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...deporting whole peoples and destroying their cultures, Stalin greatly damaged the ethnic and cultural diversity that had always been an important part of Russia's strength. The state tried to replace ethnic and cultural differences with a deadening homogeneity. The very name of the country, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, carries no hint of ethnic or geographic reality...
Solzhenitsyn suggests that there are already clear signs of a national and religious renaissance, that Russians have always been hostile to the socialist system and even that they harbored defeatist sentiments during World War II. These ideas, which I may have oversimplified somewhat, are little short of myths. If our people and our leaders ever succumb to such notions, the results could be tragic...
Kohl became chancellor in 1982 largely by default, after Kohl's main competitior, the late Franz Joseph Strauss, had discredited himself as a viable candidate following his defeat in the 1980 election. Kohl was fortunate enough to be the opposition leader when the governing socialist-liberal coalition under Helmut Schmidt crumbled...
...result is a contentious debate that not only mirrors the deep political divisions among Israelis but also is reminiscent of the intense dialogue that preceded the country's founding in 1948. Back then, Zionists around the world hashed out such fundamental questions as whether Israel should be capitalist or socialist, secular or theocratic...
Chia, 49, was a member of Parliament representing the opposition Barisan Sosialis (Socialist Front) when he was arrested for allegedly advocating armed struggle against the government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Over the years, Singapore officials offered to free Chia, who has never been tried, if he would renounce violence. But he refused, maintaining that he had never espoused it in the first place. Last May Chia was sent into a bizarre internal exile on Sentosa, a tiny tourist island just off Singapore's main isle. He is * allowed visitors and free run of the island, where...