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...created by the capitalist countries after World War II. It is designed to apply capitalist techniques and to serve the ends of those who created it...the search must be for the rapid development of its production for home needs and trade...
...boardrooms of many multinational corporations. Seaga won on a platform promising the redirection of Jamaica's economy along lines favorable to foreign investment, especially American, and the revitalization of the private sector on the troubled island. What pleased Washington even more than the JLP's repentant capitalist slogans was that --temporarily at least--the election did away with Michael Manley and his People's National Party...
...minute address to promoting Peking's pragmatic approach to reform. Soviet Party Chief Yuri Andropov contributed an anniversary article to the journal Kommunist last month, lauding Marx as "a great practical revolutionary." His own views on the need for workers to be thrifty and responsible had a curiously capitalist ring. Maverick Rumania marked the occasion by announcing a new wage system pegging salaries to the number and quality of items a worker produced. It was a far cry from Marx's adage, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs...
...prices, accordingly, has been devastating for the Soviets. Each $1 decline in the price of crude deprives Moscow of $600 million to $750 million of hard currency. To compensate for this loss, the Soviets have been trying to sell more oil to the West. But as every good capitalist knows, one fast way to get sales up is to cut prices still more. Good Communists apparently know this...
Chanting slogans like Capitalist aggression leads to military intervention," and "Hell no we won't go we won't die for Texaco," members of the Coalition for Radical Change a new student group, voiced their opposition to the military's presence on campus...