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Most striking, perhaps, is the new willingness of Angolan President. José Havana have acted as security forces for Luanda's Marxist-Leninist government since their arrival in 1975. The Cuban presence has long discouraged the South Africans from considering a cease-fire along the Namibia-Angola border, a precondition for Namibian independence. Earlier this month, President Dos Santos met with Cuban Foreign Minister Isidore Malmierca Peoli in the Angolan capital. They agreed that Cuban troops would be withdrawn from Angola "as soon as all signs of possible invasion" from South Africa have stopped. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State...
Could Solidarity have survived by being more moderate, consolidating its initial gains and accepting half a loaf? Probably not. There was no way a Marxist-Leninist regime could have tolerated an independent entity whose very existence challenged the party's monopoly of power. Accepting even a moderate Solidarity meant ceasing to be a Communist state. At the same time, Solidarity's creation unleashed aspirations in Polish society that were beyond anyone's control. Conflict was unavoidable...
...military buildup does not square with protestations that it is meant to be defensive. Says a State Department expert: "They would like to have an armed force sufficiently strong that they can, with impunity, participate in the subversion of neighboring states. They are, by their own definition, Marxist-Leninist, and it would seem fundamental that they would prefer to see their neighbors in the same bloc...
...under Joseph Stalin. He converted the party into a reflection of his personal will, made the secret police a state within the state, and during World War II became the first political leader to award himself the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. Carrying the logic of Marxist-Leninist vigilance and militancy to grotesque extremes, Stalin presided over the extermination of at least 20 million "class enemies," "enemies of the state," "enemies of the people" and "traitors...
...successors have substituted collective leadership for autocracy and done away with the bloody manifestations of his tyranny. But they have continued to rely heavily on what is essentially a Leninist-Stalinist conception of party and state...