Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deceptive ways Saigon seems not to have changed. The nostalgic visitor can still order a Grand Marnier Souffle in a good French restaurant or go to the Rex Hotel on Saturday night and dance with a lissome girl in a pastel ao dai. But such moments are illusory. The Marxist regime of the North makes its presence felt down to the naming of streets and buildings. The elegant Caravelle Hotel is now the Independence. The city's raffish main street, Tu Do (Freedom) has been renamed Dong Khoi (General Uprising), commemorating the Communist takeover...
...Iran's political and economic situation continues to deteriorate, many Western observers fear that leftists may ultimately inherit the revolution and seize control of the government. That may happen, but for the time being, two major leftist groups act as a buffer between the clerical regime and Marxist radicals. The Tudeh (Communist) Party apes the current Moscow line, which proclaims unqualified support for the Ayatullah. The Islamic People's Mujahidin, which espouses broad anti-imperialist and socialist principles, also recognizes Khomeini...
Several other leftist groups are united in their staunch opposition to the government. They include the People's Fedayan, a Marxist guerrilla organization; Peykar, a Marxist offshoot of the Mujahidin; and the KUMOLEH, a largely peasant-supported party...
...least radical of the rebellious leftist parties, the K.D.P. is led by Abdol Rahman Qassemlu, a Marxist economist with a reputation for fierce independence. Says a veteran Tudeh member: "Qassemlu prefers to be his own master-a fact that doesn't go down well with Moscow...
...Kremlin's wrath more than that of the defeated mullahs. In the words of a longtime Iranian Communist: "Moscow is willing to have any regime on its southern borders-Khomeini's, the Shah's, even Franco's." But "it will never tolerate an independent Marxist government...