Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there is another kind of U.S. philanthropy that could make a sharper impression: the gifts of U.S. labor unions. That kind of charity makes some points of its own; it proves that U.S. labor is far from the puny marionette on the knee of U.S. capital that Communist propaganda makes it out to be, and it calls attention to the breadth and depth of the U.S.'s concern with the people of other lands. Last week David Dubinsky, boss of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, announced a handsome gift for the citizens of Beersheba, Israel: a cool...
Beyond such holdings, Wolin says, Communism has "unique opportunities." To many ex-colonial peoples, "the U.S.S.R. seems a highly industrialized country . . . Soviet military might impresses them . . . Soviet propaganda of nationalism, independence and state sovereignty, sincere or not, evokes strong, emotional response." Yet Communism, outside China and its bordering areas, is barely holding its own. Wolin's figures...
...fencing with the MVD interrogators was deemed altogether too romantic. The West, having had time to take stock of his defection, had found the loss to Western intelligence less than expected. Strictly concerned with operations inside West Germany, he had had few intelligence secrets to tell the Russians. His propaganda value exhausted, the Communists had given him less and less to do, plainly showing that they also distrusted traitors...
...1940s, based in part on films smuggled out since. The guests left in stunned silence, except for one who drew Baldanza aside, and said: "I am glad someone had the courage to do this. It may open some closed eyes." Baldanza had delivered a shrewd, if blunt, propaganda blow at a time when Premier Daoud is hoping to make important deals with his omnivorous neighbor to the north, confident that he won't be swallowed...
...nipped plot was a forceful reminder that there are plenty of ardent Peronistas left in Argentina. Propaganda-wise, they pass around pro-Perón leaflets, spread rumors that the revolutionary government is about to fall, shout jingles in the streets: "Ladrón o no ladrón, queremos a Perón [Thief or not, we want Perón]!" Revolution-wise, they seem to limit themselves so far to sabotage, even in last week's plotting. Squads of Peronistas, called "Resistance Commandos," are blamed for several recent attempts to wreck trains and for a series...