41. His Communist party was tiny, outnumbered by other nationalist groups. 42. I had believed in the Italian Communist Party, which was very different from other Communist parties. 43. In December of that year, Kim gave a televised news conference detailing his activities in trying to form an underground Communist party. 44. In Soviet times, the politburo, the senior committee of the communist party, ran the country unchallenged. 45. In the Soviet Union, and everywhere else a Communist party came to power, violence was the bedrock of its power. 46. It emerged less than three weeks after President Boris Yeltsin won re-election over a resurgent communist party. 47. Its failure eroded the authority of the Communist party, and accelerated the rise of the republics. 48. Its new demands for hedonistic fulfillment and individual self-expression had nothing to do with Marxism, as the nervous Communist parties of Europe understood perfectly well. 49. Moreover, Benjamin was never a member of the Communist party, as were victims of other assassinations. 50. Nationalism was the simplest alternative ideology for Communist parties seeking to keep their hold on power. |