[lbo-talk] Lincoln Gordon, he dead

[Percival Myers]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>> Ah. I didn't know that. I remember a student saying her father had said
>> that only communists used the word "mases." I wonder how many such
>> verbal identifiers there are in the anti-communist kit.
>
> There's a whole passage in Masters of Deceit about the tell-tale phrases. So
> insidious is the communist threat is that the phrase "male chauvinist pig"
> is now in almost universal use. My aunt-in-law, Jane "Jenny" Mansbridge,
> commissioned a poll for a book she was writing that revealed that something
> like 80% of adult U.S. women have called a man that some time in their
> lives.

The Glossary, pp. 339-351. From p.339: This glossary contains terms
frequently used by communists. Their meanings are derived largely from
communist "classics," or books written by Marx, Engels, Lenin, and
Stalin. (For a more complete definition of communist "classics," see
Bibliography, page 353).

Each term is followed by a paragraph to define or explain usage. The
"chauvinism" entry on p.340 reads: A term of bad repute to communists
signifying that one nation, race, group, or individual assumes an
attitude of biased superiority. Within the Party structure chauvinism
(which can occur in various forms) often results in disciplinary
action and becomes a weapon whereby the ruling clique can bring
charges against opponents for the purpose of weakening or destroying
them.

All 44 entries are:
Bolshevik
Bourgeoisie
Cadre
Capitalism
Centrism
Chauvinism
Class
Class Struggle
Communism (Marxist Scientific Socialism)
Communism (Primitive)
Communism (Stages of Development)
Compromise (Maneuver, Concessions)
Democracy
Democratic Centralism
Deviation
Dialectical Materialism
Dialectics (Dialectical)
Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Discipline
Faction (Factionalism)
Force and Violence
Historic Mission
Imperialism
Inevitability
Marxism-Leninism (See Communism (Marxist Scientific Socialism))
Materialism
Opportunism (Right-Wing)
Party
Party Line
Philistine
Professional Revolutionaries
Proletarian Internationalism
Proletariat
Purges
Reformism (Reforms, Reformists)
Revolution
Self-Criticism
Socialism (Marxist)
Socialism (Non-Marxist)
State
Transmission Belts
United Front
Vanguard of the Proletariat
War