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In political praxis, the term enemy of the people implies that political opposition to the ruling power group renders the people in opposition into enemies acting against the interests of the greater social unit, e.g. the political party, society, the nation, etc. In the 20th century, the politics of the Soviet Union (1922–1991) much featured ...
It gained its widest use by Joseph Stalin during the early years of the Soviet Union. In the nation's early years, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin used the term vrag naroda (enemy of the nation ...
Feb 18, 2017 · At a different time, in another country, it was effectively a death sentence. Being branded an "enemy of the people" by the likes of Stalin or Mao brought at best suspicion and stigma, at worst ...
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Mar 15, 2018 · WATCH: Joseph Stalin . Fifth Column. Stalin used terms, such as “fifth column,” “enemy of the people” and “saboteurs” to describe those who were sought out during the Great Purge.
Jan 16, 2018 · January 17, 2018 at 1:10 p.m. EST. Joseph Stalin was a newspaper man, though not quite in the mold of Horace Greeley or Hildy Johnson or Ben Bradlee. When Czar Nicholas II was overthrown in March ...
Sep 25, 2018 · Twentieth-century dictators—notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao—had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as “enemies of the people.”. Their goal was to delegitimize the work of ...
Aug 4, 2018 · Reporters wait in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 23, 2017. "Enemy of the people" is an incendiary phrase. It's been uttered by some of history's most vicious thugs ...
