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A Stalinist apologises

Posted on 14th January 2023 by Richard Donnelly

A review of I Saw Democracy Murdered: The Memoir of Sam Russell, Journalist, Colin Chambers and Sam Russell (Routledge, 2022), £34.99 On 14 September 1937, the Daily Worker published an article in which Frank Frankford, a renegade member of the… Continue Reading →

Stalinism’s long shadow

Posted on 10th January 2022 by Richard Donnelly

Some 30 years ago, the red flag was lowered over the Kremlin for the last time as the Soviet Union collapsed on 25 December 1991.1 Yet, although that Stalinist regime is dead, Stalinism continues to cast a long shadow on… Continue Reading →