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![[Kudos to old friend, Colin Woodard, who published this piece in CSM] In recent years, many of the countries of the old East bloc have discovered a newfound fondness for the brands, bands, and programs of the Communist period. Many homegrown products are challenging their Western rivals, a few decades later than the region’s Communist apparatchiks hoped they would. Socialist-era rock bands and television shows have found a new fan base, while young professionals flock to restaurants and nightclubs modeled on the drab cafeterias and workers’ hangouts of the ’70s and early ’80s. (via Communist retro-chic: East-bloc icons win new status | csmonitor.com)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/RVmBy7aIw68xjstbqsrs3pRb_250.jpg)
[Kudos to old friend, Colin Woodard, who published this piece in CSM] In recent years, many of the countries of the old East bloc have discovered a newfound fondness for the brands, bands, and programs of the Communist period. Many homegrown products are challenging their Western rivals, a few decades later than the region’s Communist apparatchiks hoped they would. Socialist-era rock bands and television shows have found a new fan base, while young professionals flock to restaurants and nightclubs modeled on the drab cafeterias and workers’ hangouts of the ’70s and early ’80s. (via Communist retro-chic: East-bloc icons win new status | csmonitor.com)
