>> you mentioned earlier the soviet union. many cases of democratization, including soviet union had frustrater that precipitated the , meeting of the security councl i'm happy to welcome the new members -- we look forward to their participation in the work of the council. their experience and wisdom will with invaluable assistance

programme she felt communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and therefore didn't actually fail but the story whipped up a storm of debate over how universities are luring students to the left with one professor repeatedly quoted saying she's downplaying the crimes of stalin well we spoke to her also. i think it's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately you know talk about the deaths under the save even but i think this is you know very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by some group of people in the media is owned by a billionaire. have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines general opinion of the british population it's not surprising the story was seized upon it seems red alerts are bringing well flashing in the british media more as of late much was made of the prime mi

most emulated and more hostile to the soviet union. then comes the cold war and the situation changes. where would we put the start of the war? the discussion is there. but it is interesting that, at the center of the cold war from its start, it's very beginning is what at that point was known as eastern europe. and it is eastern europe where the fact go, the soviet fear of domination, dominance, for whatever it is, is recognized. and also in central europe, with the cold war and's, where it goes to the centrality of eastern europe or a central .urope now is the redefinition of what eastern europe is. this emergence of -- we see a lot of history repeating itself. let me elaborate on that in terms of repeating, history repeating itself, and then point to differences that we have today. the first is between stalin and poutin. anothert see soviet/russian leader that would accumulate as much influence and quite independent from institutions and bodies like politburo or whatever. it is someone who can really make decisions on his own with v

i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union as it is all around the world this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather, a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. that's true in america too. at this time of year, americans travel across the country in their cars or by airplane to be

that's longer than the soviet union existed. but markets can be fickle and in russia politics has spelled the downfall of many a successful company. so could kirovsk survive without phosagro? on the other side of russia, vladimir has already had to come to terms with the unimaginable. all around him, every day, he's seen the ruins of the old soviet world he and his family worked forfor decades to build. this weekend's brought us some mild weather with more to come during sunday. as so often at this time of year, the price we pay for mild weather is cloudy weather. the cloud will keep coming in from the west on sunday. the clouds are stuck in the west of the airflow where we'll have this weather front unable to move very far. colder to the south where we have all of the cloud. if we get lucky and the cloud breaks out, we could get to 1a or 15 where the sunshine is around. the weather front pushes south. the cold front appears then colder weather will work its way in. during monday, along the frontal band, outbreaks of heavy rain.

i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union as it is all around the world this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather, a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. that's true in america too. at this time of year, americans travel across the country in their cars or by airplane to be together with their families. many americans of course came to the united states from other countries. and at this time of year, they look forward to hosting friends and family from their homelands. most of us celebrate christmas or hanukkah and as part of those celebrations, we go to church or synagogue, then gather around the family dinner table. after giving thanks for our blessings, we share a traditional holiday meal of goose, turkey, or roast beef and exchange gifts. on new year's eve, we gather again. and like you, we raise our glasses in a toast to the year to come. for the hopes for ourselves, for our families and yes, for our nation and the world. this year, future of the nation

programme she felt communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and so didn't i she failed the story whipped up a storm of debate over how universities all you're in students to the left one repeatedly quoted professor says he's downplaying the crimes of stalin well r.t. spoke to her about the media storm. kit's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately talk about the deaths under the savior but i think this is very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by a certain group of people in the media is owned by a billionaire class have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines general opinion or the british book. and it seems red alerts have been flashing a few times recently in the british media much was made of the prime minister wearing a bracelet featuring frida kahlo a communist k

i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union , as it is all around the world, this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather , a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. that is true in america, too. at this time of year americans , traveled across the country in their cars, by train, or by airplane to be together with their families. many americans came to the united states from other countries, and at this time of year, they look forward to hosting friends and family from their homelands. most of us celebrate christmas or hanukkah, and as part of the celebrations, we go to church or synagogue, then gather around the family dinner table. after giving thanks for our blessings, we share a traditional holiday meal of goose, turkey, or roast beef and exchange gifts. on new year's eve, we gather again. like you, we raise our glasses in a toast to the year to come. in hopes for ourselves, for our families, and for our nation and the world. this year, the future of the nation

