I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
PREMIERING 1/21 at 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
PREMIERING 7:30pm ET: Lech Walesa: ‘Communism’s Days Are Numbered Wherever It Exists’
I sit down with Lech Walesa, the former leader of Solidarity, Poland’s first communist-era independent trade union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and played an instrumental role in Poland’s transition from communism to democracy, becoming the first post-communist president of Poland in 1990. We discuss the end of communism in Poland, the…
Another Invasion of the ‘Body Snatchers’
Commentary Forms of mass psychosis arise periodically throughout human history. It is a human condition, viscerally driven to create herd protection in the face of fear or fear of the unknown. Mass hysteria—however logical in its cause—denies, defies, and fears logical explanations for its actions, and equally constrains the emergence of wisdom, nobility, and true leadership. This wildfire swarming…
The CCP is Waging War on America
Commentary As of November 2022, over 1,070,000 Americans have reportedly died with COVID-19. This is more than the number of deaths incurred during World War II. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covered up the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible ties to a lab leak in Wuhan, China. Meanwhile, China is supporting regimes…
House Moves to Create Committee to Investigate CCP’s Efforts to Undermine US
The House of Representatives is passing a resolution that will allow for the creation of a new congressional committee to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to undermine the United States and advise on methods of countering it. House Resolution 11, “Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and…
Four Marxist Scholars Died in Four Days During the Recent COVID Outbreak
In the four-day period between Dec. 26 and Dec. 29, four Marxist scholars in China died one after another. On Dec. 26, Professor He Zikun, a professor of philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University, died in Guangzhou at the age of 90. His obituary stated that he had long been engaged in the study of “the…
The Great Leap Backward
Commentary This piece is an excerpt from Chapter 13 of “The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty: Unraveling the Global Agenda,” to be released Jan. 10, 2023. This chapter derisively refers to the notorious Great Leap Forward (1958–1961) as the Great Leap Backward. But China’s Great Leap Forward is not the ultimate object of my…
Gan Jing World: Tech Platform Offers Clean Content Free of Communism
In the spring of 1989, James Qiu was one of the thousands of students on the streets daily in the Chinese metropolis Shanghai, hoping, like his peers nationwide, that their activism could change his country into a freer land equal to the West. Their dreams were shattered that June, when the Chinese Communist Party’s tanks rolled…
Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Silence Patton’
Commentary For someone who has served in the military, returning home after serving a tour—or multiple tours—overseas is a much anticipated event. Anticipation grows as the date of departure approaches. Usually, laying low is key to avoiding anything that might tarnish or delay one’s exit. With this in mind, knowing how U.S. Army General George…
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