Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Catholics, Democrats and Christians were out. So were the Socialists and the Masjumi (Moslem) Party, the nation's largest; both have been moderately sympathetic to the West. Solidly in were left-wing Nationalists and a few obscure parties of the left-wing bloc. Bull-necked Marxist Iwa Kusumasumantri, jailed in 1946 for his part in the Communist Tan Malaka rebellion, was named Minister of Defense. The new Justice Minister has attended Communist peace rallies; the new Foreign Secretary signed the Stockholm peace appeal. Pro-Communists held the Ministries of Finance and Education...
Niebuhr condemns the "hysterical labors of the vigilantes" and believes that "the matter is beyond the competence or interest of a congressional investigation committee." But "while we deal with these issues among ourselves," he feels it should be admitted that there has been "a very considerable Marxist dogmatism in the 'liberal' wing of the Protestant churches." Niebuhr says that he and others used some Marxist doctrines as weapons against the smug, optimistic, individualistic form of Christianity the U.S. had inherited from the 19th century, and against certain economic injustices that happened under capitalism. But, he now acknowledges...
...state will spend 36% of its new budget on consumers (education, health, culture), he said, and by some Marxist magic which he did not elaborate, they actually would get back 127 billion rubles "more than they will contribute to it." He denounced the previous "incorrect attitude" towards the poor collective farmer, whose "private auxiliary farmstead" had been heavily taxed, and his private cows taken from him. All this would be changed...
...Novgorod whose heart aches for the sufferings of his people. One night he sings of their sorrows to the sea; and hearing him, the daughter of the Sea King rises through the waves, falls in love with him, and promises to help. In a bit of pre-Marxist fairy-tale socialism, she enables him to relieve a lot of capitalists of their money, which he promptly distributes to the poor. But, Sadko finds, while their bodies now have all they can desire, their souls still want. They are not happy. Whereupon Sadko and some brave friends (one young, one strong...
Riots & Parades. In an Italy tossed between Marxist riots and Blackshirt parades, Don Luigi and De Gasperi tried desperately to head off Fascism by proposing a coalition with the Socialists, but their efforts failed. After Mussolini took over, Sturzo fled into exile in 1924, and De Gasperi became leader of the party...