Sentences with phrase «socialist policy of»

RM: Corbyn is in effect tackling the arguments of some of his critics that he is harking back to socialist policies of the 1970s.

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This is not capitalism, not the natural economy, but «manipulated socialist policy» designed to subsidize the banks with artificially low cost of funds (pay nothing to savers) to cover losses on Mortgage Defaults.

Laws and socialist policies passed in the interests of the Christian Faith have largely ruined this country.

The work of these churches in economic policy is usually criticized because it is politically too far to the left of center or socialist.

Titled «The Basic Viewpoint and Policy on the Religious Question During Our Country's Socialist Period,» it reasserts the standard Marxist view of religion as a response to the human fear of the terrors of nature — a response manipulated by class societies to rationalize the power of the upper classes and justify the plight of workers and the poor.

Despite the euphoric rhetoric of its ambassador's speeches at the UN, the United States has blocked all efforts by uncommitted and socialist nations to bring the problems of organization and policy of communications satellites before that Committee, thus frustrating the Committee and the recommendations of the ITU.16.

The paper listing official Communist Party policies added: «Religious believers and non-believers respect each other, and live in harmony, committing themselves to reform and opening up and the socialist modernization, and contribute to the realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.»

seem to want to mold public policy based on the rantings of fictional characters created by a hypocrite who railed against socialist and collectivist principles and then collected her Medicare and Social Security benefits later in life, can we also consider alternatives?

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.

Just as the policy of various ministries ranged over time from vigorous repression of the socialists to tacit encouragement of them, especially in their efforts to unionize the workers, so the policy of the Socialist party modulated from one of intransigent opposition to the entire «bourgeois regime» to one of gradual acceptance of the framework of democratic institutions.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Tbf it is some of the players too, mediocre players getting over paid due to the socialist wage policy Wenger has in place, therefore the need to try harder and succeed vanishes instantly.

Obama explained it, and Republicans took the opportunity to paint Obama as a socialist and make Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher the poster boy for the «common man» who would surely falter at the hands of Obama's policies.

Since announcing he was standing against Corbyn, Smith has promised a «socialist revolution» and set out a series of radical policies.

Guto: Plaid Cymru have got a lot of socialist policies.

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the UniteSocialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the Unitesocialist paradise, the United States.

Recall that during the long years of opposition, Labour actually had socialist policies - and dumping them was gradual rather than sudden.

Pierre Haski thinks it is possible but also thinks there is a lack of vision underpinned by real policy substance: «If the Socialist Party has a new framework with other [European] socialists especially Germany, there could be a change of political landscape in Europe.

The later leaders who actually shaped Israel's social policy tend not to be so fondly remembered, with the possible exception of Ben Gurion, a socialist, Israel's first Prime Minister, and a particularly ascetic figure.

Without the socialist policies that come out of NYC, the state would spend less money, probably much more than $ 4 billion.

Thus, although the election of François Mitterrand was welcomed by the intellectual left, it did not lead to its reconciliation with politicians and the state.2 In practice, intellectuals never found much in common with the policies implemented by the socialist government and by the time Mitterrand's economic policy U-turn occurred in 1983, the cleavage became ever so apparent and intellectuals resumed to disapproval.

During the Labour leadership campaign, he described himself as a socialist, and spoke out against some of the actions of the Blair ministry, including criticising its record on civil liberties and foreign policy.

The counterintuitive solution being talked about most on the Scottish Labour left in the case of a Corbyn victory is to demand full autonomy from a Corbyn - run UK party, and to use a newly empowered conference (alongside new policy - making bodies soon to be established in Unite and potentially in other unions) to restate the socialist aims of the party.

As a matter of policy, many early Labour MPs such as Will Thorne and Herbert Morrison spurned the Liberal Party's support of free trade, «frankly recognising that control over imports represented a more logical policy for a socialist government than free trade» (Pugh 2010: 29).

The recently deceased Denis Healey once argued, «No Socialist Party with the prospect of forming a government could accept a system by which important fields of national policy were surrendered to a supranational European representative authority».

Yes, I doubt that many of these parties would support radical left or socialist policies (although they could probably be convinced to support rail renationalisation).

Socialists may have won most of the Scottish seats on the National Policy Forum, but these roles have minimal influence over the Scottish party.

The main reason of collapse of USSR from our direct point of view was that socialist policies imposed on the society and foregoing economical inefficiencies as a result, created an environment in which you had money, but you couldn't buy anything for it.