that's longer than the soviet union existed. but markets can be fickle and in russia politics has spelled the downfall of many a successful company. so could kirovsk survive without phosagro? on the other side of russia, vladimir has already had to come to terms with the unimaginable. all around him, every day, he's seen the ruins of the old soviet world he and his family worked forfor decades to build. hello there. we have had some very mild there across the british isles over the last couple of days. in fact, you might go so far as to say the weekend felt quite springlike in places, particularly where you got to seize some sunday sunshine. temperatures across eastern england we re temperatures across eastern england were close to 15 degrees. but that trend will not continue into the week ahead. the mild there will be replaced by cold air from the north—west. behind this cold front sinking southwards and eastwards as we start the new working week. head of the frontal system, still mild and windy as well. i'll start to the sou

that's longer than the soviet union existed. but markets can be fickle and in russia politics has spelled the downfall of many a successful company. so could kirovsk survive without phosagro? on the other side of russia, vladimir has already had to come to terms with the unimaginable. all around him, every day, he's seen the ruins of the old soviet world he and his family worked forfor decades to build. hello again, good morning. yesterday, we had some rain for a time, then we saw the cloud thinning, but we're going to see the cloud thickening up again, and more rain returning across northern parts of the uk on that weather front. that area of low pressure to the north, though, for a while has been bringing some very windy weather across northern scotland, the winds easing by the morning, and we'll have mild air all the way from southern parts of the mid—atlantic heading our way. this is tropical, maritime air, and it means a lot of cloud. across scotland, some rain. it won't be as windy by the morning across northern scotland

presence is needed to balance the competing , north korea,hina formally of the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americans could be gone. there is that tension of meeting -- meeting -- needing the americans but not necessarily wanting them. >> you said it is impossible as long as the kim regime is in power. give us a history of the kim regime. >> the first leader is kim il-sung who was a guerrilla fighter against the japanese. he was an officer in the red army, he was brought into north korea by the soviet union to establish him as a puppet leader. when they did that, they were probably thinking they could exert more influence on him than they could. in fact, kim il-sung maintained an independent line, both from the soviet union and from the chinese communist party. after he consolidated power in north korea. he ruled north korea until the early 90's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death i believe in -- with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. >> when you're watching news

was, they would have a joint occupation between the united states and soviet union which would result in a unified state. the division became permanent, and it is no doubt whose idea it was originally. the reason this matters so much as the koreans have never seen themselves as one people, one race. they would very much like to be reunified. especially the older generation of koreans who still have families in the north and who have not spoken for decades. this matters because in many ways, koreans hold the u.s. responsible for that decision. there is a latent stream of anti-americanism running through korean society that does not always manifest itself. they could manifest itself in very strong ways under the right circumstance. >> the perplexing thing about them seeing themselves as one nation, is they have two very different governing systems. how is that rectified? >> how would a rectify itself? >> if you look at the situation and deprivation of people have an north korea versus the south, how does that all fit? >> it all fits by looking backwards. the koreans like to claim that t

he was an officer in the red army, he was brought into north korea by the soviet union to establish him as a puppet leader. they weredid that, probably thinking they could exert more influence on him than they could. maintainedm il-sung an independent line, both from the soviet union and from the chinese communist party. after he consolidated power in north korea. theolled north korea until early 90's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death i believe in -- with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. when you're watching news reports and other ways you get information on kim jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with his predecessors, the father and grandfather? >> it is a bit hard to tell. it is still a bit early. to credit a lot of the news reports that come out of north korea. it is opaque, what goes on. there are tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. it is true that he has definitely purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. that his stylely of lea

he called the soviet union evil empire. it was the best data we had in prison when we read in the soviet newspaper that the american president called the soviet union and evil empire. so i don't know much about his previous life. and other aspects of his presidency. but his integrity and approach .o traditional relations >> now the wailing wall. now for something simple. jewish agency for those who after has special method of connecting israel with jewish communities and three and a half million jews came to israel from all over the world. through a jewish agency. when i came to the jewish agency i made a shift which was made long ago in the jewish world but to institutions are always changing. i made a shift from making a special emphasis to building of bridges between jewish communities. very good and important things that we are doing. became especially -- we are the only our board of governors is the only form that i know where representatives of the government representatives of the opposition and the leaders of jewish

programme that communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and therefore it did not fail well we spoke to her selves and she believes academics are talking communism must simply missing the point. i think it's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately you know talk about the death under the savior but i think this is you know very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by some group of people in the major is owned by a billionaire class have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines general opinion of the british population it's not just a story but the british media to developing something of a red mentality as of late much was made of the prime minister wearing about bracelet featuring frida kahlo a communist known for concerns about the poor elsewhere a buzz feed science editor

