Kerala, Communism and Human Development

[Max B. Sawicky]

But why communist parties didn't achieve those impressive results in other
countries? Even when they faced much more favorable conditions (The USSR and
Eastern Europe countries, for instance?). Maybe democracy is the key to
communist's success in Kerala? Any other explanations??

                                                Alexandre
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maybe the Kerala CP's program is indistinguishable
from social-democracy.  I don't know, but I'd like to.

used to hear the same sort of thing about Bologna.
One of my buddies in college was an Italian from
Newark whose father was a cop.  You can imagine
the latter's politics.  Their relatives in Italy
were all communists.  On a visit to the U.S.,
some of them had an interesting conversation
with Daddio.  My friend asked him what he
concluded and Dad said different strokes
for different folks, but the main thing the
CP had going for it in Italy was simply that
all the other parties were perceived as
corrupt.

mbs