Violence

Robert Reich12.05.2026

The Supreme Court’s shameful decision last Wednesday released a flood of memories — and worse. When I learned what Samuel Alito and the other Republican appointees to the Supreme Court did to the Voting Rights Act last week, I thought of Mickey. I met Mickey the summer after third grade. His family had rented one […]

Vladimir Golstein24.02.2026

Marquis De Sade, jailed for his writings, had correctly observed, that whatever he imagined or practiced is dwarfed in comparison with the violence unleashed by the authorities during the French Revolution. I was thinking about this observation in connection with the anger and abuse that the British public along with other self-righteous dopes direct at […]

Michael Mozzhechkov05.02.2026

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Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the condemnation of an American Air Force serviceman stationed in Okinawa, who was sentenced to five years in prison for the abduction and sexual assault of a girl under 16 in 2023. In a decision handed down on Saturday, the Second Division of the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of defendant […]

Tony Rocchi05.10.2024

One of the greatest unknowns about the history of the Russian Revolution and Civil War of 1917-1922 is the extent of political terrorism during these years. There were many terrorist attacks and politically motivated killings during the Revolution of 1917-1922. Note that historians now tend to combine the February and October Revolutions of 1917 and […]

Tony Rocchi19.09.2024

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The year 1908 was somewhat pivotal for Leo Tolstoy, the world’s greatest writer. In that year, Tolstoy wrote «I Cannot Be Silent» in which he condemned the government for using violence against revolutionaries and ordinary people during the Revolution of 1905-1907. As Tolstoy wrote: “You say the atrocities committed by the revolutionaries are terrible. I […]

Tony Rocchi27.02.2024

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Far-right political terrorism occupies a virtually minimal place in the history of political terrorism in the Russian Empire between 1901-1911. The overwhelming majority of the 17,000 people killed or wounded in terrorist attacks were victims of left-wing terrorist groups. However, terrorism and other acts of violence committed by the Black Hundreds [черносотенцы] — members of […]

Tony Rocchi06.12.2023

Defining terrorism and showing how terrorism is different from other types of political violence is becoming more different in our age of information overload. Information Overload about Terrorism in Today’s World Terrorism is part of everyday life in many parts of today’s world. Print and broadcast media keep us informed about terrorist attacks everywhere. Since […]

Sam Alito and My Friend Mickey

True Lies

Japan’s Supreme Court Upheld the Sentence

Terrorism in the Revolution of 1917-1922: an even greater unknown

Tolstoy and the Culture of Violence in the Russian Empire

Revolution from the Right: Russia’s Black Hundreds

Difficulties in Studying Terrorism

The Michael Jackson Biopic is Missing its Most Controversial Story

Madama Butterfly and the Japan of the Western Imagination

The Spanish Civil War at 90: the Republic’s Response

Terminator Is about 80 Years Old