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Brian J. Kelly, a member of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) said that Stalinist policies have exploited the working class in the Soviet Union, which defeats the purpose of socialism. He also called for the overthrow of U.S. capitalism...
...everyone in the small crowd agreed with Kelly's interpretation. His viewpoint was contested by three members of the Spartacus Youth League, who used the question-and-answer period to attack the ISO's position on Russian ideologies and the solidarity movement in Poland...
...Spartacists in attendance argued for what they call Russian socialist accomplishments. "The basic difference is that we defend the gains of the Russian revolution, and the ISO doesn't," said Spart Thomas N. Crean...
...dramatic move left Egypt less iso lated in the region and underscored Hussein's longtime desire to protect his small kingdom by building strong alliances. Yet the maneuver also deepened divisions within the Arab world. Syria and Libya violently denounced Jordan's decision, while moderate states like Saudi Arabia quietly clucked disapproval. Syrian President Hafez Assad most fears a realignment among Arab nations that would shift power away from Damascus and create a new atmosphere of tolerance in the Arab community for Egypt's separate peace with Israel. "This is a treacherous stab in the back...
...technical terms, Kodak's new film carries an ISO rating of 1,000, which means that it is 2½ times as sensitive to light as any other color print film now on the market. (ISO is a new international film-speed measuring standard, whose ratings are similar to the previously used American one, ASA.) The company's most popular color print film, Kodacolor II, has a rating of 100. Kodak and several rivals, including Europe's Agfa-Gevaert Group, the Japanese Fuji Photo Film Co. and Minnesota's 3M Co., produce less popular, and more...