Word: marxist
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...agenda should be the current situation of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Molotov countered with the proposal, meant to put Khrushchev on the defensive, that the international position be considered, "in the light of attempted imperialist putschs in Poznan and Hungary," and "its relations with so-called Marxist Parties of Poland, Italy, Japan...
From socialism's earliest beginnings down through the years to the present, the Roman Catholic Church has branded the Marxist doctrine of socialism with its disapproval. That disapproval became such a political reflex that Catholic parties often seemed to be identified with opposition to social progress itself. The effort to correct this impression, plus the urgent menace of Communism, gave birth, in post-World War II in Europe, to the surprisingly successful Christian Democratic movements in Italy, Western Germany, Belgium and France...
While admitting that he was a "classical Marxist," Sweezy refused to answer some questions (e.g., had he advocated Marxism at a university lecture?) put to him by the New Hampshire attorney general acting on authorization from the state legislature. The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld Sweezy's conviction for contempt on grounds that 1) "there exists a potential menace from those who would overthrow the Government by force and violence," and 2) "the need for the legislature to be informed on so elemental a subject as the self-preservation of Government outweighed the deprivation of constitutional rights that occurred...
Fashion's Changes. Watered down as it was, Mao's speech remained a cry of warning against the danger of the Marxist rigidity that led to revolt in Hungary. Above all, it made clear that what Mao called the "contradictions" in Chinese Communist society were actually symptoms of widespread disaffection. Items...
...Author Zilliacus has an encouraging message: the love that really matters is not that between men and women, but the love of God. A Roman Catholic convert, she also looses repeated salvos against the materialism of her upbringing. In abandoning Marxism, she has unfortunately retained the hectoring manner of Marxist argument: "You're afraid of the fact that pain is an inevitable adjunct of life, for man as he is at the moment. That fear even leads you to deny the very existence of God Himself. Oh, you don't have to explain. I was brought...