It was the abuse of power that shipwrecked
the socialist states in Eastern Europe and not the many mistakes that could have been corrected.
Not exact matches
An avowed
socialist, though
in his own words not of the «authoritarian communist» kind, Sanders is so far the only Democratic challenger to Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, New York Senator and Secretary of
State.
President Francois Hollande's
Socialist government, accused by political opponents of doing too little to avert the attack that killed 84 and hurt hundreds, also said it would step up strikes against Islamic
State in its strongholds
in Iraq and Syria.
Local gamers also face tougher regulation than peers
in the United
States, South Korea or Japan, with a recent government push to emphasize «core
socialist values»
in entertainment products including songs, online streaming and video games.
Cuba reconciled with the United
States in part due to Venezuela's diminished energy clout (and of course limited ability to provide a
socialist alternative to the Americans).
In autumn 2009,
Socialist premier George Papandreou promised an EU summit that Greece would not default on its $ 298bn debt, but warned: «We did not come to power to tear down the social
state.
On the surface, China identifies itself as a
socialist country, with Marxism enshrined
in both the party's and the
state's constitutions.
The minister heads the
state oil company PDVSA, which is
in desperate need of a hike
in fuel revenues and favorable financial ratings to fund imports of consumer goods and medical supplies for its citizens and to keep the
socialist government's public services afloat.
Why do young Muslim American children attend madrasi
in Indonesia, then come back to the
states and become radical
socialist community agitators, then, before entering politics suddenly become Christian and attend a Church where the pastor «damns»» America?
Progressives —
socialists, communist, facists - NONE of these adhere to Natural Law — rather, they trust
in a
State for deciding rights and laws.
Hitler wrote a speech
in which he talks about this alliance, this is an excerpt: «The fact that the Vatican is concluding a treaty with the new Germany means the acknowledgement of the National
Socialist state by the Catholic Church.
Yet Rorty insists that such soaring flights of
socialist devotion must be tethered to the «real politics» of incremental change
in using the
state to combat capitalist exploitation — capitalist exploitation being the religion of the right.
I feel comfortable
in stating that, like most
socialists / communists, Obama is agnostic and that he simply used the church for political purposes — until it no longer suited his needs.
«Second, Oxford faced the new problems created by the National
Socialist regime
in Germany: problems of church and
state; church and race; and, by anticipation, church and war.
The pledge of allegiance was created by a
socialist named Francis Bellamy who came up with it
in order to instill
in his own words «the virtue of obedience to the
state» into impressionable children.
Anglican and Nonconformist theologians, philosophers, and writers (Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Frederic Dennis Maurice, Charles Kingsley), especially the Christian
Socialists, were interested
in the normative aspect of the problems of religion and society.15 In the younger generation several of these trends are blended: William Temple, John MacMurray, Maurice B. Rickett, Vigo A. Demant.16 Max Weber's influence in England never reached as deep as in France or the United States; it remained limited to his theories on economic
in the normative aspect of the problems of religion and society.15
In the younger generation several of these trends are blended: William Temple, John MacMurray, Maurice B. Rickett, Vigo A. Demant.16 Max Weber's influence in England never reached as deep as in France or the United States; it remained limited to his theories on economic
In the younger generation several of these trends are blended: William Temple, John MacMurray, Maurice B. Rickett, Vigo A. Demant.16 Max Weber's influence
in England never reached as deep as in France or the United States; it remained limited to his theories on economic
in England never reached as deep as
in France or the United States; it remained limited to his theories on economic
in France or the United
States; it remained limited to his theories on economics.
The toll of industrial accidents, according to the
state statistics of China, amounted 20,000
in 1994 and the majority of these tragic cases happened
in the coastal regions where foreign investments were concentrated under the
socialist market economy.
The causes for this are many, according to the authors (Rafael Cepeda, Elizabeth Carrillo, Rhode González, and Carlos Ham), including the recent recognition by the
state of the need for new spaces for religious practice and expressions, and of the profound ideological and economic crisis facing
socialist models
in general and Cuban society
in particular.
In the struggle against such a system, what is being proposed as an alternative is not the socialist system, which in fact turns out to be state capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participatio
In the struggle against such a system, what is being proposed as an alternative is not the
socialist system, which
in fact turns out to be state capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participatio
in fact turns out to be
state capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participation.
It is clear that
in the
state capitalism of the
socialist societies as well, the spiritual threat of money has not been solved, Money is abused
in societies of both East and West, for purposes more «clandestine» than pornography or abortion.
He had praise for Luther's role
in providing inspiration for creative and meaningful activity
in socialist Germany — an impetus for Christians and non-Christians alike
in the upbuilding of a
socialist state.
I have also heard from Comrades at our Communist News Network (CNN) and TASS (the AP), they along with the Revolutionaries at More
Socialist Nonsense Broadcast Continually (MSNBC) have collected many rubles from the front and are building a statue of your likeness which will be place
in the Gulag that will house the enemies of the
state who watch FOX news, read Drudge and listen to the evil Capitalist propaganda on Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beckl.
