Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deadly logical consequence of an atheistic, man-centered system of values, enforced by fallible human beings with total power, who believe, with Marx, that morality is whatever the powerful define it to be and, with Mao, that power grows from gun barrels. By no coincidence the most humane Marxist societies in Europe today are those that, like Poland or Hungary, permit the dilution of their doctrine by what Solzhenitsyn has called "the great reserves of mercy and sacrifice" from a Christian tradition. Yet if there is any doubt about what the focus of the purest of revolutionary values is, consider...
...United States is supporting Patriotic Front headed by an out-and-out Marxist," Sole said, referring to one of the leaders of the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe...
Mobutu promptly blamed the invasion-the second by the Katangese exiles in 14 months-on Angolan President Agostinho Neto, whose Marxist government is propped up by some 20,000 Cuban troops. Mobutu also charged that Cuban advisers had accompanied the raiders and Washington claimed to have proof that Cubans had helped train the Katangese and thus were "responsible" for Shaba II. Cuban President Fidel Castro denied the charge, insisting that he and Neto had both opposed the Katangese raid and had tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent...
Robaye Ali and Ismail had bitterly differed on recent policy issues. Ismail opposed unification unless the North turned Marxist. He also approved the strong influence of Moscow and Havana on South Yemen. Robaye Ali wanted to keep Aden's diplomatic options more open; seeking better relations with the West, he sent "warm greetings" to Jimmy Carter...
...ascendancy of the fanatic Marxist Ismail, who has boasted of defeating all "enemies of the revolution" with his People's Militia, strengthens Moscow's hand in the Arab world's only avowedly Marxist state. Aden has replaced the Somali port of Berbera as the chief Russian naval base in the area. Soviet air force planes use the former British airstrips at Ras Karma and Muri. Large underground arms depots have been constructed to store weapons that can be rushed to pro-Communist movements in black Africa...