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Australia: Keen interest in socialist perspective at Tsar to Lenin screenings

By our correspondents, December 17, 2012

There was intense interest in socialism, the history of the revolutionary movement and the life and writings of Leon Trotsky.

This week in history: December 17 - December 23

December 17, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

This week in history: December 10-16

December 10, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

This week in history: December 3-9

December 3, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

Twenty years since Deng Xiaoping’s “Southern tour”—Part 2

By John Chan, November 27, 2012

On his 1992 tour, Deng made no secret of his embrace of capitalism.

An exercise in myth-making

Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History by Jenny Hocking

By Nick Beams, November 26, 2012

Whitlam's demise is presented as the downfall of a social reformer, almost totally ignoring the global context in which the 1975 Canberra Coup took place.

This week in history: November 26-December 2

November 26, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

Twenty years since Deng Xiaoping’s “Southern tour”—Part 1

By John Chan, November 26, 2012

The tour became a key turning point in the process of capitalist restoration in China.

This week in history: November 19-25

November 19, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

This week in history: November 12-18

November 12, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

This week in history: November 5-11

November 5, 2012

This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week.

Interview with historian James McPherson: 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation

By Tom Mackaman, October 29, 2012

McPherson is professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and the author of a number of books on the Civil War, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom.