Jacobin, projet intellectuel et politique. Entretien avec Mathieu Bonzom by Alice Béja, Mathieu Bonzom

“…Jacobin, a magazine founded in 2010 by Bhaskar Sunkara, has become one of the main spaces of elaboration for left-wing thought in the United States today. In this interview, Mathieu Bonzom describes the origins of the project and the way in which Jacobin revives the history of US socialism. …”
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De l’utopie socialiste au réalisme chrétien by Isabelle Richet

“…The New Deal was the first major reformist experiment in the history of the United States that was neither inspired nor supported by Protestantism. …”
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The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1948 in the Perception of American Diplomats and Media by A. V. Zorin

“…Despite the external legitimacy, the transfer of power to the left forces was interpreted as a coup d'état that final ized the establishment of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia. …”
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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…In that context the author emphasizes that Euroscepticism is usually associated with far-right and nationalist political forces but in France it is also represented by left-wing parties. For example, a democratic socialist political party ‘La France Insoumise’, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who won an impressive 18 percent of the votes in the last presidential elections, harshly criticizes Brussel and does not rule out the possibility of France leaving the EU. …”
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1922 — the best year of the Comintern. Soviet Russia, German communists and the Genoa conference by A. Yu. Vatlin

“…The KPD leaders welcomed the Comintern’s turn towards a united workers front. However, the author notes that this support was based on a highly unstable compromise between multiple contradicting domestic and foreign policy imperatives, including opposition from the left-wing radicals within the party and continuous conflict with the government of the Weimar Republic, exacerbated by ideological and financial dependence on Moscow. …”
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