Leninism

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Recent Examples of Leninism The kindergarten Leninism espoused by the DSA’s current leadership does not. Harper's Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
  • Even philosophies of meaning (Marxism, nationalism, utilitarianism) took on a mechanistic bent.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • As young men and women embrace faith — along with folk songs, traditional dress and ancient tea ceremonies — some experts see it as a movement back to forms of Vietnamese identity that preceded Marxism and war.
    Damien Cave, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Medieval threat to democracy The rhetoric of absolving Stalinism goes hand in hand with popularizing the state’s version of the Russian Middle Ages through public media channels.
    Dina Khapaeva, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This critique involved not just intellectuals on the left, but also famous American realists who played a key part in rallying U.S. liberal opinion to resist Nazism and Stalinism.
    Anatol Lieven, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

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