russia’s “wild 1990s” have been remembered for economic hardship, libertarian freedoms, and rampant crime. Historian Joseph Kellner suggests another defining feature of the era: profound ...
meduza.io
January 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Glasnost and the revelations of the Soviet press of the 1980s were all about uncovering Soviet crimes [...] There was no consensus anymore about what the past was" meduza.io/en/feature/2... via @meduza.io
...s one of the original 20 Soviet cosmonauts, who was dismissed from the Soviet space program in 1963 for drunk and disorderly conduct. His existence in the program was kept secret until the advent of Soviet glasnost in the late 1980s. He committed suicide on February 18, 1966.
January 2, 2026 at 3:26 PM
...s one of the original 20 Soviet cosmonauts, who was dismissed from the Soviet space program in 1963 for drunk and disorderly conduct. His existence in the program was kept secret until the advent of Soviet glasnost in the late 1980s. He committed suicide on February 18, 1966.
Glasnost and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
January 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Glasnost and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
This is false and proven as such during glasnost. Sorry if your family history is a lie. Your parent/grandparent was probably part of the problem, and I support their removal from the USSR.
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
This is false and proven as such during glasnost. Sorry if your family history is a lie. Your parent/grandparent was probably part of the problem, and I support their removal from the USSR.
Tensions were easing in the 80s. During perestroika and glasnost, Mikhail Gorbachev asked America and rest of the West for economic aids like loans.
They told him to pound sand and left Russia to the wolves.
They told him to pound sand and left Russia to the wolves.
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Tensions were easing in the 80s. During perestroika and glasnost, Mikhail Gorbachev asked America and rest of the West for economic aids like loans.
They told him to pound sand and left Russia to the wolves.
They told him to pound sand and left Russia to the wolves.
Ich: ich hab Durst
Gorbatschow: hier ein Glasnost
Gorbatschow: hier ein Glasnost
December 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ich: ich hab Durst
Gorbatschow: hier ein Glasnost
Gorbatschow: hier ein Glasnost
He also famously claimed that Glasnost was a “ploy” the same week the Berlin Wall fell.
December 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
He also famously claimed that Glasnost was a “ploy” the same week the Berlin Wall fell.
People not living in Glasnost shouldn’t throw stones.
December 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
People not living in Glasnost shouldn’t throw stones.
Ah. Definitely recent history, I see. And about that honeymoon thing, he went there shortly (not immediately) after his wedding, during the Glasnost and Perestroika period, regarding commerce on behalf of Burlington. He was it's mayor then.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Bullshit. Bernie's longtime hero was a brutal Communist dictator named Fidel Castro. No thanks Comrade.
December 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ah. Definitely recent history, I see. And about that honeymoon thing, he went there shortly (not immediately) after his wedding, during the Glasnost and Perestroika period, regarding commerce on behalf of Burlington. He was it's mayor then.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Ah. Definitely recent history, I see. And about that honeymoon thing, he went there shortly (not immediately) after his wedding, during the Glasnost and Perestroika period, regarding commerce on behalf of Burlington. He was it's mayor then.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
December 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ah. Definitely recent history, I see. And about that honeymoon thing, he went there shortly (not immediately) after his wedding, during the Glasnost and Perestroika period, regarding commerce on behalf of Burlington. He was it's mayor then.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
Trump and Ivana visited, also on business, a year earlier.
El neoliberalismo de Thatcher empezó el '79. El '81 Reagan es elegido. En '83 lanza la "Guerra de las Galaxias" para presionar a la URSS.
El '85, la perestroika/glasnost y Chernobyl '86/Matías Rust '87 convencen a Gorbachov: la URSS estaba K.O.
El neoliberalismo era vencedor.
45 años de lo mismo.
El '85, la perestroika/glasnost y Chernobyl '86/Matías Rust '87 convencen a Gorbachov: la URSS estaba K.O.
El neoliberalismo era vencedor.
45 años de lo mismo.
December 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
El neoliberalismo de Thatcher empezó el '79. El '81 Reagan es elegido. En '83 lanza la "Guerra de las Galaxias" para presionar a la URSS.
El '85, la perestroika/glasnost y Chernobyl '86/Matías Rust '87 convencen a Gorbachov: la URSS estaba K.O.
El neoliberalismo era vencedor.
45 años de lo mismo.
El '85, la perestroika/glasnost y Chernobyl '86/Matías Rust '87 convencen a Gorbachov: la URSS estaba K.O.
El neoliberalismo era vencedor.
45 años de lo mismo.
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the Chernobyl disaster was a major catalyst
for the Soviet Union's collapse,
significantly eroding public trust,
exposing systemic flaws,
accelerating Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms like
glasnost (openness), ...
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the Chernobyl disaster was a major catalyst
for the Soviet Union's collapse,
significantly eroding public trust,
exposing systemic flaws,
accelerating Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms like
glasnost (openness), ...