of course much of the west identifies communism in the soviet union and the like hard left or extreme left as pretty much different aspects of the same thing in the one nine hundred fifty s. when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream foreign policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical realities. twitter has started sending emails to those who might have followed it retreat or liked suspected russian propaganda accounts during the u.s. presidential campaign which are estimates almost seven hundred thousand uses for into that category it is message to those uses the social media platform urge them to learn more about the nature of the russian propaganda efforts one of those contacted by two is here is political comedian tim young he told us that liking or retreating shouldn't be considered as propaganda. well i thought it was very intere

of course much of the west identifies communism in the soviet union and the like hard left or extreme left as pretty much different aspects of the same thing in the one nine hundred fifty s. when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream foreign policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical realities. twitter has started sending emails to those who might have followed it retreated or lying to suspected russian propaganda accounts during the u.s. presidential campaign twitter estimates almost seven hundred thousand users fall into that category where its message to those uses the social media platform urge them to learn more about the nature of the russian propaganda effort one of those contacted by twitter is political comedian tim young and he told us that liking or retreating shouldn't be considered as propaganda. well i thought it was ver

going into eastern europe with the fall of the soviet union. the second perspective is more along the line of frank's, often called the defense of realism, which is the idea that, well, you have to be moderate and cautious in power politics because you might scare the other or revoke their emotions and make them upset or humiliated or angry at you. so the idea is cautioned. don't go into power vacuums because you might create a security dilemma spiral. then there is a third perspective which is that, well, yes, power perspectives are right, but you have to worry about future power if you are in decline or if there is a problem of seeing the rise of, say, stalin in 1945. truman is forced by the situation, just as fdr was, to surround the other with your power to make sure they can't grow to contain their growth. that might start a spiral, yes, a security dilemma spiral, but it is tragically inevitable. you can't do much about it. i just wonder how this jobs with the two perspectives that you presented, especially with the role of emotion in the

you mentioned the soviet union and the regimes studying of the collapse of the soviet union as something to be avoided. i was thinking about a classic late poem, fatal half-measures, right? is that what we're looking the at with rouhani, that he basically himself unleashed this because he is not able to deliver fully for people? what do we think, what does it tell us about the future of reform inside of the system? will it simply be a pretext for more cracking down? >> i would say my theory is that that it is very similar to what you just suggested. that, you know, rouhani was the last, best, attempt to try to moderate the islamic republic. this has been sort of an on going effort really since the birth of the post-revolutionary state when, even baked into the construct of the states there were more moderate and representative institutions and more theological and authoritarian institutions. there has always been this tension and each go around were attempts to create a more moderate path and a more moderate outcome for the islamic republic has ended with the triumph and the further domi

when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth and the mainstream foreign policy journalists were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized of the system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical reality. reminded now of our breaking news story this hour the turkish president say that ankara has docked this military operation in syria on the ground but in fact the operation was launched yesterday off the turkish army open cross border fire on the kurdish held african region now they want it now says more military action will follow. the afrin operation has defect to started on the ground this would be followed by man bitch. turkey promised it would take action after the u.s. military command announced plans to create a border force with kurds in northern syria and move which left on current raging passes turkey views because as terrorists later the secretary of state trying to clarify the situation saying the u.s. has no

union in one nine hundred eighty nine thousand nine hundred ninety remember there was a catastrophic die off because of the mismanagement when yeltsin was put in place by america and they meddle with the election and had to die off and all the dr consumption fears america having to die off of neo liberals would go whacko in new york times this is america this is not the soviet union postal ups ok put out of your friggin fiber smokable book are going to remember some of their wacko nut jobs at the new york times or like to be critical of this network would never mention me by name well that's a good point because of course they will the new york times are still very concerned about the die off that did happen in russia post collapse of the soviet union and they are seemingly more concerned about that and what is going on here but the number the data is remarkable in twenty ten just eighteen at every one hundred thousand americans died at the age twenty five to thirty four from overdose by twenty fourteen that rate rose to about twenty three and one hundred thousand then it really took

