Reactionary coup in Romania http://www.workers.org/marcy/cd/sam90/1990html/s900104.htm
An excerpt from this report written at the time:
"What the millions saw on U.S. television, for instance--the burning of public buildings, the shooting up of libraries--is characteristic of the period long ago when the bourgeoisie, in fear of discontented and rebellious peasants, redirected their hatred against the boyars (the landlords) into anti-Semitic channels.
Anti-Semitism has disappeared as an official policy. But we are seeing its recurrence in another form. How else can one take the proclamation that the "anti-Christ" (meaning Ceausescu) was fittingly killed on Christmas Day? The forces of deepest reaction now claim control of the Bucharest government. This is a recrudescence of the vicious, reactionary clericalism that dominated the political scene there for the whole period stretching from the first to the second world wars. "
Bill Lear wrote:
My nephew asks: Do you know of any good articles or web sites that comprehensively discuss the Romanian transition and expelling of Ceaucescu?
I answer, "No, but I know lots of smarties on PEN-L who surely will". If I remember, Ceaucescu was shot, not expelled, for starters...
[sorry for post without subject.]
Bill
