The Laughing Man

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conducted according to the rules of war …’ One sees, from these quotations, that this part of the programme is quite unambiguous; but this does not prevent the party from making a systematic use of the ambiguity of violence, withdrawing, if the tactical situation27 demands it, towards a non-violent interpretation of the term ‘social revolution’; and this in spite of the concluding paragraph of the Manifesto28 (which is retained by the programme of 1928): ‘The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their aims can be attained only by the forcible overthrow ...more
The Open Society and Its Enemies (Routledge Classics)
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