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Revolutionary conservationism
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Revolutionary conservationism

The essence of revolutionary conservationism is to declare one or several types of struggle against ...

How to change power in an authoritarian state
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How to change power in an authoritarian state

An authoritarian system is extremely difficult to break, and it is extremely difficult to change ...

Social democrats and equality
Social democrats and equality

From the motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”, which was first voiced in Maximilien Robespierre’s speech on ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Monopolies do not arise in a free market”
“Monopolies do not arise in a free market”

Libertarians and other proponents of state non-interference claim that a free market does not tend ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

How Stalin created the nomenklatura
How Stalin created the nomenklatura

The layer of government officials is quite ancient and universally widespread, yet it plays a ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

The dangers of geographic determinism
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The dangers of geographic determinism

We often hear the thesis from conservatives that Russia has a terrible climate, and for ...

Economic systems and formations
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Economic systems and formations

The attitude toward the economy is one of the factors that divide political movements and ...

Social democrats and private property
Social democrats and private property

One of the key divergences between social democrats and Marxists is the issue of private ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Tolerance and social democracy
Tolerance and social democracy

Let us first consider what the term “tolerance” means in its dictionary sense. Efremova’s Explanatory ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Social democratic parties of the world
Social democratic parties of the world

In this article, we will highlight the strongest and most influential social democratic parties of ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Why some countries are rich and others poor
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Why some countries are rich and others poor

How can economic growth and competitiveness be ensured to improve the material well-being of citizens ...

National policy of social democrats
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National policy of social democrats

In the relevant articles, we have already analyzed why racism, Nazism, patriotism, nationalism, and fascism ...

How to achieve economic growth
How to achieve economic growth

The well-known researcher Erik Reinert, in his economic bestseller “How Rich Countries Got Rich… and ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Stalin and antisemitism
Stalin and antisemitism

Accusing Joseph Stalin of antisemitism is a rather serious matter, because if he was an ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”
Anti-Westernism in Russia: “enemies everywhere”

Anti-Western rhetoric became entrenched in Russia in the middle of the 19th century during the ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”
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“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”

Russian society has grown so desperate from witnessing rampant corruption that it instinctively, subconsciously desires ...

Populism or principles?
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Populism or principles?

Quite unexpectedly, a serious issue for the Russian left has become the question of whether ...

“Smearing one’s own history”
“Smearing one’s own history”

A convenient trick of political propaganda is the accusation of “smearing history” (also known as ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Why power turnover is needed
Why power turnover is needed

The most important requirement for any democratic society is ensuring the regular turnover of political ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Slandered Stalin”
“Slandered Stalin”

If we take several books from the vast body of journalistic literature that satisfies public ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov