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...Young Socialist Alliance (YSA)-dominated national SMC deviously railroaded its programs through the convention by controlling the chair and thus the flow of debate, a la Richard Daley. "YSA jammed the conference with its local people." one furious RYM woman told me. "and had them rubber-stamp their liberal. Stalinist bullshit." But the chair, as far as I could see, was impeccably fair in its arbitration and magnificently cool in the face of disruptions. And the delegates who comprised the decisive majority were predominantly clean-for-Geners, not YSA hacks...
...radical coalition, which accused the SMC leadership of "retreating in the face of liberal, Stalinist pressures," was hurriedly formed on the convention floor when it became clear that none of the dissenting factions-Independent Radical Caucus, Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM), Community Organizers, and Youth Against War and Fascism-had the strength alone to defeat the Lipman program...
...deputy party boss and leader of the ultraconservatives. Apparently, Strougal not only retained his No. 2 post in the party hierarchy but also replaced the wily Oldfich Cernik as Premier. Cernik's undisputed managerial skills and political agility had enabled him to serve as Deputy Premier in the Stalinist regime of Antonin Novotný and as Premier under...
...calling the press conference: to reply to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's proposal that the two Germanys enter into negotiations for a treaty renouncing the use of force. Between swigs of an orange-colored health drink called "buckthorn juice," Ulbricht, the East bloc's last surviving Stalinist, read a 52-minute speech. Then for the next 90 minutes he answered written questions. After he had finished, there was confusion in West Germany over exactly what he meant. The Stuttgarter Zeitung headlined, ULBRICHT CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH BONN; Munich's Merkur bannered, ULBRICHT'S POSITION UNCHANGED...
Many of the students know ideally what they want: "a broad-minded state, tolerant, and progressive," as one student described it to me. They generally know what they do not want: "Stalinist monotheism and mythology in our political life...