That Church had seemed to be engaged in a holy
war against communism as an ally of the West in its political conflict, but now it seems to have accepted the reality of coexistence.
Finally we can not emphasize too strongly that the most important
defense against communism consists in extension of justice for all classes.
The Authorization differs from the usual practice of declaring war against a specific country; even during the Cold War, the US Congress still authorized or declared the use of force or war against individual countries and not
against communism as a whole.
Broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were praised by Poland's Lech Walesa as being critical to the
struggle against communism.
If I want to
argue against communism, and I speak only about the Soviet Union, is my argument invalid because I didn't mention China, Vietnam, Cuba, etc..?
In doing so, it misses the best lesson the
revolution against communism taught us, that» as John Paul II has consistently emphasized» the Christian Church is the true bulwark for modern political liberties.
The Solidarity movement, born in the wake of John Paul II's first visit to his homeland, brought to the history of
dissent against communism a new and decisive quality.
I recently came across the story of Plinio Correa de Oliveira (1908 - 1995), a courageous and determined Brazilian Catholic layman who devoted his life to the defence of the Catholic Church and the Catholic
faith against communism.
Zakat is a special characteristic of Islam which encourages social cooperation, helps to balance the rich and the poor, stabilizes society, and is the best
weapon against communism.
I am all for
Confucianism against communism, but here again this ancient faith, saturated with the special culture and customs of China, is not a live option for you.
In the second half of the century courageous mass
protests against communism, apartheid and the Shah in Iran were often met with bullets, while students and anti-war protestors mobilized large crowds in the US and Europe.
Yet the Smeltertown diaspora continues to maintain the shrine of Mount Cristo Rey, the shining cross on the mountain, envisioned as a «
fortress against communism» but cherished as a site of tender devotion.
In recent years the four great religions of China — Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam — founded a «Religious Friends Association» to unite in the
fight against communism.
The Saudis and Persian Gulf Emirates contributed billions of dollars to Mujahadeen coffers, and thousands of Arabs responded to the Mujahadeen's call for jihad, including the wealthy Saudi playboy, Osama bin Laden, who quickly became one of the CIA's most important operatives in its proxy
war against communism.
The economic and political
battles against communism, by returning liberalism to its original course, certainly changed the direction of modernity.
Does it matter to David Hart that Rand was a reliable ally in the war
against communism?
The philosophical hero of The Good Fight is the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who in the aftermath of World War II rallied liberals to a «moral realism» in defending the free world (without sneer quotes)
against communism.
A Republican can claim to be
against communism, while still perpetrating it, which unfortunately happens all too often.
(So the our war
against communism was a bigger and more noble deal than even our cold warriors thought at the time.)
We must wage the struggle as strenuously as we fight
against communism and all other external threats to liberty, and for precisely the same reason.
Bennett pointed out in his letter that Goldwater omitted an important adjective in that quote, for he had actually argued that the church should not be engaged in «a holy war»
against communism.»
In June 1976 Secretary of State Henry Kissinger publicly criticized the Chilean government for its poor human rights record but privately reassured Pinochet that the U.S. understood his fight
against communism.
As usual it was portrayed as the «fight
against communism»... but it was really just to keep uni students from engaging with student politics at all at uni, so John Howard could just to educate them about politics his way....