Word: manifestoes
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...metaphysical plot, to the primordial story? Communism, after all, loses ideological face if the workers, the stars of Marx's historical drama, step so radically out of their assigned role and indict the system that is their supposed salvation. The Polish workers have given the Communist Manifesto's "Workers of the world, unite!" a dimension of irony that the Politburo over in Moscow is incapable of savoring. Communism is supposed to be the solution; the Poles say it is part of the problem...
...these women became more politicized by the war around them--suffering the deaths of loved ones, and rape and persecution by Somocists--their actions grew bolder. The Women's Association Confronting the National Problem (AMPRONAC), formed by a broad-based group of women in September 1977, wrote a manifesto demanding not only an end to Somoza's reign, but also the "defense of Nicaraguan women's rights in all sectors--economic, social, and political...
...course, no manifesto means anyone can be counted a part of the conspiracy for marginal reasons--for example, a corporate exec who goes into est and "gets it"--which would make the network appear much larger than it really is. And with no political approach, how can it succeed, except through the nebulous "power of good ideas...
...Cramps pursue their vision with a messianic zeal. "Garbage Man" delivers the ultimate manifesto to those who think the Cramps are nothing more than the Munsters on dope and to those punky types who believe themselves too cool for the crypt...
...artistic goals? "[Puff.] I try to do in the best possible way this music. That is all." What about his reputation for radical politics? During the Viet Nam War, wasn't he hissed and shouted off the stage in Milan for trying to read an anti-U.S. manifesto before playing? "I am involved in a ... personal way. [Puff.] Every man has a responsibility. [Puff, puff...