Armenian by birth, Garbis Altinoğlu – who occasionally used the pen name Gumus Velli – relocated to Amasya, Turkey early in life. He was drawn to Marxism-Leninism as a young man and recognized his role in history as a revolutionary…. Read More ›
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Majority in former Soviet states believe breakup was harmful mistake – poll
More than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed a majority of citizens in the independent states believe that the split brought nothing but harm, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup a research-based, global performance-management consulting company released a… Read More ›
Left-Wing Music Continued
If you turn on the local top 40 or top 100 radio station you are bound to hear many catchy songs of various types. However, if you actually take time to examine the content of current popular songs, you’ll quickly… Read More ›
In Turkey, hundreds mark Armenian genocide
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Hundreds demonstrated in Istanbul’s central Taksim square on Tuesday to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks during World War I. The large group of Turkish, Armenian and Kurdish protesters staged a sit-in, holding… Read More ›
French Senate passes Armenian genocide law
The French Senate has approved a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that genocide was committed by Ottoman Turks against Armenians during World War I. Armenia says up to 1.5 million people died in 1915-16 as… Read More ›
Turkey Slams France Over Genocide Bill
by The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday sharply criticized France for a bill that would make it a crime to deny the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians was genocide. Saying France should… Read More ›
Review of “Germany & the Secret Genocide”
It is often said that history is written by the victor. When it comes to the recollections of the past championed within bourgeois society, objective historical realities are obscured (if not omitted or re-written) when the facts and lessons to… Read More ›
Review: Genocide, War Crimes and the West
Adam Jones’ book Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity is an incredibly revealing anthology containing accounts of atrocities carried out by Western imperial capitalism and those who serve its interests abroad. Articles describing the little-known and little-understood… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 