10 Terrifying Facts about the East German Secret Police
January 29, 2020 – Laura Williams …… The Stasi’s sole function was to keep the Communist Party in power. They didn’t care how. Continue reading →
Rebellion Is in Fashion: Ersatz Couture and Avant-Garde Design in East Berlin
January 20, 2020 – Laura Williams …… The raucous, rebellious beauty of illegal fashions fed East Germans’ need for creativity and individuality under a government that controlled every aspect of life. Continue reading →
10 “Subversive” Jokes That Could’ve Landed You in an East German Prison
January 16, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Here are 10 jokes that were popular in East Germany, but were almost certainly too hot (or just too honest) for the Stasi. Continue reading →
State Capitalism? No, The Private Sector Remains the Driver of China’s Economic Growth
December 31, 2019 – Dr. Rainer Zitelmann …… In truth, China is a mixed system that combines capitalism and socialism — just like every other country in the world. Continue reading →
About That Che T-Shirt
December 19, 2019 – Lawrence W. Reed …… Think twice about adding a Che Guevara T-shirt to your Christmas giving this year. Continue reading →
How the Soviets Replaced Christmas with a Socialist Winter Holiday
December 13, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Father Frost (the Soviet Santa Claus) asks: “To whom do we owe all the good things in our socialist society?,” to which, it is said, the children chorus the reply, “Stalin.” Continue reading →
The Berlin Wall Reminds Us of What Happens After We “Smash Capitalism”
November 19, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… It’s not necessary to completely destroy capitalism to impoverish us irrevocably. The further a regime moves in the direction of the “egalitarian” states of the old communist world, the worse the impoverishment will be. Continue reading →
Africa’s Socialism Is Keeping It Poor
November 15, 2019 – Germinal G. Van …… Socialism was sold to Africans as the antidote to the legacy of colonial occupiers. But it was the African countries that most resisted socialism that experienced the greatest gains in standards of living. Continue reading →
Why Socialism Is the Failed Idea That Never Dies
November 3, 2019 – Dr. Rainer Zitelmann …… Kristian Niemietz’s book, “Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies,” is an incredible book and should be compulsory reading at schools and universities, where today the song sung by anti-capitalists reigns supreme. Continue reading →
The World’s Least-Free Countries Reveal Just How Much “Socialism Sucks”
October 14, 2019 – David Gordon …… When socialists held up Venezuela as a great socialist experiment in the 2000s, the message was, ‘See, we told you so; socialism works!’ but when failure happened, the message changed to, ‘No, wait — that’s not real socialism!’ Continue reading →