'Finding ways of limiting Africans’ advancement was central to #Belgium’s strategy for sustaining its dominance over a land so rich in resources that it was often called a “geological scandal.” '

#HowardFrench reviews #TheLumumbaPlot, #MyCountryAfrica, and the #documentary #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/09/25/a-damn-nuisance-patrice-lumumba/
https://archive.ph/SNQHc

#Congo #BelgianCongo #imperialism #colonialViolence #PatriceLumumba #CIA #covertOps #ColdWar #cinema #books @histodons @bookstodon @film

“The West has spent decades trying to wean #India away from its #ColdWar attachment to the #SovietUnion / #Russia, and cautioning India on the threat posed by #China. Donald #Trump has shredded decades of efforts with his disastrous tariff policy,” #Bolton stated in one of his posts.

“Donald Trump’s unwillingness to consider diplomatic moves in a larger strategic context has given #Xi #Jinping an opportunity to reset the East,” another post read.

https://lokmarg.com/white-house-pushing-pm-modi-closer-to-russia-and-china-former-trump-advisor-john-bolton/

The new JFK files show even decades later, CIA secrets still surface. They may not prove conspiracies, but they pull back the curtain on how deep Cold War spycraft ran. #JFK #CIA #History #spycraft #coldwar
https://www.wmnf.org/released-kennedy-assassination-documents-reveal-top-secret-cia-operations/

Reading Ice by Anna Kavan is like half-waking in someone else’s nightmare—obsession, not choice, drives the narrative. My latest Ridley Park post dissects the dream-logic. Explore it (if you can stomach it): Five chapters in…

https://ridleypark.blog/2025/09/03/ice-by-anna-kavan-five-chapters-in/

PSA: what actually happened at Roswell has been declassified for a while now. Thank you.

https://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/physics10/Roswell/USMogulReport.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mogul

#USpol #RussiaPol #ColdWar #USSR #NewMexico

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/xi-jinping-putin-china-summit-shanghai. More nonsense from #Putin about the #war in #Ukraine being all the west's fault, not his or that of #Russia, & bland rubbish about "avoiding a #ColdWar mentality" from #XiJinping.

The Americans (2013-2018): Season 2 is NOW REVIEWED and available on #mackansfilm.org |

#TheAmericans #FX #SovietUnion #KeriRussell #MatthewRhys #Russia #USA #ColdWar

https://mackansfilm.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/the-americans-2013-2018-season-1-2/

El coro

De nuevo, comparto algo hecho en esa maldita "plandemia", reflejando mis estúpidas obsesiones autistas...

El dibujo es de 3 miembros de un coro de niños soviético y músicos de un famoso "Ensamble Acústico Vocal" popular en la URSS por los 70's y 80's.

#JamesPumita - 2020

#sovietmusic #soviettimes #sovietnostalgia #sovietkids #sovietchoir #soviet #coldwar
#Большойдетскийхор #бдх #вокальноинструментальныйансамбль #виа

Як з’явилася «гаряча лінія» між Москвою та Білим домом
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/kapejelahu
#гарячалінія #ХолоднаВійна #Білийдім #Кремль #КарибськаКриза
#hotline #ColdWar #WhiteHouse #Kremlin #CubanMissileCrisis

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗞. 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸 -

Dick's short Cold War sf apocalypse story has little to surprise but is a solid story on its own; and no matter what might be said of its tropes, Dick got there first.

https://youtu.be/Lo3W3K0Caa8

Apparently, in the last week, Dead-Man-Ranting has said that he's the President of Europe, and Trump gave Temu Tsar Putin a history lesson on how Russia and the US were allies in the Cold War.

Mind you, Mascara Munchkin thinks that WW1 and WW2 ended with negotiations for peace.

I want to watch Idiocracy again, but I am scared to.

Finished the „Japan’s Mein Kampf“ chapter in Active Measures — my head hurts already …holding myself accountable to finish this beast.

#bookstodon #reading #disinformation #propaganda #coldwar #history
#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #DigitaleSouveränität

This is just soooo important.

The spread of targeted disinformation and propaganda is huge. Russia know how to do it and it's working.

(It also adds a little perspective to Putin's PR stunt with Trump in Alaska).

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2vr37yd4no

The Americans (2013-2018): Season 1 is NOW REVIEWED and available on #mackansfilm.org |

#TheAmericans #FX #Spies #Russia #UnitedStates #ColdWar

https://mackansfilm.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/the-americans-2013-2018-season-1/

New episode from @coldwarpod

https://megaphone.link/NSR9118332559

New location feature: F-4 Object (Rákosi Bunker), Hungary

Beneath the streets of #Budapest lies a Cold War relic, that was once classified as top secret.

The F-4 Object (Rákosi Bunker) is a vast atomic shelter constructed in the 50s/60s. Reinforced against nuclear attack, it was intended to protect Hungary's communist government in the event of a strike.

Full #history & loads more #photos:
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/f-4-object-rakosi-bunker-hungary/
⠀
#ColdWar #Fallout #Bunker #Shelter #UrbanExploration

Today in Labor History August 20, 1968: The Soviet Army invaded Prague with tanks and more than 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops ultimately crushing the "Prague Spring."

I notice for the first time in yonks that someone is downloading the absolutely chilling movie Fail Safe from us few faithful seeders. No doubt they've discovered or been reminded of it by the 'sacrifice' option in The Final Reckoning.