DAVID FAULKNER: "For many years, there had been an active campaign against segregated baseball led by Negro newspaper editors and,strangely enough,by the Communist party, which from the middle nineteen thirties on, had actively campaigned against segregated baseball.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Besides a new house speaker, the coalition has also nominated Marian Lupu, who defected from the Communist Party, for the post of president.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Within weeks,the Communist Party leadership resigned, and dissident writer Vaclav Havel, who had spent years in prison, was named president on December 29,1989.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Those recommendations could require big changes by the Communist Party a subject the report doesn't address.

WSJ: China Reform Suggestions Vague on Party Role

House churches are small congregations who meet privately usually in apartments to worship away from the gaze of the Communist Party.

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With the local offices of the Communist party and the public security bureau China's police unoccupied, the atmosphere over the weekend was almost giddy.

WSJ: Chinese Village Plans More Protests