I was born in a time when you were told from birth what society’s core values are: that leadership is here to create a better future, that the police are here to protect us from criminals, the fifth column, traitors, saboteurs, and those who steal from workers, and that the
The most dangerous year of the Cold War. When I was approximately 11 years old, I heard elders say that the world was on the edge of another battle, this time a major one. As a child, I had little understanding of what a nuclear war or nuclear missiles were,
Do you know how revolutions around the world start? I grew up in a world where communication was predicated on “be careful what you say, because you don’t know who is listening,” but those who were listening to what regular people said understood that the greatest thing they could do
The “Cold War” era, which began with the end of World War II, was marked by “strained” relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as their allies. During the Cold War, open conflicts prevailed alongside international political, ideological, and economic rivalry. The United States used diplomacy
As a child, I recall “people militia” or, as we call it today, “police” coming to someone’s door and politely apprehending people and taking them into custody; most of those taken into custody were returned in white sheets and left in front of the door; that is police, I recall.