is it comes to the question of the soviet union and the policy and how do you differentiate between 2009 green movement demonstration as opposed to what it is now. group green movement was basically getting another religious group into power and he used to be up prime minister in a run doing the worst kind of suppression and persecution of the opposition. during this time, people are not asking for any more. they are hungry, they want food on the table, they want freedom, they want security. how do you differentiate. actually, talking about doing away with the islamic system, why the opposition doesn't see that, i'm really baffled. >> i think we spoke to this a little bit, but if you want to elaborate on the key different from 2009. >> you think we talked about it. >> okay. please make it a question. >> is it on? okay. so there's so much information. >> can you identify yourself. >> i am gavin hawkins. there's so much information to the media around the middle east in the last decade that i've been conscious of politics, but it seems that there's so much information that people form an o

in fact, kim il-sung maintained an independent line, both from the soviet union and from the chinese communist party. after he consolidated power in north korea. be ruled north korea until the early 1990's, at which point his son kim jong-il took over and then with his death in the early teens, kim jong-un, his grandson, took over. >> when you're watching news reports and other ways you get information as a historian on kim jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with predecessors, his father and grandfather? >> it is a bit hard to tell. it is still a bit early. and it is difficult to credit a lot of the news reports that come out of north korea. it is very, very opaque, what goes on. there are tales of extreme violence which may or may not be true. it is true that he has definitely purged some of the holdover leadership from his father's regime, including his uncle. it seems unlikely that his style of leadership is going to end up results that- in are all that different from what his father and grandfather pursued. >> what should the american public know about the eve

union in one nine hundred eighty nine thousand nine hundred ninety remember there was a catastrophic die off because of the mismanagement when the elson was put in place by america and they meddle with the election and had a die off and all the dr consumption fears america going to die off of neo liberals who go walk on our jobs this is america this is not the soviet union postal ups ok put out of your friggin fiber smokable paul krugman who remembers all their whacko nut jobs at the new york times who like to be critical of this network would never mention me by name well that's a good point because of course they were the new york times are still very concerned about the die off that did happen in russia post collapse of the soviet union and they are seemingly more concerned about that and what is going on here but the number the data is remarkable in twenty ten just eighteen at every one hundred thousand americans died at the age twenty five to thirty four from overdose by twenty fourteen that rate rose to about twenty three and one hundred thousand then it really took off from tw

when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream foreign policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized system apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical reality. back to our top story now turkish ackroyd have bombed kurdish targets in syria's afrin region which is now the focus of a military campaign against what ankara calls terrorist targets turkey has named the operation olive branch meanwhile turkish syrian opposition fighters have reportedly entered the kurdish enclave from the ground turkey's president earlier confirmed his country had started and the military ground operation that turkish cross border shelling of the area started on friday paulus leah explains how events unfolded. what we're hearing from the turkish president at a one who over the last few days has repeatedly threatened that he's going to launch this ground operation is confirmation now that it has begun and it is understoo

union, he wanted to remain nonaligned but began to move to the soviet union. this was seen by young muslim activists as the red prince. during that time from berlin to berkeley it was either -- it was marxism, communism, socialism and islam. young men under the tutelage of certain professors in kabul university, in egypt under the influence of the muslim brotherhood and the principal literary backbone of the muslim brotherhood brought those books back, translated them, gave them to these students, 12 flat across the country to pakistan. i interviewed the major general who took the man for this book. there was a code name, maker the candlestick maker, mason, electrician and so forth gave him the passport, put them in the pakistani army to train them. he told me, this is important in 1973. and i went to the us embassy and asked for money. i was unable to find out if we said yes and gave the money but in 1975 these young men, 12, ultimately there were hundreds that came over and with a professor who gave them the books from kabul university, called themselves the

when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream foreign policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try to explain away why the demonized system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical reality of. north and south korea will perform as one team at the upcoming winter olympics has just been confirmed by the president of the international olympic committee. the olympic winter games during john two thousand and eighteen hopefully opening the door to a brighter future on the korean peninsula and in writing the world to join in a celebration of hope. but north and the south will march together at the opening ceremony under the name therea and using the unification flag athletes from the two countries will also compete as a single team in the women's ice hockey and the korean folksong arrow round will be played as the anthem all in all twenty two north korean athletes will take part in the olympic lympics competing in three differen

