Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past few months disclosed more and more about the CIA involvement with the contras, members began to feel political heat for apparently condoning the program. More important, many became convinced that the Administration was violating the Boland Amendment by using the aid as a way to destabilize the Marxist-led Sandinista regime. In an attempt to resolve both dilemmas, Boland and Clement Zablocki of Wisconsin proposed a second amendment, this one "to prohibit U.S. support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua and to authorize assistance, to be openly provided to governments of countries in Central America, to interdict...
...Administration, U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, impugned the motives of some members in an interview with a Buenos Aires newspaper: "There are people in the U.S. Congress who do not approve of our efforts to consolidate the constitutional government of El Salvador and who would actually like to see the Marxist forces take power in that country...
...moment, the paramilitary pressure being brought to bear on Nicaragua seems to be working. The Sandinista leaders have recently shown a willingness to negotiate. Moreover, it is a sign to friend and foe alike that the U.S. is prepared to draw the line against the spread of Marxist-Leninist revolution. But as usual, covert action carries heavy risks. For one, the operation could prove unsuccessful, leaving a sediment of anti-American feelings. For another, the domestic debate over covert action is costing Reagan valuable political capital. The question now is whether the U.S. can sustain its covert operation long enough...
...Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims," wrote Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto of 1848. Yet once again, Michael T. Anderson '83, a self-proclaimed Marxist, attacks the Spartacist League for being too open with then politics, and for upsetting "the delicate balance" which keeps his radical-chic image intact...
...issue is now of "capital importance" to this country. She does note a grudging but significant change in the debate that could signal some deeper sensitivity and a realization of the importance of Latin America. Only a few months ago, she says, few people were talking about another Marxist state in the Caribbean or the extension of Soviet bases and even missiles into the area. Now nobody really dismisses those possibilities...