anticommunism
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The Year in Retro Commie Chic
The phrase “retro commie chic” was likely coined by Glenn Collins of the New York Times. Collins’ article about Greenwich Village’s K.G.B. Bar appeared in 1998; in the years since, the place has become a literary hub. According to a dining guide put out by New York magazine, “Today, the red menace congregates here—if graduate-level…
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“There Are Intellectuals Who Say Anticommunism Is Somehow Uncool.”
A book has just been published by the University Press of Kentucky on The Lives of Others, the landmark drama about the East German secret police. This Oscar-winning movie from 2006, mentioned previously on the site, is examined from just about every angle in Totalitarianism on Screen: The Art and Politics of “The Lives of Others” edited…