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...Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere, the cooperative societies envisioned by Prime Ministers Michael Manley of Jamaica and Forbes Burnham of Guyana. Despite their great differences, these socialisms have several things in common. First, all these societies call themselves socialists, although their beliefs may be rooted less in Marxism than in nationalism or an indigenous phenomenon like the communalism of tribal Africa. Second, largely because of their experience with colonialism, they reject capitalism as identifiable with imperialism and exploitation. Third, they pursue policies aimed at decreasing the role of private property in the economy and sharply curbing investment by private foreign...
Liberals find it ironic that referendums, propositions and local initiatives are being used effectively by conservatives who want to get their pet causes onto the ballot without a party label. The conservatives have an additional advantage, argues M.I.T. Political Science Professor Walter Dean Burnham: "Voters today are not interested in changing anything because they've been traumatized by too much change." In this view, what started more than 60 years ago as a movement for change has evolved into a force for stability, and thus for conservatism. "The Progressives," says Burnham wryly, "must be turning over in their graves...
...policy and not to come on like a dollar-wielding "Big Daddy". But increased aid will follow-especially for Jamaica and Guyana. Relations with both countries have been strained in recent years, partly because of the leftist convictions of Prime Minister Michael Manley of Jamaica and Prime Minister Forbes Burnham of Guyana, and partly because of the two leaders' independent stance in pursuing good relations with Cuba. As Young assured a Guyanese audience, "past difficulties" would not stand in the way of "common agreement...
Both authorities are working closely with the International Foundation for Art Research in New York, Bonnie Burnham, a spokesman for the foundation, said yesterday...
...agree on one fact: neither Ford nor Carter has stirred this year's troubled voters. Professor Everett Ladd, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, believes if Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower were running this year, the vote would be higher by at least 10%. Walter Burnham agrees. He contends that the two candidates have not been up to the country's thirst for leadership. He argues that the Democrats were in the best position by far to match that need, but Carter blew his natural advantage. Reaching back to Abraham Lincoln to make his point...