Sentences with phrase «by the communist government»

His father, a mechanic who restores old cars, took advantage of the strong educational opportunities offered by the Communist government by enrolling Capote at age eleven, along with his older brother Ivan (also an artist working in Havana), at the Provincial School of Art in Pinar del Río.

Not exact matches

The widely read Global Times is run by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, although its stance does not necessarily reflect Chinese government policy.

Guo had been earlier asked by the Vatican to step aside for a prelate approved by China's Communist government.

The Department of Justice said in a news release that «these bonds were issued by the former Republic of China prior to losing power to the communist government in 1949.

While the widely - read paper is run by the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily, its stance does not necessarily equate with Chinese government policy.

The famous band led by Sir Mick Jagger rocked out with tens of thousands of people in the capital Havana - a historic event given that foreign rock music had previously been banned under the Communist government for several decades.

The idea of the people being compelled, essentially the point of a gun by the government, to surrender their property so it can be redistributed to people the government has deemed more deserving is socialist / communist not Christian.

In these cultural circumstances, people in high places in both the government and Church see that, with an imperial outlook of her own, Orthodoxy might be able to fill the vacuum left by the defunct Communist Party in the system of post-Soviet administration.

Professor of political science at Columbia University Andrew J. Nathan is keen on the tenacity of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to survive and stay in power, by its selective responses to the demands of certain sectors of Chinese populace and expedient reforms and relatively democratic ways within the government — all are to him, indications of...

But here again this can not happen unless the question comes from within — unless the government official will not allow himself to evade it by saying, «Of course, he says that because he is a communist.»

Moreover, American distrust of government has long fed on the abuses of state power abroad, whether by despotic monarchs, fascist dictators or communist tyrants.

In a closed society, typified by communist and fascist countries and by states in which the agencies of government are in the hands of absolutist ecclesiastical authorities, the preservation of the social order requires that the schools be under political control, in order that the official dogmas may be taught and the will of the controlling parties may be implanted in the minds of the young.

You've met enough atheists on this board by now to know that atheists find the communists governments as repugnant as you do.

Supported by Mao, and given the green - light by Stalin, the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) swept across the 38th parallel aiming to unite all Koreans under the communist government of Kim Il - Sung.

Professor of political science at Columbia University Andrew J. Nathan is keen on the tenacity of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to survive and stay in power, by its selective responses to the demands of certain sectors of Chinese populace and expedient reforms and relatively democratic ways within the government — all are to him, indications of the «authoritarian resiliency» of the CCP.

But my job — assigned by the government — consisted of little more than rubber - stamping newly - created communist rules and regulations.

After World War II the executive branch of government argued that it needed absolute power in foreign affairs because (1) in a nuclear age, when missiles can make the trip from Moscow to New York in 20 minutes, there is no time to consult Congress and the people, and (2) the «secret, subversive» techniques of the communists can be challenged only by subversion and secrecy on our part.

Our group's understanding of the relationship of Deng Xiaoping's government to religion began before we left the U.S., with our study of a fairly recent position paper on religion issued by China's Communist Party.

American hostility to the communist regime was clearly visible in the bitter opposition for more than two decades to its recognition by our government and to its inclusion in the UN.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

They protested nonviolently against American intervention in Vietnam, but ignored the violences committed by the Viet Cong and gave no thought to the consequences for the whole of Vietnam should a communist government gain control.

Those without any moral guidance such as Pol Pot (2 million), Stalin and his cronies (61 million), Chinese (10 million), In sum the communist probably have murdered something like 110,000,000, or near two - thirds of all those killed by all governments, quasi-governments, and guerrillas from 1900 to 1987.

The same citizen was, beyond dispute, actively engaged in encouraging espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, and to his dying day advocated the revolutionary replacement of the American government by a Communist regime.

Your government is run by rabid communist islam - appeasing nazi - mooses, un meese, uh, meeses, oh damn, what's the plural of moose?!?!

Just as the new mayor of Turin launches a drive to make the city meat free, so a new Communist - led coalition government in the Indian state of Kerala is attempting to make its dietary mark — this time by introducing a fat tax.

The growth of the sport is curbed nationwide by strict regulation on the construction of new facilities, current president Xi Jinping has told members of his ruling Communist Party not to play the game, and the government closed 111 courses just last year alone.

It is at this point that you see the emergence of socio - economic factors that remain of relevance after the war and into the Communist era: a drive for economic self - sufficiency, social welfare stimulated by the refugee crisis — the government needed to cope with 80 million refugees.

