Category: Communism

  • The Rise and Fall of Classical Communism

    Table of Contents Introduction Reasons for Industrialization Results of Industrialization Stalin’s Crimes The Decline of European Communism Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The history of classical communism is full of different opinions and disagreements. The uncertainty of the contemporary scholars about the actual dates of such events as the end of the Cold War shows that…

  • The Communist Manifesto: Values and Goals

    The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in late 1847 and published in February 1848. It contains a summary of the Communist values and aims, as well as a history of Communism and the explanation of historical development as described in the Communist theory. The piece quickly became one of the…

  • Karl Marx: Manifesto of the Communist Party

    What Marx has tried to highlight is the prevalence of classical and neoclassical economics over historical materialist categories which includes and exploits the traditional concepts of utility, choice, and scarcity in the form of feudalism. This has emerged in a historical context as class struggle and according to Marx, has failed to capture the essential…

  • Revolutionary Communism vs. Democratic Socialism

    Table of Contents Democratic Socialism Revolutionary Communism Agreement Disagreement Towards A Better World Conclusion Works Cited Revolutionary communism and democratic socialism are examples of political ideologies that were byproducts of Marxism. Viewed from a certain perspective, the said political ideologies are similar in terms of their shared disdain for capitalism. Adherents of revolutionary communism and…

  • Communism and Fascism Ideologies of the 20th Century

    Communism and fascism became the two defining ideologies of the last century. People became adherents of one direction or another and were ready to defend it. Hitler’s ambitions, deeply affected by the ideas of the importance of war, led to catastrophic consequences for all mankind. The currents of the two ideologies swept the countries and…

  • History: Communist Revolutions in East Asia

    Table of Contents Introduction The Fight Against Capitalism Chinese Communist Party Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Communist movements occurred in a wide range of South-East and North-East Asian countries. Among them, there was Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaya. Although the successful Communist revolutions happened only in Vietnam, China, and the Northern part of Korea. Generally,…

  • Communism in China and Its Origins

    Communism was a socioeconomic system characterized by the absence of private property and state control of the means of production. In a communist society, all resources and means of production are owned by the community; there is no social hierarchy or class system, and everyone is supposedly equal. Communism in China referred to the Marxist-Leninist…

  • The New Class: Communism and Political Bureaucracy

    Despite its noble goal to build a society free of prejudice, oppression, and discrimination, communism gave birth to an ugly, brutal “new class” — political bureaucracy. The communist dream was based on a great idea of a classless society that was supposed to emerge after industrialization and collectivization in the U.S.S.R. (Djilas, 391). Contrary to…

  • Communist Manifesto vs. the Capital

    The Communist Manifesto expresses Communist theories while Capital is a scholarly examination of the formation, collapse of an economic system. The Communist Manifesto gives a demand list on how to create communism while Capital is a political economy critical analysis showing exploitation of the working class. Communist Manifesto is a brief pamphlet while Capitalism is…

  • Anti-Communist and Anti-Islam Rhetoric

    Every society consists of individuals who have unique characteristics, attitudes, and fears. They respond to various threats in different ways when taken separately; however, being united, they acquire some common features peculiar to a certain community. That is why such a phenomenon as paranoia is associated with masses of people believing or fearing some object,…