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...Constantine, Nelson launches into his own sophomoric attempt to identify for us the "...threats and enemies of freedom...our enemies." Naturally, despite the fragmented complexity of international relations, Nelson flawlessly leads us to one grand, hegemonic enemy lurking in the shadows, just waiting to assume the mantle shed by communism: "...The finger should still be pointed due east, directly towards the epidemic spread of Islamic fundamentalism...
This simplistic and xenophobic view disturbs many of the language minorities in the United States. What Roth is saying is that Communism had done too little in obliterating the national heritage of the Ukrainians, Armenians, Lithuanians and others, and that we should do a better job of it here in our country than yesterday's "Evil Empire." Moreover, Roth is inferring that all the refugees who were admitted by the U.S. government from the former Soviet Union should give up those same rights here for which they put their lives at risk under the "homogenizing" policies of Communism. What...
...authority to invade every citizen's already much abused privacy? America has experienced this kind of legislative reaction before, and never with good results. In John Adams' day, hysteria over possible war with France produced the oppressive Alien and Sedition Acts. And in Harry Truman's day, hysteria over communism led to an ugly series of loyalty measures that launched the nation on a tortured search for demons. JOHN W. CHUCKMAN Manotick, Canada...
...group, mainly supporters of communist Gennadi Zyuganov, consists of former members of the nomenklatura who were left out when the country's wealth was divided. Their main purpose and political motivation are the redistribution of the country's wealth so that they too can get rich. Whether it is communism that achieves that goal or something else, they do not really care. If Yeltsin decides to accommodate them by co-opting some of their leaders into his government, Russia will move smoothly toward prosperity. If not, some form of social unrest is inevitable. SABIRZYAN BADERTINOV New York City...
...been trapped between the twin evils of capitalism and communism," she said. "Communism collapsed because it was undemocratic. Now we are gradually discovering that capitalism is also undemocratic. Most are realizing that capitalism and democracy are no longer compatible if they ever were...