Has anyone watched the new episode from First Thought/JT?

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    5 months ago

    No, i would have to do some more research myself before i can recommend something that covers the entire period of his leadership in Romania in a satisfactory way, but on the topic of the 1989 coup specifically you can find some pretty good articles on marxists.org published in Workers World in 1990:

    Reactionary coup in Romania and General admits long-term coup planning

    The first of these also goes into a bit of the history of socialist Romania and brings up some legitimate criticism of policy errors that were made by Nicolae Ceaușescu.

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        5 months ago

        Here’s another good one, an article from the PSL doing a very good job giving a broad overview of the modern history of Romania:

        Romania: 30 years removed from socialism

        It’s well sourced and i appreciate how balanced it is. They rightfully criticize Ceaușescu on points where he clearly deserves to be criticized (some of the foreign policy mistakes made by Romania were really egregious), but they also highlight the achievements of Romanian socialism during his era.