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Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause

Vasilii Grossman’s Just Cause Frank Ellis celebrates a defeat for censorship  Green eyes cut the heart without a knife (Vasilii Grossman) I. Introduction:  For a Just Cause or Stalingrad? Outside the circle of people who concern themselves with Grossman’s work … Continue reading

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Canada, Matrix of Modernity

Canada, Matrix of Modernity  On the Sesquicentennial of Canadian Confederation, Mark Wegierski considers the emergence of the “managerial-therapeutic regime” The Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary) of Canadian Confederation is being celebrated in 2017 (July 1). Nevertheless, it is clear that Canada today … Continue reading

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Evil in the east – communism’s European legacy

Evil in the east – communism’s European legacy FRANK ELLIS finds much to admire in a survey of postwar communist totalitarianism Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 Anne Applebaum, Allen Lane, London, 2012, xxxix + pp.498, maps, photos, … Continue reading

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