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COMMUNIST Continued from Page 3 cialisrn. which, he adds, may also not be los! "The theory has not failed, only the people implementing it," he said, adding that the idea of communism os "com munity-ism” is very much alive. Me said that the Soviet Union was only a socialist country In its economics hut not In its pol itics. "Stxdnlism is still in its ex perimental stage." ho said. "So cialism may not bo lost. People aren't going to give up the right to on apartment, the right to a job " Hemmlngson said ho hopes the Soviet government will not allow the system to become a disaster, ns It could turn Into a primitive capitalistic system where workers nre forced to work in sweat shops Additionally, if the Soviet government is able to "seize the reigns of government (like they've done here), then people will have n long, hard struggle to regain their rights " Hcmrnlngson sold the recent events in the Soviet Union have demoralized some mem bers of the Party in the United Stales, but the Party Is still drawing new members "I'm an optimist." he said, explaining ho has faith In peo ple's judgment to rocognl/.o the benefits of socialism "We have a lot of faith in people If you don't have faith In people you really wouldn’t moke a good Communist.” RESTAURANT 1775 U/**« 6th Eu|tM 484 6496 10% OFF DINNER & DIM SUM (not vuftd or»v arte*) coupon <MpvM 10 31-91 • Mandarin & Cantonese Cuisine • Banquet Party Facilities (up to 50) • Oriental Gift Shop • Korean Menu Available • 5 Minute Drive from UO Luncheon Specials • Seafood Udon (Japan Noodle Soup) • Chicken Laksa (Malaysia Noodle Soup) • Szechuan Pork Noodle Soup Dim Sum Every Sunday 11 artv3pm Upstairs Next to U of 0 Bookstore Try our dinner too! 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Reg $i ’ .SALE price S389 S69 S109 S179 FREE DELIVERY 4075 W. 11th 343-2690 Mon Fri 9 6 Saturday 9 5 Sunday 12 4 Hemmingson blames the (in mist: of the Communist Party in tht: Soviet Union in part on the leaders' neglect to Include the populace in decision-making and general mismanagement in tile country He also believes the U S and Soviet arms race was a contributing factor He said he believes the arms race was probubly the biggest culprit because it caused a lub ricated nuclear threat that kept tho Soviets in fear and from de manding a different form of government Moroovor. ho said, tho Amer icans are also Indirectly respon sible for tho failed Soviet sys tom because they contributed to tho arms raco by not ques tioning it. "The real enemies of social ism always knew Iho amis race was a fraud," ho sold. "(The political left and others) suck ered into tho notion that jobs were good a paycheck (to help build the military) was all that mattered.” "Wo wore making plans in 1<M5 to bomb them (Soviets) off the face of the earth," ho said. "They never wore an enemy, liven under Stalin they wanted peace." Despite the demise of the Communist I’ a r t y , Hommingson believes that American capitalism Is not an exemplary model to follow, nor should Americans gloat over the recent events in the Soviet Union. "The struggle for democracy hero in the U S. is much more important than the struggln for democracy in socialist coun tries." "Soviet people havo more control of their government now than Americans can oven think of," ho said referring to Soviet citizens who blocked tanks during the attempted Au gust coup as a case In point. Hommingson added that if Americans wanted, they too could change their form of gov ernment and improve living conditions in this country. "Americans are the real los ers because we pay the bill of imperialism," he said, adding lhat U.S. involvement in other areas of the world causes Amer icans' standard of living to de dine when Americans spend money on the military and not at homo. According to Hemmingson, capitalism is inherently un democratic. "Socialism, although it might fail ... is by definition a demo cratic system," he said. He said the Communist Purty In this country will continue to use legal means to try and change the political system Specifically, he said the Party plans to work to keep President George Bush from getting elect ed in 1992 whilo supporting other liko-minded candidates or parties. "We work within the system to get people to oppose the sys tem," ho said. "Wo have to work togolher and that's where it's at." To illustrate his point ho of fered a suggestion. "If we surrounded Washing ton, D C. with 10 million peo ple, I think they would listen to us." SOVIET Continued from Page 3 Tho coup was an attempt by conservative hard liners of the Communist Party to restore tho old ways of