http://dir.salon.com/topics/lenin/?source=rss&aim=lenin en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) By Michael Lind Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/social_security/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/12/social_security/index.html?source=rss You are about to be hit by another wave of disinformation about how Social Security is going broke and needs reforming (meaning, your benefits must be cut). It's not true. By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/19/republicans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/10/19/republicans/index.html?source=rss The succession of scandals among GOP lawmakers is shattering the remaining shards of the Republican "revolution." By Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/11/03/vanguard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/11/03/vanguard/index.html?source=rss A prisoner of the neocons, the president hunkers down, awaiting the outcome of the Libby indictment. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/05/05/stalin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/05/05/stalin/index.html?source=rss The best biography yet of Joseph Stalin traces his life from abused child to murderous dictator -- and forces us to ask whether he could have taken a different path. By Eugene Finerman Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/31/blunders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/03/31/blunders/index.html?source=rss In commemoration of April Fools' Eve, we celebrate the Seven Blunderers of the World. By Jeffrey Tayler Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/01/russia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/12/01/russia/index.html?source=rss In a lonely tower above the mean streets of Krasnoyarsk, a wanderer encounters the fervent heart of Russia's abiding faith. By Jock O'Connell Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/18/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/18/clarence_thomas/index.html?source=rss Long ago His Honor paid 10 bucks for a Bolshevik broadsheet. I wonder where it's hanging now. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/10/cybercommunism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/10/cybercommunism/index.html?source=rss Are free-software hackers undermining capitalism and the free-market economy with their code giveaways? By Jonathon Keats Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/07/02/epitaphs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/07/02/epitaphs/index.html?source=rss The strange story of Lenin's embalmers and a collection of cheeky epitaphs suggest that the Reaper may not be so grim after all. By Orville Schell Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/08/china/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/08/china/index.html?source=rss The recent eruption of anti-Americanism in China reflects a deep-seated historical identity as "victim" that is holding back its emergence as a major power.