[lbo-talk] Cuba petition

[andie nachgeborenen]

Actually, oddicially, the USSR had abandoned the goal of ovethrowing the US system under Khrushchev. The watchword was "peaceful coexistence." The CPUSA was (whatever some its members may have privately hoped) officially committed to peaceful change through electoral means (Practically speaking it was (since 1936 or so) and is entirely under the wing of the Democratic Party.) You cold war liberals never get even the basic facts right.  jks

Luke Weiger <lweiger at umich.edu> wrote:> Officially, the Soviet Union was trying to overthrow the US system, which
is
> one reason they were funding the CPUSA. Everything people say seems to be
> supporting McCarthy in his arguments.
>
> -- Nathan Newman

The only difference is the likelihood that the government in question might
be overthrown.

-- Luke

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