Posts on 03/05/21
I Do Not Consider Franco a Fascist
(Paul Preston, -UK, 03/05/21 3:35 pm) It is galling, after spending a lifetime studying a subject, as both Ángel Viñas and I have done, to have to respond to the misplaced jibes of those who have not done so. In respon ...
Read moreDid Mussolini`s Armed Forces Learn about Brutality in Spain?
(Carmen Negrin, -France, 03/05/21 11:46 am) I would like to add to Eugenio Battaglia's note on the Spanish Civil War, that he should not forget that Mussolini's pilots, sailors and soldiers also learned how to fight a brutal war in Spai ...
Read moreIn 1936, Spain Had No Communist Ministers
(Angel Vinas, Belgium, 03/05/21 8:44 am) I take exception to the following phrase in Eugenio Battaglia's post (March 4th). "In 1936 nobody knew what [Franco] could become but in 1936 many knew that in a government where the Bo ...
Read moreUnder Biden, the Markets are Suffering
(Enrique Torner, USA, 03/05/21 6:33 am) Ever since Biden took office, my retirement account has been going down steadily. Last year I had 20% gains. This year I have already lost about 5%. I'm glad now I didn't fall for th ...
Read moreHow Many Covid Victims Was Trump Willing to "Sacrifice"?
(Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 03/05/21 4:44 am) Carmen Negrín wrote on March 4th: "Initially Trump thought, like Boris Johnson, the Swedes and others, that a few million people (if I recall well it was estimated at something as high as ...
Read moreRacism in the US Military?
(Brian Blodgett, USA, 03/05/21 4:10 am) John E asked about racism in the US military. Being out of the military for over 14 years now, I cannot really say much about the current situation. While I never noticed it while I was in, I could b ...
Read moreBern Report: James F Cooper and the WAIS Effect
(Patrick Mears, -Germany, 03/05/21 4:00 am) This is just a short note touching upon "the WAIS Effect," which we sometimes discuss briefly here, primarily with a tongue-in-cheek viewpoint. If this condition indeed exists, ...
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