How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
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Nikita Khrushchev’s Son Watched his Father Lose the Space Race. 50 Years After the Moon Landing, He Holds No Grudge
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‘Putin can’t end war if he’s not a winner’ – international relations expert
Matt Frei: Do you think that Vladimir Putin, given this olive branch from the Trump White House, actually wants to end the war at the moment, or do you think he’s on a roll and wants to continue?
The purge has begun (in case no one has noticed)
Some of the early actions of the new Trump administration are very ominous.
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Three Years After "We Will Bury You," Nikita Khrushchev Tours America
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California. The Gory Origins of Valentine's Day (02:50) National Treasure ...
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Donald Trump joins exclusive club enjoyed by Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev and Khomeini
Notorious leaders who won the recognition once include former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, former Soviet Union Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev and former Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini.
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Director: Our World’s Problems Go Well Beyond Trump and the Republicans
Grimonprez is his own eclectic mix. A cultural theorist preoccupied with mass media and fear; a fast-talking professorial ...
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Three Years After "We Will Bury You," Nikita Khrushchev Tours America
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Nikita-in-Hollywood.html As part of a diplomatic mission, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled ...