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...Article VI of the Soviet constitution should be revised, ending the "leading" role of the Communist Party and entertaining the possibility of granting official recognition to other political movements...
Never one to be bound by foolish consistency, Gorbachev dismissed the notion of a multiparty system as "rubbish" just a year ago and warned against taking a hasty decision on Article VI at the Congress of People's Deputies in December. Then, on his visit to Lithuania in January, he lobbed a political hand grenade, off-handedly remarking that he saw "no tragedy" in the development of a multiparty system. Last week he said the Communist Party would still struggle to play a leading role but "within the framework of the democratic process by giving up all legal and political...
...VI. Balance poses as metaphors for life balance...
...Interregional Group is staking out a program that would create something akin to social democracy. Perhaps most daring, it proposes eliminating Article VI of the Constitution, which entrenches the Communist Party as the "leading and guiding force" in all aspects of the society. Dumping this provision would effectively reverse Lenin's totalitarian doctrine that the party must control the state...
Curran has said that the investigations--being conducted by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights--are "compliance reviews" to determine whether Harvard and UCLA are adhering to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin, and allows the federal government to withdraw some or all funding from institutions found in violation...