Battle of Vannes… “Mysteries of the People” (1848): Eugene Sue’s Epic Socialist Novel 13 Apr 2021 By Stephen Basdeo In 1848 the master of the “mysteries” novels, Eugene Sue, began the weekly serialisation of a new novel: Mysteries of the People. It was a chronicle of…
20th Century… How the Albanian Mafia Infiltrated the Government 26 Nov 202026 Nov 2020 By Logan Lafferty Organized crime increasingly became a problem in Albania in the 1990s, after the fall of its communist government. Crimes like blackmailing, intimidation and racketeering were constantly increasing.…
19th Century… Crime in a Communist Utopia 18 Apr 2019 “Up at the League, says a friend, there had been one night a brisk conversational discussion, as to what would happen on the Morrow of the Revolution, finally shading off…
Counterfactual History… “Lenin Lives!” (2017) by Philip Cunliffe 20 Jul 201820 Jul 2018 Philip Cunliffe, Lenin Lives! (Winchester: Zero Books, 2018) RRP £9.99 Reviewed by Stephen Basdeo In 1890, the artist, designer, and visionary socialist, William Morris, published his novel News from Nowhere.…
