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...Russians even today have a lingering prejudice against private property. Such an attitude, of course, could put a serious crimp in the Kremlin's ambitious plans to create a consumer-oriented economy. Last week Izvestia attempted through sleight of mind to remove the stigma of ownership from Marxist-Leninist doctrine...
...staunch anti-Stalinists by proposing that the Soviet Party Presidium be renamed Politburo -a title that won infamy under General Secretary Stalin prior to 1952. But Moscow City Boss Nikolai Egorychev, who proposed a return to the General Secretary label, hastened to point out that both terms were "Leninist" in origin. Egorychev was tapped by his superiors to deliver a lengthy speech explaining the difference between the sins of Stalin and the heroism of the Stalin era, a piece of Soviet doubletalk that left most listeners tranquilized but at least assured them that Stalin was not about to be personally...
...exile are exhaustive, and his treatment of the 1917 revolutions is both thorough and fair-minded. In discussing the February revolution, for example, after giving two pages of "the bare facts," Ulam asks, "What did really happen?" He then summarizes the liberal, non-Bolshevik Socialist, monarchist, Trotskyite, and Leninist positions before adding his own interpretation. Equally impressive are his analyses of Lenin as the ruler of a state. Here he gives a very reasonable explanation of Lenin's reasons for introducing the New Economic Policy. When he writes about the Comintern, Ulam not only manages to convey a great deal...
...Soviet hero and reformer, Russia's new bosses are showing a broad-mindedness far greater than that of their predecessors. The resurgence of the Alexander legend shows an acceptance of not only a Czar but an aspect of pro-Bolshevik history that transcends the rigid confines of Marxist-Leninist "truth...
...more youth see the relevancy of our program and approach, as well as the performance of our members. We recruit people into our club who we feel are active and serious about their politics. We do not expect everyone who we recruit to be a fully developed Marxist-Leninist, but we attempt to develop him in the club...