In the West, too, there were tremors. As long as the Western Communist Parties are not in power,* they depend on Moscow for survival and cannot afford rebellion. Nevertheless, Titoism, i.e., the heresy of holding one's own national interests above Russian interests, has had some limited, clearly discernible effects among Western Communists.
He Who Can Laugh. In Italy, which boasts Europe's largest Communist Party outside Russia, Moscow has so far permitted Boss Palmiro Togliatti to follow freewheeling, flexible tactics in his pursuit of power. Many Communist workers and peasants understand little of Marx's...
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