Socialist economical policies with state - owned means of production (everything belongs to everyone) and central planner of production working long - term accumulated inefficiencies, which basically made lots of public unrest and eventual bankruptcy.

In addition, several small socialist groups had formed around this time, with the intention of linking the movement to political policies.

[58] Following the electoral defeat, Livingstone told Socialist Organiser that the blame lay solely with the «Labour government's policies» and the anti-democratic attitude of Callaghan and the Parliamentary Labour Party, calling for greater party democracy and a turn towards a socialist Socialist Organiser that the blame lay solely with the «Labour government's policies» and the anti-democratic attitude of Callaghan and the Parliamentary Labour Party, calling for greater party democracy and a turn towards a socialist socialist platform.

Medicare, mining, unionization, the quasi-socialism of the military... In the U.K, these same people were staunchly socialist and it was conservative policies under Thatcher that tore a hole in their communities.

Vince Cable is a «Socialist» who should never have been put in charge of business policy, No 10 adviser Beecroft in @telegraph interview

So, Jim, you don't think there's a chance of Labour taking a serious turn to the Left, or of party activists getting socialist policies in the manifesto.

She joined the Labour Party after a few pints of lager in the Student Union bar while at Lancaster University and went on to work for the Christian Socialist Movement, also working part - time for Corbyn and later as a policy officer for the British Association of Social Workers.

Thus, Corbyn's comments brought criticism from unprecedented quarters - Novara, the heavily pro-Corbyn media site, broadcast a show where three of the four guests criticised his remarks; foreign policy writer David Wearing warned that «casting around for a socialist alibi for deferring to anti-immigration sentiment is entirely the wrong approach»; journalist Rachel Shabi (somewhat older than the 2010 generation) criticised his «divisive» rhetoric.

«It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people.

Unveiling a raft of policies this morning, Mr Smith said he wanted to kick off a socialist «revolution» to end inequality and austerity.

His endorsement of socialist policies such as the public ownership of basic services and industries will have done little to endear him to Washington.

Without delay I went to my local newsagent and found under the (admittedly some lurid) headlines all the attacks with the exception of The Telegraph were on Liberal (Socialist) Democrat policies and not Clegg himself.

[5] Lane Kenworthy, professor of sociology at the University of California at San Diego, has stated that Sanders is a social democrat and not a democratic socialist -LSB-...] Mike Konczal, an economic policy expert at the Roosevelt Institute, also characterizes Sanders» positions as «social democracy» rather than «socialist», noting that social democracy means support for a mixed economy combining private enterprise with government spending, social insurance programs, Keynesian macroeconomic policies, and democratic participation in government and the workplace - all of which are a part of Sanders» platform.

Now the president of the Party of European Socialists, he told Andrew Neil that warnings of a surge in numbers coming from Bulgaria and Romania in January were «more a matter of scary domestic policy» than reality.

All the evidence is that the so - called Moderates have not the remotest intention of addressing inequality or promoting democratic socialist policies, and that is why they will continue to alienate traditional Labour voters.

did nt sing the national anthem etc hes done he will carry on for a few yrs but hes already been framed.My friends who are not really tory or labour do nt take him serious.in addition the U.k is not a socialist country anymore what we fight for is an acceptable form of capitalism... im sure the next labour leader will be in 2025 bcos Mrs May will win a second term she will modulate her policies and rid the tory party of the party for the rich tag..

This outfit derives its resources from the liquidation of the Communist Party's assets built up over many decades by British workers (with a little help from their Soviet comrades) Therefore Progress can have no principled objection to another political tendency with impeccable socialist credentials and a much longer relationship with the organised labour movement to join them in the fraternal contest to shape the direction of Labour's policies and influence the selection of candidates.

, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, described Obama's climate policies as the hallmarks of a socialist agenda.

Most Venezuelan media is owned by right - wing business elites who are strongly mobilized against the socialist politics and policies of Hugo Chávez that support Venezuela's poor and powerless.

One detects in this complex of attitudes the seeds of present - day «neoconservatism,» which evolved among Socialist anti-Communists, and in time became the intellectual footing for a militant American foreign policy.

Increasing the share of vocational secondary schooling has been a mainstay of development policy for decades, especially in formerly socialist countries.

Half a century ago, Mao Tse - tung articulated the central aim of Chinese education: «Our educational policy must enable everyone who receives an education to develop morally, intellectually, and physically and become a worker with both socialist consciousness and culture» (1957).