and the soviet union. mentioned, once the american homeland gets threatened, it raises questions about the extent to which extended deterrence israel. put newricans actually york at risk for the sake of paris? that happens because of sputnik. you have these two destabilizing events that are happening in the 1950's. it is that world that khrushchev and kennedy are seeking to manage. approach -- khrushchev's approach that world is not what america anticipated. nuclear dangerh about that statesmanship involves reducing the threat of nuclear war, that as we see with khrushchev, he is all about disruption. he is interested in crisis. it is why he is interested in crisis that i think is the essence of understanding his 1961,or, not simply in but in 1962. let me talk to about a summit conference in 1961 that people don't talk about. everyone talks about vienna. -- at that,d the for me, the more interesting the defaultrence is and kennedy summit. they share a lot. , it is ans argument , hisent that has relevance a

union in one nine hundred eighty nine one nine hundred ninety remember there was a catastrophic die off because of the mismanagement when the elson was put in place by america and they meddle with the election and had a die off and all the doctor consumption there's america going to die off of neo liberals who go wacko in new york times this is america this is not the soviet union political ups ok put out of your friggin fiber smokable book are going to remember some of their wacko nut jobs at the new york times who like to be critical of this network would never mention me by name well that's a good point because of course they were the new york times are still very concerned about the die off that did happen in russia post collapse of the soviet union and they are seemingly more concerned about that and what is going on here but the number the data is remarkable in twenty ten just eighteen at every one hundred thousand americans died at the age twenty five to thirty four from overdose by twenty fourteen that rate rose to about twenty three and one hundred thousand then it really t

he began to move to the soviet union and he was seen by young activists as the red prints. during that time, whether was berlin to berkeley here had a lot to do with the vietnam war but it was marxism, communism, socialism versus their against islam and young men under the tutelage of professors at kabul university where gone to university in egypt, under the influence of the muslim brotherhood and they brought those books back, translated them given to the students. twelve of them fled across the country to pakistan. they gave them codename, baker , mason and so forth give them passports, put them in the pakistani army to train them. he told me, this was important. in 1973 and then he went to the embassy and asked for money. i've been unable to find out if we said yes and gave the money, but in any way, 1975, these young men hundreds came over and they brought over the professor who gave them the books and they called themselves. [inaudible] it means holy warrior. they launched attacks against government installations in afghanistan. most of them were killed or captured in

union but turkey despite that expansion continues to occupy a very important place in nato and so again here we have what appears to be a somewhat intractable contradiction between the u.s. interest in syria and the u.s. interest in nato and so this is something that they're trying to find a way out of but it's very difficult given the fact that it was the united states along with turkey saudi arabia france britain which caused the destabilization of syria and led to the present circumstances. conflicts between turkey and kurdish forces in northern syria has caused global loam and triggered mass protests in

union. our final witness is the rosenbergs' son, robert. news archive: one of the greatest peacetime spy dramas in the history of the nation reaches its climax asjulius rosenberg and mrs ethel rosenberg, convicted of transmitting secrets to russia, into the federal building in new york to hear their doom. the last time i saw my parents was in sing sing a couple of days before they were executed injune 1953. i have this very strong visceral sense of a warm and loving family. my father played word games with my brother. i sat on my mother's lap — they were pretending like nothing was wrong, that we would see them like we would see them in another few weeks. my brother, he knew that was wrong, and he wanted them to acknowledge the terrible situation that we were all in. and so he started wailing, "one more day to live". both my parents were children of the depression, they grew up in poverty on the lower east side of manhattan. my fatherjulius was an electrical engineer, a member of the ameri

programme she felt communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and therefore it didn't actually fail the story it whipped up a storm of debate over how universities are luring students to the left with one professor repeatedly quoted saying she's downplaying the crimes of stalin and we spoke to her ourselves about this story. i think it's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately you know talk about the death under the savior in but i think this is you know very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in a in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by so angry people in the media is owned by a billionaire class and have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines general opinion in the british but. perhaps it's not surprising the story was seized upon it seems red alerts have been flashing in the british media more as of late

union we now know the soviet union was an economic basket case. when gorbachev came he was horrified at the shape of the economy spending so much money in the arms race. what did ronald reagan say at the same time? he was telling the british parliament that marxism was headed for the ash heap of history. he was absolutely right and by the end of that decade the berlin wall was down in the soviet union was no more. that sense of humor in decembe december 1981i wanted to present a copy of my book to him and my publisher said be sure to have a chapter of the attempted assassination so i did. and then said will they do something special on the cover? so in big black letters on a yellow background, complete through the assassination attempt. very tacky. i don't like that but think that would be great for sales. we went back and forth. so i come into the office and there is reagan who almost died in march this was december. a big smile building up his body was strong and made you feel so good and i said mr. president here is a copy of the biography. the

