Word: proletarian
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...GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION, which swept China from May 1966 to April 1969, was Mao's offensive against the new elite. His chief weapon: China's youth. Huge posters denouncing pragmatic leaders such as Liu and Teng Hsiao-ping plastered walls; they and thousands of others were forced to resign in disgrace; millions of people paraded waving little red books containing quotations from Chairman Mao. The movement careened out of control. Exhorted by Mao to "learn revolution by making revolution," the youthful Red Guard attacked "old customs" and destroyed ancient art and cultural works. Rallies replaced work; schools...
...members of the revolutionary committee are following the proletarian line," he added. A young electric worker in Sian sounded less sure: "Struggle is still necessary," he said firmly. What had he done during the Cultural Revolution? "I made rebellion against the revisionist line," he said, grinning broadly...
Gierek is unique among Communist leaders: he lived for many years in the West, and he comes from a genuinely proletarian background. The son of a mine worker who died when Gierek was four, he worked in French and Belgian coal mines from the age of 13 until his early 30s. He returned to Poland after World War II, where he quickly became active in the party. In 1957 he was named first secretary of the party in Silesia, where he gained a reputation for protecting the interests of miners and other industrial laborers. When worker unrest threatened to wreck...
...plans just before the opening and immediately got an injunction to stop the performance. Ruling the show could go on, a three-judge panel reinstated the rape and ordered the sepia-skinned Kaufmann to wear a wig of Caucasian hair. Lang was disappointed. "Kowalski is not a brutal proletarian helping to destroy an old traditional civilization," he said, "I see him as a democratizing force...
Love and Anarchy is not, however, a proletarian version of Day of the Jackal. It is equally about Tunin's being able to bring himself to commit this act of violence and about his love affair with a young whore (Lina Polito), who arouses and assuages him as the day of assassination draws closer. Tunin is no bold gunman. He is assaulted by fear, lulled by affection for the whore. It is never certain that he will be able to make his slightly mad attempt on Mussolini...