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Brian J. Kelly, a member of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) said that Stalinist policies have exploited the working class in the Soviet Union, which defeats the purpose of socialism. He also called for the overthrow of U.S. capitalism...
...Stalin came around and said that we have to rely on ourselves," said Kelly at the third meeting of the Harvard/Radcliffe Socialist Forum. "This meant that the working class had to be exploited...
...Spartacists in attendance argued for what they call Russian socialist accomplishments. "The basic difference is that we defend the gains of the Russian revolution, and the ISO doesn't," said Spart Thomas N. Crean...
...motions and amendments last week, the delegates knew that the real struggle for survival will come with next spring's elections. For Mitterrand to pursue his policies with any effectiveness through 1988, his party must win about 30% of the popular vote next March. That would re-establish the Socialists, who currently hold 285 seats in the 491-seat National Assembly, as the country's largest single party and deny a majority to their major opponents, the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic and the right-of-center Union for French Democracy. But reaching that 30% threshold will...
...member parliament, they are well short of the majority needed to ensure a four-year tenure for the new Prime Minister, Anibal Cavaco Silva, 46. It was Cavaco Silva who triggered the collapse of the government last July when he pulled out of the coalition led by Socialist Prime Minister Mario Soares...