Tag: Soviet Union
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The 1980s Revisited: Early Hip Hop, Politics, Rebel Music and MTV
The decade that made us, 80s was full of surprises. It brought happiness with the start of the fall of the Soviet Union and the beginning of a new future under Reaganomics in the United States. Old Walls were brought down, AIDS became a new battle and while all these things happened, music subtly embraced…
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The Tashkent Mystery: Lal Bahadur Shastri’s Death and the Subhas Chandra Bose Angle
India, in the 1960s just 13 years into its independence was beamingly looking at its future-global partners and strategic allies that would help her hold its land against adversaries like China and Pakistan. Lal Bahadur Shastri took the top seat in the Parliament in 1965. He was a dynamic leader, having grown in the…
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The Cost of Lies: Why Chernobyl is the symbol of failed Soviet Union
“The official position of the state is that global nuclear catastrophe is not possible in the Soviet Union.” & “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid.” It is gripping, it shocks you, it makes you rethink the cost of living, but it just scratches the…
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