*
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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the Chernobyl disaster was a major catalyst
for the Soviet Union's collapse,
significantly eroding public trust,
exposing systemic flaws,
accelerating Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms like
glasnost (openness), ...
*
the Chernobyl disaster was a major catalyst
for the Soviet Union's collapse,
significantly eroding public trust,
exposing systemic flaws,
accelerating Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms like
glasnost (openness), ...
*
... overwhelming the already strained Soviet economy, & undermining the credibility of the Communist Party's claims of superiority and openness (glasnost). Mikhail Gorbachev himself believed it was a crucial factor, revealing the system's inherent weaknesses & making the need for reform undeniable.
December 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
... overwhelming the already strained Soviet economy, & undermining the credibility of the Communist Party's claims of superiority and openness (glasnost). Mikhail Gorbachev himself believed it was a crucial factor, revealing the system's inherent weaknesses & making the need for reform undeniable.
Honestly I'm not so sure what with the way Russia has gone.
USSR - > Russia is a different matter to independence for the the subject nations, glasnost and perestroika.
These were good.
But the quick fire sale of state assets, legal dissolution, and founding of the oligarch class...
USSR - > Russia is a different matter to independence for the the subject nations, glasnost and perestroika.
These were good.
But the quick fire sale of state assets, legal dissolution, and founding of the oligarch class...
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Honestly I'm not so sure what with the way Russia has gone.
USSR - > Russia is a different matter to independence for the the subject nations, glasnost and perestroika.
These were good.
But the quick fire sale of state assets, legal dissolution, and founding of the oligarch class...
USSR - > Russia is a different matter to independence for the the subject nations, glasnost and perestroika.
These were good.
But the quick fire sale of state assets, legal dissolution, and founding of the oligarch class...
I respected Russia for a while after Glasnost, even made the mistake of feeling that they shared similar values to civilised people, but that all got pissed up the wall when Putin and the kleptocracy took over.
December 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I respected Russia for a while after Glasnost, even made the mistake of feeling that they shared similar values to civilised people, but that all got pissed up the wall when Putin and the kleptocracy took over.
I'm reminded of this video I like put up on YouTube 18 years ago.
The anti-glasnost hardliners imprisoned Gorbachev in 1991 and shut down all the TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines. But they didn't know about the then new Internet. Featuring one of my late wife's friends, Vadim:
The anti-glasnost hardliners imprisoned Gorbachev in 1991 and shut down all the TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines. But they didn't know about the then new Internet. Featuring one of my late wife's friends, Vadim:
How the internet saved Russia from the hardliners
YouTube video by postingoldtapes
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'm reminded of this video I like put up on YouTube 18 years ago.
The anti-glasnost hardliners imprisoned Gorbachev in 1991 and shut down all the TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines. But they didn't know about the then new Internet. Featuring one of my late wife's friends, Vadim:
The anti-glasnost hardliners imprisoned Gorbachev in 1991 and shut down all the TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines. But they didn't know about the then new Internet. Featuring one of my late wife's friends, Vadim:
In herinnering: sterfdag van Anatoli Rybakov (1911-1998), schrijver van o.m. “Kinderen van de Arbat”: geweldige roman over het leven onder Stalin. Het boek werd in 1987 ten tijde van de glasnost onder Gorbatsjov gepubliceerd en was een sensatie. Het was het eerste van vier delen.
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In herinnering: sterfdag van Anatoli Rybakov (1911-1998), schrijver van o.m. “Kinderen van de Arbat”: geweldige roman over het leven onder Stalin. Het boek werd in 1987 ten tijde van de glasnost onder Gorbatsjov gepubliceerd en was een sensatie. Het was het eerste van vier delen.
Glasnost is the name he gave his farm/ Republic. Now a housing estate sits on it
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Glasnost is the name he gave his farm/ Republic. Now a housing estate sits on it
#UnDíaComoHoy 23/12/1986, la URSS libera al disidente Andrei Sájarov de su exilio interno en Gorki.
Premio Nobel de la Paz 1975, símbolo de la lucha por los derechos humanos.
Su liberación marcó el inicio de la "glasnost" (transparencia) de Gorbachov.
📅 #HistoriaURSS 🕊️
Premio Nobel de la Paz 1975, símbolo de la lucha por los derechos humanos.
Su liberación marcó el inicio de la "glasnost" (transparencia) de Gorbachov.
📅 #HistoriaURSS 🕊️
December 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#UnDíaComoHoy 23/12/1986, la URSS libera al disidente Andrei Sájarov de su exilio interno en Gorki.
Premio Nobel de la Paz 1975, símbolo de la lucha por los derechos humanos.
Su liberación marcó el inicio de la "glasnost" (transparencia) de Gorbachov.
📅 #HistoriaURSS 🕊️
Premio Nobel de la Paz 1975, símbolo de la lucha por los derechos humanos.
Su liberación marcó el inicio de la "glasnost" (transparencia) de Gorbachov.
📅 #HistoriaURSS 🕊️
Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) for funders only
December 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) for funders only