Word: communism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Talk about identity crisis! The Socialists have suffered from one practically since birth. Their problem is how to cling to Socialist principles without either being drawn toward Communism or embracing the bourgeois Establishment. Nowhere has the conflict been more tortured than in Italy. There, Socialists are outflanked on the left by the West's strongest Communist Party, while the center is pre-empted by the dominant Christian Democrats. Ever in search of a role, often quarreling among themselves, the Socialists have contributed greatly to Italy's protean politics. They have just caused the latest Italian government crisis...
Although I oppose Communism because of its inhumanity and because it contradicts the basic values of Asians and Vietnamese, I wonder if our people should continue to kill each other over an alien doctrine...
Indeed, the intellectuals have few clear-cut loyalties. They oppose the Saigon regime partly because it is military. But few are seriously committed to Communism. To most Vietnamese intellectuals, Communism was mostly the means of creating a revolutionary political force against French colonialism. Those few who were attracted are out in the jungle now: among them are Lawyer Nguyen Huu Tho, president of the National Liberation Front, and Architect Huynh Tan Phat, president of the Communists' recently proclaimed provisional revolutionary government...
Despite this threat to his Division's existence, Ahern views his job with a long-term perspective. "The war against Communism has been going on long before Joe McCarthy and will be going on long after we both are gone," he said...
Ahern views Communism and the New Left as vital, realistic dangers. "Communism is still a threat. Do you know what Communism's purpose is? Their theory is to overthrow the government of the U.S. with any means whatever. It would be a difficult thing to do but it's not an impossibility...