One consequence of aversion to teaching Eastern European/Soviet history is gross misunderstanding of who is and was "communist" @JAMyerson
One reason we need communists is to advocate communism and make the liberal proposals I wrote about yesterday look as moderate as they are.
9:23 AM - 4 Jan 2014
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@sarahkendzior@JAMyerson This despite deeply intertwined history, even w/ most brutal of communists0 retweets 0 likes - View other replies
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@DavidAstinWalsh@sarahkendzior (I consider myself a democratic communist, if you can make meaning of that.)0 retweets 0 likes - View other replies
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@JAMyerson@sarahkendzior I've been reading through Tony Judt's "Postwar," and he does a good job grappling w/ this.0 retweets 1 like -
@DavidAstinWalsh@sarahkendzior Been on my To Read list since it dropped. I *will* do it one of these days.0 retweets 1 like
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