Word: union
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less strident than Sholokhov's attack was a report from the Russian Writers Union. The report, printed in the Literary Gazette, charged that Solzhenitsyn had "joined hands with the opponents of the Soviet social system," and that his two banned novels, which were published abroad over his vehement protests, "have become a weapon in the hands of our class enemies." The report even suggested that Solzhenitsyn leave Russia for the West, "where his anti-Soviet works and letters are always received with such delight...
...parliamentary body for the Czech-speaking part of the country. Previously, liberals in the federal Parliament had been replaced by hardliners. Among those expelled in absentia from the Czech Council last week were Economist Ota Sik and Kafka Expert Eduard Goldstücker, former president of the Writers' Union, both of whom have gained refuge in the West. Said Dubček's onetime Culture and Education Minister, Ćestmír Císaŕ, as he resigned from his post as Council president: "I admit my share of the responsibility for the errors and shortcomings...
...quick succession, the party leaders of the state television network and the radio stations as well as leaders of the composers' union have all been forced to resign. Some 300 journalists have been fired for harboring liberal tendencies. To undercut the bargaining position of Czechoslovakia's nine unions of artists, writers and other creative people, Minister of Culture Miroslav Bružek has declared that he will deal with members strictly on an individual basis. Only those who obey the party line will be given financial aid and permission to travel abroad...
...Viet Nam. His line at the time was a tough one. He charged that "U.S. imperialism will never abandon its criminal aim of vainly trying to perpetuate its forcible occupation of South Viet Nam." He also condemned the Middle East policies of both the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The two nations, said Li, are trying to "intimidate, bribe, deceive and divide the Arab countries...
...publication only two issues old-and one which reads as though it were put out by a bunch of truck drivers. Teammate, as it happens, is the monthly magazine of a bunch of truck drivers. In bareknuckle prose, it has been throwing straight jabs at the Teamsters Union hierarchy. The union officials, who are just filling in while Jimmy Hoffa finishes his jail sentence, are described as corrupt bosses and the "enemy within." The magazine has publicized alleged Mafia involvement in the misuse of pension funds and attacked dynastic policies in selecting local leaders...