Word: communistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Legal Communists. Assuming that he can round up those vital 13 votes, Ecevit will initially devote most of his energies to domestic matters. His first priorities, he said, would be restoring law-and-order and patching up the ailing economy. He intends to push for wage restraints, less generous commodity subsidies and increased export production. As for his law-and-order promises, Ecevit raised a few eyebrows by saying that he planned to legalize Turkey's small Communist Party (perhaps 2,000 members) by introducing legislation to repeal penal-code provisions that outlaw "class struggle." He also promised...
...Communist Party of Italy, which gained 34% of the vote in national elections a year ago, now holds a virtual veto over government programs in parliament. In France, another Communist party and its strong Socialist ally could well win a majority in next March's parliamentary elections. In Portugal and Spain, the Communists are fighting to increase their influence. There is a growing view among intellectuals, journalists and some politicians on both sides of the Atlantic that: 1) the U.S. cannot do anything to stop these trends and should not try; 2) the trends are not necessarily bad because...
...career. Speaking at a conference on Italy and Eurocommunism at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, he issued a powerful warning-intended as much for the Carter Administration and European leaders as for his audience of businessmen and scholars. "The accession of executive power [by these Communist parties]" would 1) be a massive change in European politics; 2) have basic consequences for the structure of the postwar world and for the Western alliance; and 3) alter "the prospects for security and progress for all free nations...
Powerfully, Kissinger explored some of the deeper reasons for Communism's present gains. "In the end," he said, "the Communist parties find their opportunities less in their inherent strength than in the demoralization, division or disorganization of their opponents; they succeed only when the democratic system seems unable to solve the social problems of the day, when the center does not hold and societies become polarized." Violence, such as that currently tormenting Italy, drives many to support Communism in desperation. Ticking off some of the basic causes of Communist gains, Kissinger noted: "A relativist age debunks authority and puts...
What should the U.S. do? Kissinger conceded that whether or not the Communist parties enter government is a matter for the voters of Europe to decide. But he also argued that America can encourage democratic forces in the West by recognizing the problems if Communists come to power and by not giving the impression, "through ostentatious association or consultation with Communist leaders," that "we consider Communist success a foregone conclusion." This is not the case, he said, although "United States hesitation and ambiguity can contribute to the impression" that it is and feed "the myth of [the Communists'] inevitability...