Word: maoists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...into Revolution Books armed with my reporter's notebook, my power pen and my stoic journalist expression, prepared for a smooth and meaningless statement from a slick, faceless spokesperson. I waited nervously in line behind some clean-cut first-years buying Expos books and an Eliot House resident buying Maoist literature to talk to Rachael Adler, a senior staff member of Revolution Books...
...WHAT USEFUL PURPOSE does AWARE Week serve? None that I know of. It gives guilt-stricken white liberals a chance to attend rap sessions at which they can engage in a sort of Maoist ritual self-criticism and confess to committing sins they can't even specify, much less remember...
Fifteen years ago, this peasant-based, uneducated Maoist group committed some of the worst human rights atrocities in recent (and long-term) history. Led by the radical Pol Pot, they overran the capital, Phnom Penh, in 1975 and proceeded to slaughter one in seven of their fellow citizens. Most city dwellers were herded into concentration camp-like "reeducation" communes in the countryside, better known as the killing fields...
...sacked for supporting last year's protests, have been demoted or dismissed. Last week Premier Li Peng told reporters that Zhao, who has not been seen in public since last May, is a "free man" but is still under investigation for political crimes. Meanwhile, the party process of Maoist- style "self-criticism," or recantation, continues...
...doing running for President? "Risking everything! I wouldn't be doing this otherwise!" Vargas Llosa says with a laugh. He is not exaggerating. Peru suffers from an inflation rate of nearly 3,000% a year. Ten people are killed daily in political violence in Peru, the majority by the Maoist terrorist group Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path). The average Peruvian's standard of living has dropped more than 50% since 1985. Corruption thrives in the bloated, inefficient state bureaucracy. Only Vargas Llosa seems to want the job of managing the nearly unmanageable country. Even for those who oppose...