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But unlike others of their ilk, these two learned the merits of flexibility--a little-recognized characteristic of the New Right. It is, of course, opportunism, not dogmatism, that gives the Right its bite, and Thurmond and Helms are specialists at tailoring their positions to rightwing fashions. Thurmond may perform...
Each one was a central figure during the Nixon years--Thurmond as the architect of Nixon's Southern Strategy and Helms as the leader of the rightwing charge needed to create the reactionary climate Nixon wanted.
All was not merely high spirits, however. The choice of Argentina as the World Cup venue, a decision made in 1966, has drawn strong criticism from human rights activists. One reason: the widespread operation in Argentina of rightwing death squads searching for members of the left-wing Montoneros terrorist units...
Observers also agree that the CIA played a far larger role in Chile than the U.P. expected, or than Americans were told about. The American intelligence agency--in cooperation with America's International Telephone and Telegraph Co., which feared the U.P. would nationalize its Chilean branch--funded rightwing and fascist...
The four parties which comprise the Janata differ in ideology and background. The Jan Sangh, which is the largest group, was a rightwing, communal Hindu party, a less vehement descendant of the militant RSS that allegedly murdered Mahatma Gandhi. The BLD was largely made up of small-time landowners from...