How The Glasnost Policy To Modernize And Revitalize The Soviet Union
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As George Washington once said, âIf freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughterâ is a concept that is connected to the policy that was appointed in Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev, the new leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic launched three policies in 1985, to modernize and revitalize the Soviet Union. The three policies were Perestroika, a political movement for reformation within the Communist party, Glasnost, the open discussion of political/social issues, and Demokratizatsia, which enabled them to make changes by permitting wider access to the government (Cold War Perestroika and Glasnost). The Glasnost policy brought enormous changes, politically and socially in the Soviet Union. It brought openness to the media and reduced the traditional constraints on the flow of government.