Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need for the Administration to be more persuasive in presenting its case against Marxist-led groups in Central America was emphasized last week by a growing conviction among members of Congress that the U.S. should be encouraging the Salvadoran government to negotiate with the guerrillas (see story on page 23). As concern about the legitimacy of the voting mounted, the Administration announced the names of eight U.S. citizens, led by Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum, who will gather in El Salvador to observe the process...
...argue that negotiation could produce a tolerant, pluralistic government. Democratic Congressman Michael Barnes of Maryland, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, insists: "We can go to the table knowing what we will not concede-ultimate power. To say the only outcome is a Marxist-Leninist dictatorship is absurd." Adds Senator Gary Hart, Democrat from Colorado: "I'm not wildly optimistic about negotiations working, but at least we would be honest brokers rather than military promoters...
Oilman charged that the decision was made because he was a Marxist, He will soon be appealing the outcome of a suit he lost this past summer against Toll...
...University of Maryland is reconsidering its decision not to grant tenure to an avowed Marxist, who is an assistant political science professor, following a campaign of support by colleagues and students who were concerned about the possible political nature of the decision...
Another controversial decision by the university took place in July 1978, when a recognized Marxist, Bernell Oilman, then-an associate professor at NYU, was refused the chairmanship of the government department at the College Park campus...