The Signs That Communism Was Weakening in the 1980s Included

question 18

Multiple Choice

The signs that communism was weakening in the 1980s included

• A) inflation and underproduction.
• B) brutal repression of anticommunist protests in the satellite states.
• C) aid to the underground from those in official state positions.
• D) strikes among unhappy trade unions over the cost of living.
• E) all of these.

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