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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.”
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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
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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.