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The World's Most Powerful President? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL FEATURE--MANAGING THE SOVIET REVOLUTION |
| Author: Richard W. Judy |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,719 Words, 10,171 Characters |
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In early February, the Central Committee of the Communist Party accepted, after bitter argument, a Gorbachevian political platform that rejects many of the central tenets of Marxism-Leninism.
The party of Lenin, according to this document, rejects the very notion of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The party of Stalin no longer claims a monopoly of power. The party of Khrushchev espouses universal, equal, and direct suffrage. The party of Brezhnev rejects bureaucratic rule. The party of Andropov advocates the separation of governmental powers.
The lion, it would seem, is to lie down with the lamb, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is to become the guarantor of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Has the totalitarian larvam of Soviet communism e...
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...ommand economy must be replaced, but none on what should replace it. For ideological, bureaucratic, and cultural reasons, too few in Russia are ready to admit that they must build a real market. As in Eastern Europe, until true changes are made, no substantial economic reform will be possible. Consequently, there will be no political peace or place for those identified with the old regime.
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