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...environmental groups, demanded that the manifesto outlining the demonstration's purpose also criticize the arms buildup in the Soviet Union and not concentrate solely on the U.S. But the Greens were repeatedly shouted down by a loud contingent of Communists and sympathizers. Complained exiled East German Economist Rudolf Bahro, a leading member of the Greens, before the microphone was yanked out of his hands: "These people are ready to compromise as long as they can be sure Brezhnev has enough rockets to secure peace." Having packed the house with supporters, the Communists rammed through their own platform condemning...
...Bahro has dared to argue that a variety of Marxist groups be allowed to challenge the Communist Party's power monopoly. A similar kind of Marxist pluralism has also been advocated by Jacek Kuron, a leading member of Poland's Committee for the Self-Defense of Society. This dissident organization has successfully pressured...
...critique of the Communist Party's role in East German industry was tough and trenchant. "The indolence of the bureaucrat corresponds to the apathy of the worker, which, in turn, is matched by the disgust of the technical experts." The author was Rudolf Bahro, 42, a mild-mannered executive of an East Berlin rubber factory, and the quote was from his new book The Alternative-banned in East Germany, but a bestseller in West Germany. In an extraordinary act of defiance and courage, Bahro had agreed to be interviewed on West German television, which is watched by an estimated...
...after that daring interview last month, agents of the East German Staatssicherheitsdienst (State Security Service) descended on Bahro's apartment and arrested him on charges of espionage. While he could be sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment, he is just as likely to be summarily exiled to the West...
...Among Bahro's sympathetic listeners in East Germany was a high-level Communist bureaucrat who was moved to compose a laudatory article for the West German weekly Der Spiegel. The anonymous apparatchik declared that "Bahro's courage has earned him an honorable place in the history of the German workers' movement." Other officials were scarcely in agreement. Indeed, Bahro's broadcast has infuriated the East German leadership, which is determined to stamp out nonconformity, ranging from the manifest heresy of Bahro's book to mildly subversive rock-'n'-roll lyrics. Along with prison...
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