Word: communist
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...suggesting a subversive component to a superficially academic exercise. An idea that he attributes to one Renaissance philosopher may belong to another. It’s not even clear whether the narrative skeleton of the book—a chess game between Tristan Tzara, Dada creator, and Vladimir Lenin, Communist leader in 1916’s Zurich—ever really occurred.“The Posthuman Dada Guide” is destabilizing and it’s meant to be. Codrescu both writes about Dada and writes in the Dada style, so, in the spirit of his nonsense-brandishing...
There is a lot more oil and gas where that came from, if Beijing can bring itself to depend on Moscow as a supplier. The two former communist powers have never trusted each other, but new capitalist economics trumps old socialist enmity. Russia needs money, and China has $1 trillion sitting in corporate coffers...
...Moldova Election Triggers Protests Allegations of vote-rigging in the Communist Party's April 5 parliamentary election victory spurred more than 10,000 people to mass in Chisinau, the capital of Europe's poorest country. Coordinating via Twitter and text messages, protesters stormed government buildings and clashed with police. Nearly 200 were arrested. President Vladimir Voronin accused Romania of conspiring to foment unrest--a charge Bucharest denied...
...most monetary matters, is long-term credibility. But for Europe, it is also about honoring standing promises. After all, the EU was part of the “value proposition” offered by the West after the communist grip on the region collapsed. It has arguably brought strengthened institutions, representative democracy, and better respect for human rights. Even though these countries may not be technically ready for the euro just yet, the ECB should push for its adoption in order to further integrate nations like Hungary and Poland. Only Europe can deliver them from a potentially catastrophic confidence crisis...
...Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation"), the ANC's disbanded guerrilla wing. A well-dressed young man whose baseball cap announced he was a fan of the Porsche World Roadshow, chatted to another in a scarlet T shirt that declared: "Let's all young people Join the Young Communist League of South Africa to crush capitalism as a brutal system and replace it by communism." The contradictions were on show even in the parking lot, where Range Rovers, BMWs and Mercedes-Benz were pasted with giant ANC stickers promising to "Build a Caring Society...