Word: maoists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...misattributions when he saw a copy of Mao's Unpublished Poems. "Not all these poems are written by Chairman Mao," he told a friend. "Many are mine." Chen called the apparent plagiarism to the attention of then Premier Chou En-lai, who was a defender of the people against Maoist radicals. Chou reportedly praised Chen for speaking out and immediately called for circulation of the work to be halted...
WHEN WAS THE last time the Reagan Administration called an avowed Maoist a "freedom fighter...
...Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) as an anti-Communist "war of liberation." Savimbi's supporters completely overlook the fact that the leader of UNITA has never professed an ideological preference for "democracy"; in fact, he has freely publicized his own preference for Stalinist-Maoist forms of totalitarianism. Savimbi is willing to ingratiate himself with whomever is stupid enough to help him install his own regime--and it appears that American interventionists have been duped by his disingenuous propaganda...
Savimbi's career is no textbook example of anti-Communism. In his fight against the Portuguese colonial rule that ended in Angola in 1975, Savimbi traveled to China to study revolutionary tactics. In those days, he talked of turning Angola into a Maoist agricultural commune, stating, "You can't apply capitalism to Africa...
...power struggle to the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.), a Marxist party that continues to run Angola with the help of some 30,000 Cuban troops and 1,500 Soviet military advisers. From his base in the southeastern third of the country, Savimbi turned from a Maoist into what he called "a New Testament socialist." Recently, he has portrayed himself in terms that U.S. conservatives find even more appealing. "The American people are again interested in helping those who are fighting for freedom," Savimbi told TIME in Angola shortly before leaving for Washington. "We want...