Secret police operate
in both capitalist and
socialist states to suppress Minjung engagement.
The isolationist party, best known by the name of America First, was
in fact a jumble of people with a whole variety of agendas: there were those who believed that the United
States should have no truck with Europe and its wars, there were
socialists who found nothing to choose among the imperialists on both sides, and there were those who believed that Germany's was not necessarily the wrong side to be on, this latter group itself being a kind of odd amalgam of Anglophobes, anti-Semites who said that the war against Hitler was merely a Jewish war, and immigrant German patriots.
Let me explain what the term means... King B Hussien of the United
Socialist States of America (USSA) is forcing his will on the people
in the same manner as all previous dictatorships.
Though its electoral successes were widespread at the local and
state level the success of the early
Socialist Party as a movement with mass was very much linked to the personality of Eugene V. Debs who polled nearly a million votes
in the presidential campaign of 1912.
In Germany during the Nazi era, a 1933 decree
stated that «No National
Socialist may suffer detriment... on the ground that he does not make any religious profession at all».
In an address on «War, socialism, and «Christianity»» in 1915 he stated: «A true Christian must be a socialist (if he is serious about the reformation of Christianity
In an address on «War, socialism, and «Christianity»»
in 1915 he stated: «A true Christian must be a socialist (if he is serious about the reformation of Christianity
in 1915 he
stated: «A true Christian must be a
socialist (if he is serious about the reformation of Christianity).
It would seem appropriate also for Christian theologians to examine the theories underlying practice
in both free market and
socialist states.
In 1946 Adolf Grimme
stated: «
Socialists can be Christians; Christians must be socialis
Socialists can be Christians; Christians must be
socialistssocialists.»
Secret police operate
in both capitalist and
socialist states, to suppress Minjung participation.
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.
The breakdown of the
socialist states as well has been accompanied by the process of their subversion by the western media; and the Gulf War has given us an example
in which even war and peace have been effected through the media by the Western powers.
In the Marxist - Leninist interpretation of Marxist theory, developed primarily by Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, religion is seen as negative to human development, and
socialist states that follow a Marxist - Leninist variant are atheistic and explicitly antireligious.
An important point to note is that the concept of a country is fairly new; I have read, and agree, that modern
states did not become such an important unit of human organization until the Great Depression
in the 1930s; at that time the problems facing them - broken economies and
socialist movements - the country level government was the only organization existing that could solve these problems while the existing power structure stayed
in power.
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 Unite
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 Unite
socialist paradise, the United
States.
He adds: «I believe
in a collective society, I believe
in a
socialist society, and I believe that we have to ensure that the
state provides a level of security for everybody, genuine social security, and a level of protection, and that we should pursue that...
... Delight
in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the
State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour
in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems
in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour -
Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities
in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part
in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison
in human experience.
Obama is a «Marxist,» a «
socialist» and a «terrorist,» all fascinating words to see applied to a center - left senator from a Midwestern city embedded
in a relatively conservative
state.
I think democratic republicanism does have a lot
in common with libertarian socialism - both want to end the tyranny of capital, so to speak, without creating a new tyranny of the supposedly benign
socialist state.
To understand the nature of the social order and
state power
in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain (and their opposition to it), British
socialists looked to the country's past and its evolution to the current stage.
France's prospects are not merrier, especially if the
socialist candidate seizes the presidency
in the coming months and enforces his
stated anti-economic tax and spending proposals, where debt reduction finds no place.
So, how exactly does Ba'athism compare with movements like Integralism, Fascism, National - Socialism, National - Solidarism, Juche, Maoism, Stalinism and / or other movements that promote Authoritarianism and / or a one - party
state in combination with
Socialist principles and Nationalist principles?
Less so today, but the early, post-colonial, period had a
state much more
in keeping with the national
socialist conception of
state involvement as envisaged by Mussolini.
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 disapprova
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 disapprova
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 disapprova
in 1983, the cleavage became ever so apparent and intellectuals resumed to disapproval.
Watson
stated: «These three documents outline a concerted strategy for members of the AWL to infiltrate (or, to use the language of the documents, «intervene»)
in the Labour Party» with the explicit intention of influencing the party to indoctrinate «more people of revolutionary
socialist ideas,» «advance and transform the wider labour movement» and to focus «on drawing
in, organising, propagandising among, and recruiting among, the new people (especially the new young people) mobilised by the Corbyn surge.»
Robert Page asks: Instead of skirmishing with the Conservatives and Liberals over «ownership» of the «progressive» label do you think that that the Labour Party should define itself unambiguously as a
socialist party which believes that the
state has a positive and active role to play
in creating a more equal society?
In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative, socialist and liberal groups in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloc
In a startling move that threatens a major diplomatic row, the leaders of the conservative,
socialist and liberal groups
in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloc
in Brussels have written to the European commission and the European council, whose members represent the 28 EU
states, to reject the appointment of Ted Malloch.
In the 1950's USA was a
Socialist state.
«It's time they
state if they support the unpopular FBI target Hillary Clinton who continues to plunge
in the polls or if they are throwing their support behind
socialist Bernie Sanders.»