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• Finally someone other than me has said it

  July 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

  The Guardian reports the Russian Ambassador to London’s accusations that the British media are involved in an anti-Russian campaign. This is not news. a2a_linkname="Finally someone other than me has said it"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.aliwilliams.me.uk/blog/?p=259";

• CPGB Bibliography

  June 23, 2008 in Comintern

  http://www.amielandmelburn.org.uk/cpgb_biblio/searchfrset.htm a2a_linkname="CPGB Bibliography"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.aliwilliams.me.uk/blog/?p=258";

• Website on the Gulag

  June 4, 2008 in Stalin and Stalinism, Stalinism, USSR, history

  In the past I have bemoaned the problems in finding good resources on the Gulag in English. This has now been rectified with a new site, Many Days, Many Lives. The … a2a_linkname="Website on the Gulag"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.aliwilliams.me.uk/blog/?p=256";

• Stalin and Stalinism - further thoughts towards a special subject

  May 23, 2008 in Uncategorized

  I’d really like to put together a special subject that fits Soviet domestic politics under Stalin together with foreign policy.  As much as 50% of the module could deal with the foreign policy, and it … a2a_linkname="Stalin and Stalinism - further thoughts towards a special subject"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.aliwilliams.me.uk/blog/?p=254";

• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union for next year

  May 23, 2008 in Uncategorized

  I’m putting on a new module at UWE next year.  I’ve taught a similar module at Leeds, but there are some structural differences between the two institutions that mean that some fairly sizeable changes need … a2a_linkname="Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union for next year"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.aliwilliams.me.uk/blog/?p=253";