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...society. The daughter of a rich landowner on the island of Negros, a Communist stronghold, she joined the rebels in 1973, when she was 17. Deceptively gentle in appearance, Justiniani was at first stirred by the nationalist opposition to the Marcos government's pro-American policies. Now a rigorous Marxism sustains her. After spending years in the jungle, she claims, "I know the peasants and what they feel. I have witnessed their suffering. In some ways I have shared it. The army backs the landlords. That is the truth. Cory is insincere...
...even the most militant protesters admit to favoring a North Korean- style Communist government. "Actually we are in favor of democracy first and then unification," said a Korea University sophomore. Such views reflect a brand of thought that one U.S. diplomat labels "infantile Marxism." Says a Seoul prosecutor who has handled many cases against radical students: "They harbor some romantic views on the nature of the socialist state, and their idealism leads them to think that some of the problems of our society could be solved by socialism. But few understand or are dedicated to bringing the North Korean system...
This begins to sound rather like a redefinition of liberalism and conservatism, but Sowell insists that it is not, and that no one holds to the same vision 100% of the time. There are even what he calls hybrid visions, and he applies that term to both Marxism and fascism. "The Marxian theory of history is essentially a constrained vision," he writes, "with the constraints lessening over the centuries, ending in the unconstrained world of communism." Fascism relies on several key aspects of the constrained vision, "obedience to authority, loyalty to one's people, willingness to fight," but all this...
...That's a ridiculous statement," Henkle said yesterday response to Hirsch's charges of "radical collectivism," which Henkle defined as a "buzzword for Marxism...
...purge turned last week to the president and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who were removed from office. They had been responsible for the administration of the rebellious university in Hefei. In addition, Liu Binyan, a prominent journalist, was expelled from the party for attacking Marxism as an "outdated ideology." It was unclear how many more heads might roll, but little doubt remained that China's latest experiment in political relaxation had come to a halt...