«Pure Marxist theology» by «a load of Communist clerics» — Thatcher's government didn't think much of a landmark Church of England report on urban decay which slammed its housing, benefits, tax and policing policies.

The Communist government recognizes only bishops within its borders who are designated by the government, but underground churches in -LSB-...]

Liman and his screenwriter, Gary Spinelli (Chaos Walking, Stash House), apparently play fast and loose with the facts of Seal's life («dramatic license» in case you're wondering), but hew relatively close to the general contours and parameters of that same life, following Seal as he settles in Mena, Arkansas at the behest of his careerist handler, expands his drug - smuggling business with Schafer's willful ignorance as an ally, and turns a massive property (also bestowed by a generous federal government) into a training ground for the Contra rebels who fought against the Communist - allied Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the «80s.

The resistance is led by the government of President Michelle Bachelet, a Socialist who is aligned with the country's Communist forces.

Following the outbreak of WWII, President Edvard Benes formed a Czechoslovak government in exile in London and negotiated an official renunciation of the Munich Agreement and its consequences; he also gained the cooperation of Czechoslovak communist exiles by promising them concessions after the war.

The last I heard, we average tourist plebs from the «land of the free and the home of the brave» are prohibited by our government from traveling to Cuba, nothwithstanding our freedom to travel to Vietnam, China, and other nefariously «communist» countries.

The subject of the 2002 retrospective, Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting organized by the Museum of Modern Art, Richter was born in Dresden, Germany, and first studied art under the social and political disciplines of the East German communist government.

Planned to house the new Communist government in what was then Petrograd (St. Petersburg), the monument was a pipe dream of a structure; by 1932 the nearly 16 - foot - tall model itself had vanished.

Then, it was in Warsaw when the Venezuelan government announced that they would host the preCOP, a Venezuelan government which bears as an insignia the communist legacy of Hugo Chavez, and is identified within the UNFCCC (Climate Change Conference of the UN) as a country with sharp criticism of the lack of ambition by many other nations in regard to dealing with climate change.

Remember this, next time you hear people claiming that climate scientists are only in it for the money, or that environmentalists are trying to create a communist world government: these ideas were devised and broadcast by energy companies.

Does anyone really believe that stats put out by the Communist Chinese government are believable?

He has claimed that the British royal family is running an international drugs syndicate, that Henry Kissinger is a communist agent, that the British government is controlled by Jewish bankers, and that modern science is a conspiracy against human potential.

Patrick Goodenough in CNS News reported recently that even in China, which is ruled by a Communist Party dictatorship, the government has referred the treaty to the Standing Committee of Parliament for its approval.

It's quite clear the reason is a bias against government, as I covered in my video series (particularly «Get What You Want,» and «No Holds Barred»), and tipped off by your featured statement «Don't you know that the AGW spin is nothing more than a socialist / communist attempt to take over the world?

We were so close to a one world government by communists — just as well someone leaked emails before we were all living in ice caves again.

If Monckton and Plimer are right, all the major scientific bodies in the world are engaged in a conspiracy to introduce communist world government by (drumroll!)

Schneiderman v. United States, 320 U. S. 118, overruled earlier holdings that the courts could take judicial notice that the Communist Party does advocate overthrow of the Government by force and violence.

Resorts and Beaches are Top Picks for Americans Interested in Visiting the IslandWhile almost half of Americans are now interested in traveling to Cuba following the U.S. government's easing of travel restrictions and improved diplomatic relations, a survey by leading travel insurance provider Allianz Global Assistance found 70 percent of survey respondents were currently unlikely to do so — citing safety concerns, lack of traveler information and trepidation over visiting a communist - governed country.

While almost half of Americans are now interested in traveling to Cuba following the U.S. government's easing of travel restrictions and improved diplomatic relations, a survey by leading travel insurance provider Allianz Global Assistance found 70 percent of survey respondents were currently unlikely to do so — citing safety concerns, lack of traveler information and trepidation over visiting a communist - governed country.

Nazi Germany's use of personal information to target Jews hasn't been forgotten, and the new Eastern European members have even fresher memories of spying and eavesdropping by their former communist governments.

Of course, while Cook has long been an outspoken consumer privacy advocate, doubts have been raised about Apple's recent move to transfer Chinese iCloud operations to a local firm that is supervised by a board run by government - owned businesses and with close ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.

Almost immediately after the cryptocurrency trading ban by China, several researchers including Jon Creasy explained that the Chinese government likely established a temporary ban on bitcoin trading to appeal to the communist party.