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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reporter. In the next breath he grows serious, recalling how, when he first joined the party two decades ago, it sent its members to visit the Soviet Union, "telling us it was a workers' paradise. Today," he acknowledges, "that would make people laugh." Outside city hall, activist Gerard Kourland is selling L'Humanite, the party organ, and patiently explaining the difference between the Russian and French parties: "We officially gave up on the dictatorship of the proletariat in 1976. And even before then, we had our doubts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism a La Francaise | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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