How Did Communism Start In China? | The War That Changed The World | Timeline

 

The series follows the evolution of Mao Zedong’s rise to power, and in turn, how he created a new China. In 1972, Chairman Mao Zedong was not entirely joking when he asked Tanaka Kakuei, the visiting Japanese Prime Minister, whether he should thank him for the invasion – because it had changed the destiny of China.

Who was Karl Marx? | DW Documentary

 

Philosopher, historian and economist Karl Marx is a name that’s back on everyone's lips. The documentary explores the ongoing impact of his writings in Europe and China. How should we approach the legacy of someone who - like few others before or since - not only changed the world, but divided it as well?

GOP Nationalism Shows George Orwell Is More Relevant Than Ever (video)

"As we confront a rise in nationalism, he reminds us nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism," CNN correspondent John Avlon said.

In John Avlon's Reality Check segment, he talked about why George Orwell is more relevant than ever.

"For a guy who has been dead for nearly 70 years, George Orwell has never been hotter. The sales of his dystopian novel 1984 surged to the after President Trump's inauguration. With alternative facts and fake news, Orwell raises his head again. 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command.' Sound familiar?

What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.

That Time America Defeated "Communist" Japan

Who can forget Americas defeat of Communist Japan. Celebrated every year as of one the countries most important military victories equally important as its defeat of the Socialist Communist Empire of Nauru. These victories will live on in the annals of American history for all time. 

It takes a special kind of ignorance to say live on air that America defeated Communist Japan which never existed.  Granted this bit of rhetorical nonsense imitated from Ainsely Earhart one of not to bright hosts of Fox and Friends.


On Fox & Friends on Thursday morning, Ainsley Earhardt proudly recalled the United States defeating “communist Japan.” She was responding to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who said Wednesday that America “was never that great.” In her patriotic fervor, she fudged some of the details in a passionate defense of the nation: “We defeated communist Japan, radical Islamists... We’re the most generous country in all of the world. Yes, we have our faults, but because of this country our world is definitely a better place. We are great.” One of those faults might be knowledge of history: Japan has never been a communist country.


America defeated Imperial Japan, thus ending that countries hegemonic ambitions and World War II. Yes, Japan does have a Communist party. Japan was never a communist country. 

Remembering Chairman Mao Zedong

How is today’s China different from Mao's communist vision?

Mao Zedong has been credited with laying the foundation for communist China.

Fourty years after his death, he remains a powerful symbol with a controversial legacy.

Some hail him as a hero, while others denounce him as a tyrant.

His policies are blamed for causing chaos, famine and mass murder.

But some of his supporters say life back then was better.

They argue China has veered off the communist path laid by Mao and blame capitalism for social inequalities, poverty and corruption.

"The Look of Silence": Will New Film Force U.S. to Acknowledge Role in 1965 Indonesian Genocide?

October 1 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 1965 genocide in Indonesia that left over one million people dead. Human rights groups are circulating petitions calling for the U.S. government to acknowledge its role in the genocide and to release CIA, military and other governmental records related to the mass killings. The United States provided the Indonesian army with financial, military and intelligence support at the time of the mass killings. Today we look at the pursuit of one Indonesian man confronting his brother’s killers. In 1965, Adi Rukun’s older brother was killed by the Komando Aksi, a paramilitary organization in Aceh. Adi Rukun’s pursuit is the focus on Joshua Oppenheimer’s new documentary, "The Look of Silence." In 2012, Oppenheimer released a companion film titled "The Act of Killing," in which he interviewed the Indonesian death squad leaders and worked with them to re-enact the real-life killings. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.