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While under the name Kommunist, the magazine circulated many more copies with 700,000 copies in 1957, 687,000 copies in 1965, and 707,000 copies in 1966.

Repudiation of "End of Civilization"
In a 1955 issue in response to the ‘end of civilization’ argument, the magazine depicts the widespread belief of an inevitable end of global civilization with a war between the socialists and capitalists as merely a method of “poison[ing] the minds of the peoples with fatalism” and promoting a strong sense of pessimism. The propagation of this notion considered to be a means to discourage the rigor in socialists to fight by assuring an inevitable end of the world. This issue also implicitly describes the socialist camp as the “emergent and developing new,” and the capitalist camp as the “dying and decomposing old.” The magazine reveals an early understanding of the mutually-assured destruction doctrine in the Soviet media and also lashes out against American Imperialism This same issue describes socialist countries as democratic and describes the unity of the socialist camp as “unshakeable” due to their working people agreeing on all matters of importance.

In 1958, the magazine would have the first non-staff department in a newspaper. This department of industry and transport was created to advise the editorial board from a professional standpoint on matters involving those two fields.

Polemics against Mao and the People's Republic of China
In 1969, numerous editions of the magazine spoke out against Maoism and The People's Republic of China. The magazine critiqued Mao Zedong for using his ideology to justify the “self-seeking aims” of the “Mao Zedong group”. Maoism is depicted as “hostile to Marxism,” and the objectives in the international arena of the Mao Zedong group are depicted as chauvinistic and hegemonic. Issue no.7 (1969) extensively discussed the efforts made by the "Mao Zedong group" to resist Soviet attempts to strengthen their friendship and trade. Conclusively, Mao’s regime is depicted in the 1969 issues as prioritizing nationalism and drifting away from Marxism and Leninism. Issue no.5 (1969) also made accusations against Albania and West Germany for colluding with Mao Zedong and his associates in establishing a beachhead in Europe for potential military activity, including the potential placement of nuclear missiles in Albania. This issue also cites a relaxation in trade sanctions from capitalist states as grounds for their claims alongside the growth in trade with West Germany.