PHOTO GALLERY: When bad art meets bad politicsPolitical ideologies may change, but bad sculptures live on forever, such as the statue of Stalin in Georgia, the golden Turkmenistan dictator statue which rotated so he always faced the sun and the giant stainless steel Gengis Khan.
Joseph Stalin
Bankers’ value to society? You’ve gotta be kidding
Investment bankers can aid economy growth, but it’s difficult to determine any real value that the average banker provides to society. Especially in comparison to their rampant pay packets.
Sex with Hitler: just say no
A risque new German AIDS awareness campaign features graphic images — and footage — of Joseph Stalin, Saddam Hussein and Adolph Hitler mid-coitus, with the slogan “AIDS is a mass murderer”. Too far or necessarily shocking?
How Stalin and Mao still exert influence
Chairman Mao and Stalin were both aggressive dictators who murdered their own citizens. So why do they continue to be lauded in their respective countries? It’s time for China and Russia to face up to their pasts, writes George Walden.
Stalin’s grandson sues to clear his name
The grandson of Joseph Stalin, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, is suing a Russian newspaper over an article that claimed the ruler personally signed politburo death orders, which he says “damaged Stalin’s reputation”. Yes, it would be a shame to tarnish his good name…
Russia on the slippery slope to autocracy
The Kremlin has been gradually taking away Russians’ constitutional rights over the last eight years, and are now literally rewriting the history books to conform to their worldview, says Vladimir Ryzhkov.
Robert Manne asks: Why does Gerard Henderson lie?
There are lies, damn lies, and Gerard Henderson. He is in a category of his own, writes Robert Manne.
