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Communist Party stories: 26 news summaries

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 Massive Parade Marks 
 China's 60th Birthday 



Huge festivities combine modern power with Communist kitsch

Oct 1, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive procession of tanks, troops, and nuclear missile launchers paraded through Beijing today, 60 years after Mao Zedong stood in Tiananmen Square and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. The rigorously choreographed procession combined old-school Communist imagery—including tens of thousands of children flipping colored cards... More »

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China • Beijing • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Mao Zedong • Chinese Communist party • parade • People's Republic of China

(Newser) - Legendary Hollywood screenwriter Budd Schulberg has died, the New York Times reports. He was 95. Schulberg, who won an Oscar for On the Waterfront in 1955, was the son of a movie mogul and grew up as a Hollywood insider. His 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run?, a scathing look... More »

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Hollywood • Communist Party • author • Joe Louis • screenwriters • movie industry • Spike Lee • blacklist • Budd Schulberg • On the Waterfront • House Un-American Activities Committee • Red scare • John Wayne • Max Schmeling

(Newser) - Raúl Castro has warned the US not to expect any changes to Cuba's communist system, saying that while Barack Obama's administration was less "aggressive," he was not prepared to make peace. His comments came after Hillary Clinton made several remarks suggesting better relations if Cuba changed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Havana • Cuban National Assembly

 Castro Purges Party on Video 


Jul 15, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raul Castro firmly ratchets up his grip on power in a three-hour video being shown to Cuba's Communist Party members, the Financial Times reports. The video features scenes from a March politburo meeting during which Castro fired most of Fidel's cabinet, along with testimony from security officials. Those who have... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban National Assembly • purge

 Communists Rise in Japan 

Young Japanese see red over lack of workers' rights

May 5, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession has reversed a long slide in the fortunes of the Japanese Communist Party, the BBC reports. The party had been shrinking for decades, but membership is now growing at the rate of a thousand people a month. Young people—introduced to Communist ideology through efforts like a manga... More »

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communism • Japan • Communist Party • recession • Das Kapital

Moldovan 'Twitter Revolution' Organizer Goes Into Hiding

Journalist fears arrest for role in anti-Communist protest

Apr 15, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The journalist who used Twitter to organize last week's mass protests in Moldova has gone into hiding for fear of arrest. Journalist Natalia Morar, 25, told the Guardian she is avoiding telephones and the Internet in case the same tools she used to rally supporters are used against her by... More »

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social networking • Communist Party • political protest • Twitter • Moldova

Russia Sees Red Over Moldova's Twitter Revolution

EU accused of plotting pro-Romania coup

Apr 9, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The escalating crisis in Moldova is threatening to sour Russia's relations with the West once again, reports the Independent. Russia is siding with the Moldovan government in its accusations that the anti-Communist protests—organized by pro-EU youth mobilizing with the help of Twitter updates—are part of a coup attempt... More »

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Russia • social networking • Communist Party • Romania • Twitter • Moldova

Twitter Fuels Moldovan Anti-Communist Riots

Moldovan youth use social networking to mobilize against election result

Apr 8, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of young Moldovans have been using Twitter and other social networking sites to mobilize against the Communist Party's election victory, the New York Times reports. A crowd of some10,000 young activists, accusing the government of vote-rigging in Sunday's race, clashed with riot police outside the country's parliament yesterday,... More »

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social networking • Eastern Europe • Communist Party • protests • Twitter • Moldova

Socialists:
Rescue Plan's Not Our Bag

Far left thinks $700B bailout is just capitalism remixed

Oct 4, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some on the right are decrying the $700 billion rescue plan as a step toward American socialism, but the real socialists beg to differ, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Bailing out the biggest financial corporations in the country is a far cry from what we have in mind when... More »

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Communist Party • socialism • capitalism • bailout • rescue package • financial crisis

 Cuba Jails
 Rocker for
 'Geriatric
 Castro' Lyrics

Human rights groups furious as singer faces 4 years for protest music

Aug 29, 08 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cuban rock star has been jailed and will be charged with "subverting communist morality" because his lyrics scorn the revolution, and rip "geriatric" Fidel and Raul Castro, the Guardian reports. Gorki Aguila, front man for underground band Porno para Ricardo, could face up to four years... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • political protest • Gorki Aguila • Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation • Cuban American National Foundation • Porno para Ricardo

Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

St. Petersburg's Communist Party says a big 'nyet' to latest Indy adventure

May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indy's new Cold War adventure has infuriated St. Petersburg's Communist Party, the London Times reports. The angry apparatchiks say Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's depiction of ruthless KGB spies who send terrorists to the US is pure propaganda intended to “slander Soviet Communists” and poison... More »

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Russia • Indiana Jones • Soviet Union • Communist Party • St. Petersburg • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • Communists

Communist Cyprus Prez to 'Work Within Free Market'

'Pragmatic' winner not hard-line red: analysts

Feb 26, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - New President Dimitris Christofias' win in Cyprus makes him the first Communist ever to lead an EU state—but he has pledged to work within the free market, reports the Guardian. His party has a Marxist manifesto, but analysts say that Christofias is a pragmatist whose policies are more social... More »

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European Union • Marxism • Communist Party • Cyprus • reunification • election • Dimitris Christofias

Don't Expect Another Cuban Revolution

Raul is no Fidel, but is expected to stay on brother's course

Feb 25, 08 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - You won't see him wearing fatigues and making fiery speeches, but Raul Castro is expected to hew closely to brother Fidel's line. Cuba's new president is a pragmatic military man who lacks his brother's charisma and ego, the New York Times reports. Fidel is still party leader, and 31 Castro... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Havana • Cuban National Assembly

Steely Raúl's Time Is Now

Low-profile No. 2, Fidel's 'organizational glue,' steps into Cuba's top job

Feb 20, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Castro brothers overthrew a dictatorship and won a revolution together, but while charismatic Fidel was the public face giving passionate seven-hour speeches, steely Raúl quietly got it done—ruthlessly sending dissenters to the firing squad, earning him the nickname "the Prussian." As Fidel fades, writes the... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Batista dictatorship • interim leader • firing squad • the Prussian

Fidel Faithful Likely to
Keep Power

Cubans unsure if leader's resignation
will change anything

Feb 20, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Life went on as normal in Havana after Fidel Castro announced his resignation yesterday, and Cuba experts aren't sure how much real impact his decision will have, the New York Times reports. Cuba's National Assembly is due to choose a new Council of State on Sunday and power is expected... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution • Havana

Fidel Steps Down After 50 Years

Cuban leader announces retirement

Feb 19, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has resigned after nearly 50 years as Cuba's leader, the AP reports. "I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," the 81-year-old wrote in a letter published in the Communist Party's online... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution

China Shines Image for Olympics

Bureaucracy in full spin mode with Games less than 200 days away

Jan 30, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - With less than 200 days to go before the Summer Olympics, Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at China’s feverish preparations and finds a sprawling bureaucracy working overtime to project the perfect image to the world. But while Beijing might clean the smog, and even prevent rain, making communist... More »

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China • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Communist Party • Olympic Games • Chinese athletes • Olympians

China Picks New
 Politboro Young Bloods

Youngest may vie for top spot in 5 years

Oct 22, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese Communist Party named its newest leaders yesterday, including the man favored to succeed current president Hu Jintao, reports the Washington Post. Xi Jinping, 54, is the son of a Chinese guerrilla leader who rose to the top of the Shanghai branch of the Communist Party, making him a... More »

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China • Beijing • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Wen Jiabao • Communism • Li Keqiang • Xi Jinping

After Hu, Who? Censored Names Could Be Clues

Based on names forbidden to bloggers, bets are on Xi Jinping

Oct 19, 07 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a 21st-century spin on Kremlinologists' dissection of May Day photos, the new makeup of the Chinese Communist Party's inner circle is under scrutiny—digitally. One of the  members to be announced Monday will almost certainly succeed Hu Jintao as president, and as always, the names are shrouded in secrecy.... More »

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China • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Wen Jiabao • Li Keqiang • Xi Jinping

Anti-Corruption Fight Takes Root in Rural China

Sit-in targeting village leaders in fourth month in southern Xiantang

Oct 18, 07 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citizens of a southern Chinese town have been occupying the village hall since the beginning of July, seeking recompense for their leaders’ alleged theft of public money. The authoritarian central government hasn't taken action against Xiantang’s activists, who are mostly elderly, the Christian Science Monitor reports; the protest is... More »

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China • corruption • Communist Party • Hu Jintao • Xiantang • sit in

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