Word: revolutionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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It was an unexpected summons. The usually aloof Chinese Foreign Ministry had invited Yugoslav Correspondent Branko Bogunovic, 47, for a chat. Over Indian tea, the woman in charge of the press section recited some Mao-thoughts. Then she got down to business. Bogunovic had to leave the country for writing...
Oddly enough, it was the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution that allowed Bogunovic to start functioning as a normal reporter again. Suddenly news was available-in the form of posters splashed all over Peking walls. Journalists haunted the streets in search of news. Some of it was contradictory and misleading...
So he was not especially unhappy that he was thrown out. Nor has his disgrace in China damaged his career in Yugoslavia. Back home last week, he learned that he has a good chance of becoming director-general of the Tanyug News Agency, for which he has been reporting. The...
THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION (1917-1967) by Isaac Deutscher. 115 pages. Oxford University. $3.75.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 is 50 years old, and it is tempting to say that never have so many been disillusioned by so few about so much. The small band of revolutionaries who seized power in Russia achieved a momentous transformation of their country and of the world. Perhaps...