Leading Soviet dissidents in London

The psychiatrist and political dissidents.

Healthy dissidence is part of the stuff of politics but when does health break down into ill health and how does that ill health manifest itself? In violence, street riots, anarchism, terrorism, revolution, civil war, or in forms of deviant thought and behavior that may be regarded as manifestations of mental illness? The term dissenter came into being in 1639 to describe individuals who separa...

Leading healthcare in London: time for a radical response?

London’s health services have not been short of reviews, blueprints, and plans over the past 20 years. 2 The latest, published by the King’s Fund, describes the current healthcare landscape across London within the context of the new NHS and the progress made in implementing Lord Darzi’s recommendations in his 2007 report, Framework for Action. Developments in London since 2011 are outlined in ...

Assess the Main Factors Leading to the Break-up of the Soviet Union

It has been observed in the past that, at the time of Mikhail Gorbachëv‟s ascension to power following the death of his predecessor Konstantin Chernenko in 1985, few people believed that the Soviet Union was heading for collapse; merely reform (Bartlett, R. (2005:278)). Thus the question begs; what changed over the next five years to bring one of the world‟s two superpowers to the point of utte...

Religious Culture: Faith in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

Propaganda in Soviet Russia

Two years ago the writer found plenty of evidence. Red flags, censored newspapers, directed excursions, indoctrinated schools, motivated plays, didactic pictures, and continuous radio messages preach communism. Appeals to the need for security and class loyalty, dogmatic assertion of Marxian philosophy, the example of leaders, and calls to participation are used as incentives to action. The res...