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3 days ago by Pejman Yousefzadeh

Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the end–or at least, the beginning of the end–of the Cold War, it seems that some people are still having trouble processing the lessons of the epic struggle. Not surprisingly, perhaps, one of those people, Andrew O’Hehir, writes for Salon. ...

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5 days ago by Stephen Schleicher

Let’s return to the days of the cold war… Batman Confidential has had a lot of ups and downs for me. On the one hand the series gives DC a chance to tell origin stories about Batman and his villains, tech, and history, but on the other hand, DC canceled Legends of the Dark Knight (I [...]

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25 days ago by Ivan Aromix

The Trabant is a small wonderful car produced by former East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Sachsen. Once upon a time in East Germany, it was the most common car on the road. Despite being compact and light, the Trabant had a good seating space for 4 adults alon ...

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27 days ago by Skip Press

So here we are, America. It’s 222 years after the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when the basic policies of the United States of America were set in place in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. What were we given in 1787? That’s what a woman asked Benjamin Franklin as he left the bui ...

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36 days ago by Anna

Tomorrow is the glorious 4th of June, and that’s all we’ve been hearing about recently. Personally, I’m tired of it already, and it’s not even the 4th yet. Why tomorrow is so important, I hear you ask? It’s the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. I understand it’s an important anniversary, bu ...

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39 days ago by worldembassy

In 1989 Poland a Eastern European country which was part of the communist block gave Europe the biggest gift in history, in the Shipyards of Gdansk Poles started the fall of communism. A movement started by Shipyard workers spread all around the country, uniting the people against the communist regi ...

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62 days ago by Velikden

East Block Rock 20 years in the making, this documentary film from director Ilko Davidov and BulletProof Film, will tell the story of how rock music helped the fall of Communism in the Eastern Bloc. This site is designed to serve as a way for people from all over the world to communicate with the fi ...

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62 days ago by Velikden

East Block Rock 20 years in the making, this documentary film from director Ilko Davidov and BulletProof Film, will tell the story of how rock music helped the fall of Communism in the Eastern Bloc. This site is designed to serve as a way for people from all over the world to communicate with the fi ...

Rock Freedom - How ... - rockfreedom.com

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69 days ago by Doug

A Historic Snip In 1989 change swept across Europe. It's hard to believe that 20 years has passed since those amazing days when anything seemed possible. The reality didn't quite meet expectations, but back then the sense of hope and the smell of freedom in the air was intoxicating. A lot of events ...

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73 days ago by dezertrat

Regular readers of The Marginal may be interested in a ‘conversation’ taking place on one of our related sites, Fragmentary World. The subject of the conversation is “Walls - Shat are they good for?” We may pick up some of the themes this provocative question will undoubtedly unearth at a later date ...

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