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A Revolutionary’s Guide to Creating a Workers’ Paradise 0
- Education
- May 27, 2016
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (better known merely as Lenin) pulled off one of the most unlikely revolutions in history. The Marxist revolutionary was exiled from Russian in 1900 but returned in April 1917 shortly after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne. By October he had formed an embryo government, causing members of Russia’s Provisional Government to
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Who Was Joan of Arc?0
- History
- May 27, 2016
I always thought Joan of Arc was something of a medieval legend, embellished over the centuries in a hundred paintings, novels, and films. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Rummaging through the treasure of cheap French texts in the Kindle store, I unearthed Le Procés de Jeanne d’Arc. Her 1431 witchcraft trial in Rouen was recorded word-for-word,
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How Well Do You Know Your Memorial Day Facts?0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
We all love the family picnics and local parades which come with Memorial Day. But in the hustle and bustle of the holiday and the excitement over the unofficial start of summer, it’s easy to forget about the history and meaning behind our celebrations. Refresh your Memorial Day knowledge with the quiz below, keeping in
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To Hell and Back 0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
At age 12 I discovered Audie Murphy’s autobiography, To Hell and Back. As America’s most decorated soldier in World War II, it only seems fitting on this Memorial Day weekend to turn to the opening pages: On a hill just inland from the invasion beaches of Sicily, a soldier sits on a rock. His helmet
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Worthy of our Inheritance?0
- Culture
- May 27, 2016
“The American people ought to be able to see their own boys as they fall in battle; to come directly and without words into the presence of their own dead.” That sentence was LIFE’s justification for publishing this photo by George Strock that documents the carnage at the Battle of Buna-Gona in the South Pacific during
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5 Strange Phenomena Around the World Explained 0
- Education
- May 27, 2016
1. The Door to Hell – This bizarre-looking crater that is filled with fire and flames has been burning nonstop for over 40 years. Back in 1971, Soviet geologists found a plot of land that they suspected was rich with oil. They quickly began drilling operations, but after some time failed to find any oil. After failing to
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A Revolutionary’s Guide to Creating a Workers’ Paradise 0