Street Rallies Give Glasnost Fresh Image; Repression Shadows Soviets' Complaints From: The Washington Post | Date: July 12, 1987| Author: Gary Lee | Copyright 1987 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A burst of demonstrations here this week by groups representing some of the disgruntled and outcast of the Soviet Union has signaled an important turn in Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost, or general openness.

Until recently, signs of glasnost here were limited to exposes and criticism in some official newspapers and to films and plays that dealt with topics once considered taboo in the Soviet Union, like the abuses of power under former Kremlin leader Joseph Stali...

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