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Russia: TV archive unlocks myth of revolution
Scotsman.com ^
| 15 Apr 2004
| TIM CORNWELL
Posted on 04/18/2004 4:56:03 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe; Cincinatus' Wife; Dr. Marten; tallhappy
bump
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posted on
04/18/2004 4:57:57 PM PDT
by
risk
To: Tailgunner Joe
Maybe Ken Burns will produce it.
Not.
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posted on
04/18/2004 4:59:28 PM PDT
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
To: js1138
Maybe Ken Burns will produce it.Maybe he'll post the whole article.
Not.
FMCDH
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:11:02 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
To: Tailgunner Joe
Lenin was every bit as blood thirsty as Stalin,
but perhaps not quite as ruthless and cunning, much to his
regret. His wife saw where Stalin was going but by then
Lenin was in no condition to do much about it.
As I remember he tried but on his death Stalin took all
his papers and that was the last of that.
Do they have a Ft. Marcy park in Moscow?
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:23:13 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Tailgunner Joe
ping for later
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:23:59 PM PDT
by
scan59
To: Tailgunner Joe
People tend to believe that Lenin was this cuddly guy and Stalin made it all bad. Anyone who has read Solzhenitsyn knows better.
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:28:02 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building! Able to leap tall bullets in a single bound!)
To: tet68
Yes. Lenin apparently left a will that Stalin suppressed. One or more Robert Conquest books [The Great Terror, Harvest of Sorrow] mention this.
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:30:42 PM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building! Able to leap tall bullets in a single bound!)
To: Tailgunner Joe
I grew up listening to my grandfather's stories of the Russian revolution. They came in took everything the poor had while cheering "It's for the people." (As opposed to todays Marxist cheer "It's for the children".)Anyone who voiced any objection to having all his food and livestock taken was slaughtered on the spot.
I'm left wondering if the makers of this documentary are believers in Marx' doctine and just feel that the Russians just didn't implement it correctly.
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posted on
04/18/2004 5:40:52 PM PDT
by
lizma
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:02:24 PM PDT
by
risk
To: Tailgunner Joe
BUMP
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:02:41 PM PDT
by
eleni121
(Preempt and Prevent---then Destroy)
To: lizma; Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:05:50 PM PDT
by
risk
To: risk
That's a good film. I bought it and have watched it a couple of times. It's hard to take at the end. Never had anyone to discuss it with, and am not sure I understood all of it.
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:16:32 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: Aliska
I see it is available on e-bay. I may bid on a copy. I will contact you after I view it, if I am successful.
To: The_Media_never_lie
amazon.com has 20 new and used vhs from $8. That's a good price. Some slightly more up to quite a lot. buy.com has it on dvd for $25 something.
Maybe you can just rent it. Will look forward to hearing what you thought about it.
I need to track down Oblomov. I love Russian films. I also have Siberiade.
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:39:45 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: Aliska
The story is finally coming out. Will we see this on PBS?
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:49:28 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Ciexyz
I have seen a lot of very damning stuff on Saddam on PBS. So I won't rule this out.
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posted on
04/18/2004 6:56:46 PM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(America's Enemies foreign and domestic RATmedia agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
To: Ciexyz
You mean the true background of the Russian Revolution? Or are you talking about Burnt by the Sun?
The revolution was a horror orchestrated by a small minority which, playing on societal discontent, amassed more power as it gathered momentum. It sounds somewhat like America today, the politics of hate and discontent, being played out before our eyes. A similar thing, actually an even worse thing, could happen here if the checks and balances give out. The groundwork has been carefully laid.
I don't know where things are going to be truthful.
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posted on
04/18/2004 7:02:31 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: tet68
Do they have a Ft. Marcy park in Moscow? I don't know. But I bet Hillery was there, in a "prior life".
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posted on
04/18/2004 7:39:42 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
To: js1138; risk
Maybe Ken Burns will produce it. That mad me laugh.
Thanks for the ping, risk.
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posted on
04/18/2004 8:05:50 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
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