Word: socialistics
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During his Mexican years, Vidali-Contreras had an outspoken enemy in the U.S., goateed Carlo Tresca, a fearless tyranny-hater and an exiled Italian anarcho-socialist. Tresca's Italian-language weekly, Il Martello (The Hammer), publicly accused Vidali-Contreras of many acts of terrorism, and the following specific crimes: 1) the assassination in Barcelona of Camillo Berneri, Italian anarchist, during the Spanish civil war; 2) the murder in Mexico of Tiña Modotti, Vidali's Communist mistress...
...help her discharge her responsibilities, the Dutch people have elected a sober, able lot of politicians. The two largest parties, the Laborites and the Catholics, work well together. The Netherlands' Premier, Willem Drees, is a quiet, respected Socialist who started out as a bank clerk and parliamentary stenographer. Last week he peered through his pince-nez from behind his neat desk and spoke to a U.S. newsman. "Western Union? A fine and necessary thing, but it will take a lot of time ... Holland is grateful indeed...
...French Socialist Party had lost its vigor, and its attraction for French voters. All it had left was its honor, which it tossed away last week in a stupid double-cross that caused the fall of Premier André Marie's month-old government...
...Socialists committed the unforgivable political sin: they sold out, and then refused to stay bought. What they wanted desperately was postponement of local elections scheduled for October. They hoped the voters would forget the irresponsible Socialist desertion that had brought about the fall of Premier Robert Schuman's government (TiME, July...
...Socialists balked. For seven hours on one day last week and 15 hours on the next, they deadlocked cabinet meetings. Finally, Premier Marie had enough of it. "We are up against a blank wall," he said, "and I don't like the view." He decided to trick the Socialist tricksters, who, he knew, wanted to resign separately from the cabinet and leave him holding the bag. Marie asked to be excused for a minute. "I'll be right back," he said. Most of the ministers thought he had gone to the lavatory. Actually he had gone to draw...