Word: communist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Liberals have the hardest task, for they have to fight both Conservatives and Laborites. Their best poster showed a stalwart Liberal marked "It." On one side is a dapper bald-headed Conservative with a gouty foot, labeled "Past It"; on the other side is a shabby Communist, tagged "Beyond...
This subtle attack was backed with blunt words. The Communist journal declared that the Labor Government "for the first time since taking office had been compelled to act as a Labor Government should," that "it had definitely responded to the Labor movement as a whole...
...voluminous mass of briefs, stated that he had found that Campbell had a good war record, had been wounded, and was engaged only as acting-editor of the Workers' Weekly. "What sort of a figure would I cut," he demanded, "in prosecuting for sedition as a dangerous Communist a man who could hardly hobble into the dock?" Then in his peroration he asked: "What have I done wrong? I will answer any question put by any member of the House." But the fears of the Opposition were not calmed. Conservatives gave notice of a motion of censure...
...Stalin is a silly sort of person. This man aims at being dictator of Russia-a thing which would be a catastrophe if it were to happen. My successor should never allow, in any case, that this man be appointed Secretary of the Communist Party...
...Trotzky possesses considerable talent, but he is addicted to posing; he is the only one who is destined to become leader of the Communist Party, because he knows how to make himself respected and to maintain discipline...