communist
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Growing up with diplomat parents, Martens lived in communist countries such as Romania and Burma, now also called Myanmar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The self-proclaimed revolutionary communist has since sent messages to supporters describing himself as a "prisoner of war".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Under Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic in 1949 and ruled China until his death in 1976, faith was classified as feudal superstition—in the party’s view, no better than fortunetelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Cibelli said the vibrant software industry in Poland in part comes from lower costs, but also from the country’s long-term affection for Western culture, which began during its communist period that ended in 1989.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
On the radio, a woman’s voice was saying that Taraki, the leader of the Khalq branch of the PDPA, the Afghan communist party, was in the streets giving rousing speeches to demonstrators.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Wax figures of scrappy, earnest young communists gesticulate during a 1921 meeting frozen in time, debating how best to bring Marxism to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Thousands of families are still hoping to reclaim ancestral land that was taken by the communists after World War II, with some claiming ownership over land allocated to the project.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
But in West Bengal and Tripura - once the great bastions of Left power - the communists have been reduced to a shadow of their former self.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Some are capitalists, some are communists, but we’re all Cubans, divided by chance, circumstance and the sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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