Word: leftist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Banned from France for his revolutionary activities last spring, Mandel, editor of the leftist weekly "La Gauche," said the French general strike in May was possible only because of the "mass character" of the preceeding student demonstrations. The workers reacted with what he described as "an element of competition," and with the conviction "we can do it even on a broader scale...
Mulele's men, who called themselves the Jeunesse, were fired by a strange mixture of leftist dogma and African magic, which they used time and again to put the superstitious Congolese National Army to flight. With shouts of Mulele mai (Water of Mulele), they threw themselves into battle, convinced that bullets fired at them would turn to water. Eventually the rebellion collapsed, partly because the Congolese army grew somewhat more efficient, partly because the geographical isolation of Kwilu province made it impossible for Mulele to replace the bows and poisoned arrows of his followers with modern weapons. Last week...
...Center-funded primarily by the Ford Foundation-does research on such topics as economic development, arms control, and underdeveloped countries. It has been the object of intense leftist criticism, and on September 25 of thisyear was invaded by a violent band of radicals...
...whitewash. In his handling of English, Daley is the Casey Stengel of American politics; he was wise enough to limit his physical participation in the film to two brief appearances. Ushijima waded through miles of television footage made during the convention week and spliced to gether scenes of New Leftist gatherings, of a police commander exhibiting the demonstrators' array of weapons, and of cops injured in the confrontation...
...better field marshal for the Old Politics army. Like some 18th century European general, Mayor Daley chose the place of battle, formed his battalions, set his lines of defense, and established his criteria for defeat or victory: there would be no disturbances in the streets of Chicago. The leftist youth leaders-Tom Hayden, David Dillinger, Jerry Rubin-drew up their counterstrategy and took the field, determined to prove that Daley's boast was hollow. On those terms, victory clearly went to the rebels...