soviet leaders came and went at coalminers were always referred to as the heroes of the soviet union. the first turn of coal was mined here in 1937 as part ofjosef stalin's brutal push to modernise the russian economy. the first miners were labour camp prisoners but as the decade progressed, ordinary workers were attracted to the far east because they could double their salaries and get an apartment for their families. it's hard to imagine this ghost town was once a thriving place. the fall of coming is and the economic crisis that engulfed the whole country reduced demand for kadykchan‘s coal and as soon as the mine got into trouble, everyone suffered. in the end, it was an accident which dealt the final blow. on the 15th of november, 1996 a methane explosion ripped through one of the minds just as the morning shift was coming to an end. —— mines. as their world came crumbling down, eve ryo ne as their world came crumbling down, everyone scrambled to sell up and leave. from one end of russia to the other, life in moscow couldn't be any more different. the government has acknowl

programme she felt communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and therefore it didn't actually fail well we spoke to her ourselves. i think it's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately you know talk about the deaths under the save even but i think this is you know very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in there in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by some group of people in the major is owned by a billionaire i have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines general opinion in the british but. perhaps it's not surprising the story was seized upon seems a red alerts have been flashing in the british media more as of late a much was made of the prime minister wearing a bracelet featuring frida kahlo a communist known for her concerns about the poor elsewhere a buzz feed's science editor was forced to lock down he

of course much of the west identifies communism the soviet union and the hard left or extreme left as pretty much different aspects of the same thing in the one nine hundred fifty s. when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream foreign policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical reality. in france right police moved in on europe's largest prison firing tear gas that invades but guards and rest while the prison staff were taking part in a weeklong nationwide strike over what they say a dangerous working conditions including escalating attacks on guards elsewhere in the country the justice minister attempted to solve the crisis received a hostile welcome from angry prison workers. all employees of the prison in the state of shock were angry because it's been a week since we created a national movement from the aggression right now we're wa

when when the soviet union was showing very significant great significant rates of economic growth the mainstream for policy journals were very much kind of writing these defensive narratives to try and explain away why the demonized system was apparently doing so well i think one needs to distinguish between the propaganda and the historical reality. italy has launched a website targeting fake news the move comes ahead of marches general election somebody wants to report a fake well they've got to do is click special link online. of the service will allow users to identify fake news online team has been set up to analyze the authenticity of anything flagged up using special software the italian interior minister is already hate preys on the system so much but it's a bit more skeptical. it's an entirely transparent and legitimate public service tool aimed at protecting citizens from unfounded news there is not even the slightest intention to enter the political debate you cannot create a brew or people checking news because everything that we are talking about it's an opinion at the en

presence is needed to balance the competing interests of china and north korea and the soviet union. the koreans would certainly like to live in a world where the americans would be gone. there is that tension up americans but not necessarily wanting them. >> you said it's impossible as long as the kim regime is in power. give us a brief history of the kim regime. >> the kim regime initially is the guerrilla fighter against the japanese was very young, he was an officer in the red army, he was brought to north korea by the soviet union who established him as a puppet leader. they were thinking they could exert more influence on him then they could. kim il-sung maintained an independent line from the soviets and chinese communist party. he ruled north korea until the early 1990's. kim jong-il took over. , kim jong-un took over. >> when you are watching news -- of kimother jong-un, how do you see his leadership style comparing with his predecessors? >> it's a bit hard to tell. it is quite a bit early. it is difficult to credit the news reports that come out of north korea. it is very o

programme she felt communism was never given a chance to develop in the soviet union and therefore it didn't actually fail well the whole story whipped up a storm of debate over how universities are luring students to the left with one professor repeatedly quoted saying she's downplaying the crimes of stalin well we spoke to her ourselves about this storm. i think it's completely hypocritical and very typical of academics like him to kind of passionately you know talk about the deaths under the save even but i think this is you know very much selective outrage the media in general obviously don't paint marxism or socialism or really any kind of left wing politics in a in a positive light and that's because obviously in you know the media is owned by some group of people in the major is owned by a billionaire class and have certain interests they want to protect i think people can think for themselves and i wouldn't take their headlines since the general opinion of the british population it's not surprising this story was used upon it seems a red alerts have been flashing in the britis