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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime”.)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

The European Situation – 1
Norway Rejects German Protest Over Flint Action – 1-2
Merchant Ships Sunk in War – 2
Jews Said to Face Famine in Poland – 3
Incidents in European Conflict – 3
Victory in America is Communist Goal Fixed by Browder – 4-5
New Work Speeding is Hailed in Russia – 5
Allied Convoys From America Are Planned; Churchill Arranges War Supply With French – 6
Nazi ‘Grievance’ Aim at Norway is Hinted – 6
Japanese Doubt Our Law Will Cut Their Munitions – 6
Finns’ Final Stand Awaited by Soviet – 7

browder seems to have published a second communist manifesto in 1939. i coudnt find it on google, but it would be interesting to check it. the original, going back to 1848 when it was written has some interesting parallels for today: 10 Conditions For Transition To Communism
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.

10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.

Not a whole lot has changed for those opposed to democracy, has it?