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Article: SOVIET UNION MOVING COMMUNIST PARTY OUT OF THE WAY OPENS A ROAD FOR TRUE DEMOCRATIC REFORMS

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The swift demise of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union comes as sweet news to freedom-loving people. After almost 75 years of iron-fisted rule, the party is fading away with only a whimper, cowered by the will of the Soviet people.

Mikhail Gorbachev finally realized what had to be done. After the failure of a last-ditch coup by hard-line party leaders, whom Gorbachev had selected to help run the country, it became apparent that a joint effort at reform wasn't going to work.

So the Soviet leader cleaned out his cabinet and then resigned as general secretary of the Communist Party ...

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