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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Marxism; Yugoslav style // to Brian Mahoney
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 01:42:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 01:42:23 1986
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In article <1958@psuvax1.UUCP> berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman) writes:
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>I do not see why Chile is more free than Yugoslavia.

Well, you can say things like "there's no freedom of the press in either
countries", but the degree of freedom (or lack of thereof) is quite
different. In Chile, there is a growing number of opposition magazines who
publish anti government articles, there are a couple of political discussion
programs on the radio with outspoken opposition leaders. Opposition parties
are allowed to held rallies (the last one in November with some 500,000
attendees). Opposition leaders are often interviewed on (state run) TV
and pro-government publications.

Students hold elections for their reps where the left wing parties wins
most of the time. Universities are starting to hold free elections among
their faculty to pick deans for the different schools.

The judicial courts (including the supreme court) often rule against the
government when it tries to prosecute opossition and union leaders.
They are also prosecuting former policemen and soldiers accused
of killing communist party members.

I could go on but that should be enough to realize the enormous difference
with any communist regime.
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    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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