Word: communism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although he charted the symptoms of the Age of Anxiety, Auden never seemed to have more than a mild case. His loss of faith in the Anglicanism of his childhood, his later disillusionment with Communism, his conversion back to Christianity were accomplished with no public hand wringing and left no visible scars. His emigration to the U.S. in 1939 raised charges that he had cravenly abandoned England's sinking ship; he stoically endured the abuse...
Innocent Cambodians are, as ever, caught in the crossfire. According to refugees, Vietnamese troops "liberating" a hamlet from the Khmer Rouge will customarily abolish the communal kitchens and other vestiges of Pol Pot's extremist brand of Communism and allow the citizens to elect their own leaders. The Vietnamese then move on to other villages, leaving the inhabitants defenseless against the revenge of Khmer Rouge who swoop down at night, reinstitute the communal kitchens, seize what food is available, and kill the elected leaders...
...point "platform to revitalize America." Among the proposals: U.S. withdrawal from the United Nations, an end to all foreign aid, repudiation of the national debt, abolition of the Federal Reserve System, and repeal of federal and state income tax laws. The delegates listen to a parade of speakers decry Communism, Zionism, U.S. foreign policy, Big Government, and politicians who ignore their constituents...
...Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden weren't protesting against nuclear energy [Oct. 8], they would be protesting against something else. I sometimes believe they receive pleasure from ridiculing the U.S. As a refugee from Communism, I appreciate the greatness of this country...
...poison and hurl all kinds of calumnies against me. . . Dictatorship is the greatest sin in the religion of Islam. Fascism and Islamism are absolutely incompatible. Fascism arises in the West, not among people of Islamic culture. . . Fascism would be possible only if the Shah were to return or if Communism were to take over...