tho government to Russia The day fol lowing President Mikhail Gorbachev's imprison ment in his home by the conservatives, he was to have signed a treaty with the former republics of tiie Soviet Union, recognizing their indepen dence According to Political Science Professor Mi chael Huolshoff, the Conservative Party was afraid things were getting out of their control. "This treaty was seen as a threat to their pow er," tie said On the second day of the coup, Lukanova and tier husband went to tho center of Moscow to lis ten to the spoeches that tho progressives were making Lukanova was surprised to see that so many people were of the "same spirit" and were uniting to protest "My father called to tell me that it would lx; very dangerous to go to the demonstrations be cause the soldiers would put us in prison, which shows how the older generations knew a lot about the prison camps and so on," Lukanova said "We were afraid but tu was even more so " During those two frightening days of the coup attempt, Lukanova and her husband joined the thousands of other protesters in an actual ring around the Russian Parliament, protecting it from the armed Conservative soldiers. "They couldn't attack tho Parliament unless they wanted a sea of blood," Lukanova said. On the second night of tho coup, the soldiers diil try and attack, making this tho most violent night since it started Three people were killed und at leas' 20 were injured. Since the tailed coup attack, Gorbachov and Russian I* resident Boris Yeltsin have been work ing together, with Yeltsin having the bulk of the power. Lukanova supports the policy of Yeltsin and likes that he Is surrounded by intellectual advis ers and well-known, honest professionals, she said. In contrast, Gorbachov was betrayed by his ad visers, who Imprisoned hire in his home during the coup attack, Lukanova said. "That was a good lesson for him because he now sees that his friends aren’t the KGB and the armed force but they are the radicals who actually saved his life (during the coup). "Gorbachev was afraid to change from a Com munist to u capitalist society,” Lukanova said "Yeltsin is not afraid." Lukanova has faith in Yeltsin. However, if things don’t change within next few months, she believes he will no longer be in power. With ten of the Soviet republics declaring their independence, both Lukanova and Huelshoff be lieve that the independent republics should work together us a union. Lukanova believes the republic’s political realm should be independent, however, she thinks the republics should have the same eco nomic policy. "We need each other to survive," Lukanova said. Similarly, Huelshoff feels the republics need to unite for economic reasons. "This is a time of extreme transition in the So viet Union," Huelsoff said "I am predicting that in the future in the republics there will bo looser political situations and somewhat tighter eco nomic relations." VOTE Continued from Page 1 ing for special rights for the homosexual community. “These are not special rights, these are rights that everybody has but us," Dorkslcadrr said. "The min ute somnone finds out you're lesbian or gay. then we can be thrown out of our jobs irregardloss of our ser vice and they can say to our faces ‘it's because you're gay or lesbian ’ " While most of the testimo ny at Mondays night's meet ing centers on tho issue of guv and lesbian rights, one issue that will inevitably lead to more strife is Morrisette's repeated request that Walters, Schanz and Borg resign. Ho said ho was outraged by the council member's blatant violation of the public trust when they conspired by private compu ter messages to vote out a liberul affirmative action specialist and replace him with a longtime anti-gay rights advocate Moriselte called Schanz "a religious zealot with an agenda." He also stated that Walters has long been sup ported by the Oregon Citi zens Alliance, a staunchly conservative group propos ing a slate law that would declare homosexuality a per version. I hat group is leading a ro call effort against Moriselte. who said both Schanz. Wal ters and Derg have violnted the public trust and that the council needs to go through a "cleansing'' process, either by resignation or recall, be fore it has regained the pub lic's trust. Berg apologized for using the computer message sys tem to discuss public busi ness. though he did say the use of the computer mes sages was legal. Berg said he was not answerable to Morrisette, but to the Spring hold people, and "if a large enough segment of the popu lace has no confidence in me because of my actions then I'll resign." He said he had heard from no one as of late Tuesday.