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Yevgeniy Fiks: Portrait of Dan Margolis, Communist Party USA
Portrait of Dan Margolis, Communist Party USA
oil on canvas
36 x 48"
2007

Dan Margolis. Born in Wooster, Massachusetts, in 1976. Attended University of Iowa in Iowa. Joined the Communist Party USA in 2001. Member of the editorial board of People's Weekly World, an official newspaper of the Communist Party USA. Member of the New York State District Committee of the Communist Party USA.

What is your view of the former Soviet Union:
- Soviet Union obviously had problems, but now there are drugs, poverty, and unemployment. Life has gotten worse for the Russian people. Gangsters are running the streets. Actually, now Communist Parties are voted back to power by the people in such places like Moldova, Belarus, and Chech Republic. People didn't like the shock therapy that Yeltsin had introduced.

What is your opinion of Mikhail Gorbachev:
- I don't know much about him. I don't want to give you an answer based on ignorance.

What is your view of today's Russia:
- I don't know much about it. Sorry.