Word: proletarianization
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...years of the French Communist Party's work towards separation from the Kremlin. To the chagrin of most party members, the Secretary General speaks of solidarity with the Soviets, and dismisses French social democracy as imperialistic. Of course, he doesn't mention Kabul. By resurrecting such buried phrases as "proletarian internationalism," Marchais plunges the party back into a long-abandoned orthodox line, thereby killing all hopes of political legitimacy...
Labor's N.E.C. is dominated by leftists; their guiding light is proletarian aristocrat Tony Benn, an M.P. who aspires to succeed Callaghan as party leader. The internecine squabbling has led to fear that the party could split into two irreconcilable segments: a centrist group of Social Democrats, some of whom favor an alliance with the Liberal Party, and an openly leftist party that would tolerate the Red Moles and other extreme Marxists. A poll by the London Times showed that 54% of Britons favor a new centrist party in the political lineup. The N.E.C.'s high-handedness...
Crimson: Was proletarian writing at all significant on the American literary scene...
...recent interview, William Phillips discussed what it was like to live through the controversial years of the 1930s; his feelings about proletarian literature; and his short-lived sympathies with the Communist Party. Sitting in his book-lined office, full of intellectual and literary titles, his face looked slightly faded as he talked. His manner was nervous, a bit defensive: even after all these years, it is not easy to reconstruct that period. Following are excerpts from that interview...
...weapon, and existed to the extent that writers believed it existed. No, I think it had only a small impact--if any--on later American literature. I think James T. Farrell and John Dos Passos produced the best fiction during those years, but I wouldn't particularly call it "proletarian...