Totalitarianism

"If you believe that the founder of our state was such a tyrant, then you could believe that modern Russia is, as the West says, a stronghold of totalitarianism." The film's director, Pavel Lungin, has countered by saying he only showed a...

In this article: Ivan the Terrible, Russia, God, and Dmitry Medvedev

...production, distribution, sale or possession . . . in print, recordings or other means of fascist, communist or other symbols of totalitarianism". The revised bill has already passed the Polish Senate. President Lech Kaczynski has to...

In this article: Communism, Che Guevara, Lech Walesa, Nazism, Lech Kaczynski, Warsaw, Poland, and Solidarity

...restored democracy, as stated by the ambassador, he neglected to mention that these problems can be traced directly to the 45 years of totalitarianism imposed on Hungary during the Cold War. He could have pointed out that the strong democratic...

In this article: Hungary, Democracy, The Washington Times, Rome, and Slovakia

...his talk to a capacity audience of 600. It was a victory for free expression and a defeat, however small, for the forces of totalitarianism. Those who do not understand this history - and the shameful way our institutions of higher...

In this article: Ernst Toller, Islam, Nazism, Stephen H. Norwood, Queens College, and University of Oklahoma

...executions continue. I believe these moves are signs of desperation in the coup regime. But we will see on December 7 if the Green Movement can still command the people. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Totalitarian Texting'

In this article: Green Movement and Totalitarian

...popularity in recent years. Controversial in his time, he is feted today for his humanist ideals and warnings of the dangers of totalitarianism. The literary knives have been out for Mr Sarkozy since an MP loyal to him said that the...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Albert Camus, Paris, Le Monde, and Alain Finkielkraut

...a warped theocratic and self-serving world view. There is a lesson in Maziar's courage. It is a perennial one: that speaking truth to totalitarians is crucial if freedom is to prevail against regimes that depend on repression and terror to...

In this article: Iran, Newsweek, Barack Obama, Irrationality, Hamas, Hizbullah, United States, Israel, and Asia

...stress," he thought to himself, "yet as the whole purpose of this book is to framework the ruthless deterministic inevitability of a totalitarian regime then you will see there is no cause for anxiety when you know you will be shot on page...

In this article: Relativism, Authoritarianism, Arthur Koestler, Democracy, Duplicity, and Suicide

...Down?" by Tom Hall. Here's Wayne's comment: Once more on the nail head and to the heart of the matter, Tom! We must decry and eschew totalitarian thinking and behavior in politics, religion, art and social interaction. The Reds are a...

In this article: Tom Hall, Totalitarian, The Reds, and UK

Two Qantas pilots have been suspended after they came close to landing a Boeing 767 at Sydney Airport without lowering its wheels, which was rather forgetful of them. But in the absent-minded department they were not alone, with reports...

In this article: Ronald Reagan, Kevin Rudd, Democracy, Consent of the governed, Communism, Carbon, Boeing 767, and Malaise