Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...creative artist's struggle--in vain, of course--to justify his adherence to the arts over the pressing issues of politics. The attempt to legitimize art, in a world increasingly skewed towards the political, the economic and the scientific, has assumed some strange configurations. There is the essentially Marxist-inspired vision of poetry as the picture of life after the Revolution; the poet, as Party servant, illustrates prophecies, bringing the dreamers' vision alive for the toiling workers. The same impulse can be detected in the Emersonian vision of the poet as the "head" atop the shoulders of the state...
After a year of lurching from one crisis to another, Reagan finally seemed to be on track with a sensible and well-rounded foreign policy initiative. His speech did contain a section of vituperation about the spread of "Marxist-Leninist dictatorships," but it did not stress the projection of military might. Rather, it emphasized the need for economic partnership and common goals among the U.S. and its Caribbean neighbors. "For over 400 years our peoples have shared the dangers and dreams of building a new world," Reagan said. "In this profound sense, we are all Americans...
...fighting between El Salvador's 15,000-man army and some 4,000 to 6,000 Marxist-led guerrillas is growing bloodier. Neither side can score a decisive victory, but the guerrillas are increasingly able to launch strikes in the countryside and defend themselves skillfully under attack...
...Salvador received most of the attention in Central America last week, but this Sunday the citizens of Guatemala (pop. 7.5 million) will vote in another violence-torn presidential election. Since 1977, an estimated 13,000 people have died in the chaotic and brutal confrontation of the government, Marxist-led guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary forces. The favorite to win the election is the Popular Democratic Front's General Anibal Guevara Rodriguez, the latest officer to represent the mainstream of the conservatives who have controlled the country for 27 years. Two other conservative groups are contesting the election...
...Committee's inertia reflected the party's disarray in the face of an ideological power struggle within its dwindling ranks (29% of its members have resigned since August 1980). In recent weeks, a hard-line faction has increasingly attacked party moderates and called for a return to Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy. Led by figures like Politburo Member Stefan Olszowski, this group draws its strength from the bureaucrats whose privileges are threatened by reform...