Repression
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Dreaded secret-police chief Lavrenti Beria, who operated the machinery of
repression
under Joseph Stalin, was executed by the system he perfected, after being sentenced to death in 1953 for “spying against the state.”
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They meant to rule by means of
repression.
And occurrences of civil war and
repression
have declined since the end of the Cold War.
He'd be appalled at the
repression
of half the population because of their gender.
But again, consider this: the Civil Rights Movement in the United States navigated a minefield of political dangers, faced
repression
and overcame, won major policy concessions, navigated and innovated through risks.
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