Word: spurn
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...young Maoists are mostly former farm workers from the south, embittered by city life, frustrated by assembly-line routine, and easy prey for student provocateurs, whose rallying cry is "Worker power!" Standing far to the left of Italy's established Communist Party, the mavericks spurn alliances with traditional unions, and have as their avowed aim the toppling of capitalism. While they ardently admire the Peking government, their name comes not from an official link with Red China but from their rough tactics and revolutionary chants, which resemble those once used by Chairman Mao's Red Guards. The Maoist...
Blacks desire the good things in life, which so many other Americans have already gained; these things are now taken for granted by the white middle class and have even become somewhat boring. In this sense, black militants are very different from young white radicals. They do not spurn material progress but want a greater share of it-along with freedom and equality. They are indeed faithful dreamers of the American dream- but scandalously hampered in turning that dream into reality for themselves...