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The People’s Republic of Dwarfs
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The People’s Republic of Dwarfs

[...] Such were the absurd methods by which the Orange Alternative fought against communism in the 1980s. [...]
Zbigniew Libera
Picasso, Communism, and a Sheepskin Coat
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Picasso, Communism, and a Sheepskin Coat

[...] Eile was also a painter; they shared an almost compulsive interest in women and both flirted with communism [...]
Ewa Pawlik
You Weren’t Standing Here, Sir!
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You Weren’t Standing Here, Sir!

[...] Queues During COVID-19 and Communism [...]
Natalia Domagała
A New Year from an Old World
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A New Year from an Old World

[...] The ‘great helmsman of communism’ is becoming a grotesque and isolated figure. [...]
Ewa Pawlik
The Apostle of (Inner) Peace
Soul + Body

The Apostle of (Inner) Peace

[...] sealed his status as an anti-war poet – and, nomen omen, his condemnation, as he was branded a supporter of communism [...]
Paulina Wilk
Socialism in Cusco?
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Socialism in Cusco?

[...] A Marxist would probably refer to the Incan economy as “primitive communism,” if that Marxist was inclined [...]
Scotty Hendricks
The Man Behind Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan”
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The Man Behind Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan”

[...] for the communists. [...]
Michał Zabłocki
Beniowskian Poland
World + People

Beniowskian Poland

[...] The collapse of communism started a rapprochement between the countries. [...]
Adam Węgłowski
Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR
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Мастер Lem: How Stanisław Lem’s Sci-Fi Conquered the USSR

[...] from the Stars, a novel in which a cosmonaut returns to Earth after 100 years and there is no mention of communism [...]
Dariusz Kuźma
Flight to Nowhere
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Flight to Nowhere

[...] During communism, the district’s synagogues had been used as warehouses and workshops. [...]
Mat Schulz