Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970130382

If they become too outspoken in their criticism of the Soviet system. they may receive a few years in a labor camp. as did Alexander Paritsky. on trumped up charges. Yet these people persevere. How? I do not know. They include people like Alexander Lerner of Moscow. Once the leading computer scientist in the Soviet Union. he has been waiting to emigrate for 10 years. His wife recently died and the Soviet Government refused to allow her remains to be buried in Israel. But Professor Lerner. one of Anatoly Shcharanskys teachers. spends much of his time painting beautiful pictures of a world that should seem very ugly to him.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
PAUL TSONGAS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
1981-12-15
Speech ID
970130382
Paragraph
#1
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