Word: titoism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While this kind of maneuver fits well in Khrushchev's repertory, it seemed likely that the two old Moscow-trained Communists had something more far-reaching to talk about: the future of Tito and Titoism. In the last two months the Russians have shown some impatience with Tito's propaganda in the satellite states, where he encourages local Communist autonomy in line with the "many roads to socialism" thesis. His jailing of Moscow-repatriated Yugoslav Communists who took the Cominform side in his quarrel with Stalin has drawn a rebuke from Pravda. Did Soviet leaders think the time...
Communist Territories: From all outward signs, the Kremlin's men intend to encourage some form of controlled nationalism in the satellites (a process not to be confused with Titoism, which was an uncontrollable revolt). Within Russia the Kremlin has reduced the work week from 48 to 46 hours, released thousands of political prisoners from internment, raised pensions for the aged and disabled, and sought to modify some of the strains of the Stalin era. Since this is good business for the Communist leaders, who hope to get more productivity out of the beneficiaries, the West has found such gestures...
...days of his exile from the fold, nobody stomped on that "fascist dog" Tito with more enthusiasm than Hun gary's bullet-headed Matyas Rakosi. He eliminated his enemies (notably former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk) on the charge of "Titoism" and missed no opportunity for verbal abuse of Tito himself. Then Big Brother told all good Communists they had to be nice to errant Little Brother Tito-or else. It was Tito's turn, and he demanded Rakosi eat a full portion of crow, and be quick about...
...made things very difficult for the comrades. Now that Tito is a not-to-be-abused friend, how is Titoism to be combatted? Once deviationism is blessed, where does it all end? An old-line hatchet man, no brighter than he should be, could only cry: "Don't shake our trees...
...enemy of the Soviet Union," and ended its mutual-defense agreement. Beginning with Rajk in Hungary, the Communists staged a series of satellite trials and purges-Kostov in Bulgaria, Slansky in Czechoslovakia, Gomulka in Poland-in which Communists accused of nationalistic ambitions were murdered for the crime of Titoism...