Word: socialists
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...Revolution," an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York City until Jan. 11, presents a fascinating look at an artistic development that came into being between the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 and its economic liberalization in 1978 - namely, the new visual aesthetic of socialist realism with Chinese characteristics...
...under him than under Johnson; indeed, by the time of the fall of Saigon, he was out of office. The incursions into Cambodia and Laos cost thousands of lives - millions, when Pol Pot turned Cambodia into a nationwide graveyard. His CIA bore responsibility for the killing of Chile's socialist leader Salvador Allende, on Sept. 11, 1973. And his hounding of political opponents like Daniel Ellsberg was, at the least, ingracious. (See pictures...
...North continues.” The book moves from the early 20th century up to the 1980s, revealing many facets of this fight for equality that aren’t exactly well known, such as the Civil Rights movement’s early associations with Communist and Socialist political parties; its leaders’ personal relations with presidents (A. Phillip Randolph and Lyndon Johnson had their fair share of meetings); and how the fight for equality was undermined by a vicious cycle of unfair, false perceptions over which black Americans had no control. Sugrue strives to connect the struggles...
...remains ineligible to run in the 2012 election, his long-term socialist project will be at risk, mostly because he has few if any viable successors. In recent years he's had to fend off dissidents within his party and coalition, and as a result, he's been reluctant to promote anyone else to the national stage. The Chavista rebels complain that the theatrics of revolution have superseded the obligations of governing in Venezuela. That concern is a big reason why the PSUV lost last week in large urban centers like Caracas and Maracaibo. In those areas...
...Aznar government and its Socialist successor have long claimed ignorance of these military flights to Guantanamo, believed to number 13. On the day of the first El Pais story, current foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the press that he had had "no knowledge of the report" prior to its publication, and called for an internal investigation to locate any other related documents. "Our government is committed to the defense of human rights," Moratinos said. "We have nothing to hide...