<DIV>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@umich.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> 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 ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com">The New Yahoo! Search</a> - Faster. Easier. Bingo.