NATO Pt. 1: An Anti-Imperialist Introduction w/ Elina Xenophontos

https://www.patreon.com/posts/nato-pt-1-anti-w-132803642

#communism #coldwar #war #education #democracy #russia #soviet #blackmastodon

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

Pretty telling isn't it when #fascism in #easternEurope was dying, & the #war was coming to a close, the eastern #Europeans chose #communist #revolution over liberalism.

Why? They had already had #liberalism & it sucked the first time. Then it was forced on them again after the #ColdWar ended.

From someone who was blessed enough to see on television the #ColdWar, the #GulfWar, the invasion of #Iraq (with Saddam Hussein hanged in #Baghdad to mark a job well done, take note, #Khamenei), #911, the #Afghanistan campaign, more intifadas and Gaza wars than one could possibly remember, and all kinds of raghead dictators firing AK-47s in the air for the cheer of their loyal supporters, here's how all of this is going to play out unless #Iran backs down: the #USA is going to go in there, they're going to be kicking in doors in #Tehran by the time you can say mid-term elections, and for the next 25 years they'll be there trying to have free elections and make decent people out of religious fanatics who they end up calling the Iranian Police Force.

Communists: How They Exploited Children's Trust
We explore how communists weaponized children, fostering distrust between them and their parents, with devastating consequences. This is a cautionary tale about manipulation and control. #Communism #History #Propaganda #PoliticalHistory #ColdWar #Parenting #SocialControl #Manipulation #Education #Ideology

June 20, 2025 at 10:40PM

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Communists Exploited Children: A Dark History
We explore the disturbing tactics used by communists to divide families and undermine trust. This historical analysis reveals the manipulation of children for ideological control and power. #Communism #History #PoliticalAnalysis #Ideology #SocialControl #ParentChild #HistoricalFacts #ColdWar #Propaganda #Documentary

June 20, 2025 at 09:27PM

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Global Hibakusha Blog Post:

Online Lecture: The Pacific as a Fallout Sink in the Cold War

Wed June 11 18:00 PDT

Details!

@sts @histodons #nuclear #ColdWar #Pacific

https://globalhibakusha.com/page/page-2/?permalink=online-lecture-the-pacific-as-a-fallout-sink-in-the-cold-war

Webpage in #Japanese and English

“Japanese Translation of Global Hibakusha by Robert A. Jacobs”

#translation #Japan #Hiroshima #hibakusha #ColdWar @histodons @sts #HPI

https://www.peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/web_essay/web-essay-in-june2025/

Join my lecture to the Atomic Photographers Guild online.

“The Pacific As A Fallout Sink In The Cold War”

"In ‘The Pacific,’ Bo explores how multiple nuclear weapon states used the Pacific Ocean as a fallout sink. Aware of the massive radioactive clouds yielded by thermonuclear weapons, the three NATO nuclear powers all chose to conduct their tests on Pacific atolls and islands. Rhetorically framed as an empty space, the Pacific Ocean would be utilized as a sink to absorb vast clouds of fallout particles. In this talk, Bo examines the where, what, and why of this history.”

June 11 (Wed) at 6 pm PDT. Register at link below.

@sts @histodons #nuclear #ColdWar

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Atomic-Photographers-Guild-Speaker-Series--Bo-Jacobs.html?soid=1142112171096&aid=RJwrOE2e1XM

“Ownership Struggle: Refusenik DPs”
Susan Pedersen on “Lost Souls: Soviet #DisplacedPersons and the Birth of the #ColdWar” by Sheila Fitzpatrick, LRB 5.6.2025
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n10/susan-pedersen/ownership-struggle

@histodons @historikerinnen

"A Former ‘Star Wars’ Engineer Weighs In on the ‘Golden Dome’"

"in 1993 a New York Times reporter revealed that the army had staged a 1984 missile defense test by planting a remote-controlled explosive on the target missile so that it would blow up whether or not the interceptor actually hit it"

#ColdWar #MissileDefense #GoldenDome @histodons @sts

https://inkstickmedia.com/a-former-star-wars-engineer-weighs-in-on-the-golden-dome/

#ThrowBackThursday

3 Of The Somewhat Numerous Engines On A B-36 Cold War Era Aircraft

Today in Labor History May 20, 1956: In Operation Redwing, the U.S. dropped the first airborne hydrogen bomb over the Bikini Atoll. From May to July, the U.S. detonated 17 nuclear devices in the Bikini and Enewetak atolls. They tested both thermonuclear and fission weapons. They cynically named each of the tests after a different Native American tribe, and then, in the following years, went on to devastate indigenous lands within the U.S. mainland through nuclear mining, testing and waste storage.

Between 1946 and 1958, the U.S. detonated 67 nuclear devices in the Marshall Islands. According to anthropologist Holly Barker, it was the equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima-sized bombs dropped on the islands every day for 12 years. As a result of these tests, the U.S. completely vaporized three of the Bikini Islands and polluted huge swaths of water and land, poisoning countless indigenous people there. Many starved to death because they were relocated to places that couldn’t produce enough food. Each resident now receives a paltry $550 annually from the U.S. government to cover medical treatment related to radiation poisoning.

https://youtu.be/DtPKBngQcEQ?si=lyLhi-M5l8h0ff7H

During the Cold War, the US government tried to stop the export of strong cryptography, Classifying strong encryption algorithms as "arms".

This video will (briefly) delve into the history behind this event, how software (mainly Phil Zimmerman & PGP) fought the government & won.

We need to KEEP fighting, and not let oppressive governments, restrict the use of Encryption.

New instance, new #introduction post. I'm an author of #MilitaryHistory and #TTRPG books, and I'm a #BoardGame player.

Most of my posts are likely to be about the #SecondWorldWar, the #ColdWar, and #RPGs.

I'm #ActuallyAutistic and #NonBinary, so might post or boost posts about those topics.

If you would like to get my blog posts direct to your feed, you can do so by following @Russell@russellphillips.uk.

Radio Apocalypse: Meteor Burst Communications - The world’s militaries have always been at the forefront of communications technol... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/12/radio-apocalypse-meteor-burst-communications/ #propagation #radiohacks #ionosphere #featured #interest #history #coldwar #meteor #burst #radio #ion