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Communism
Communism is a political philosophy that is defined by a classless society in which all goods and property are collectively owned. Some current communist countries include China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea.
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Vladimir Lenin formed the Bolsheviks at the 1903 Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party in Brussels Belgium. At first it was just a faction within that party but later it split off entirely and became its own separate party.
His maternal grandfather, Aleksandr Dmitrievich Blank, was Jewish. However, Lenin did not consider himself ethnically Jewish and was a stated Atheist.
Who was the Russian leader in 1972?
In 1970, Russia was part of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Brezhnev was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982.
Gennady Voronov was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1962 to 1971.
Although each communist country would have its own flag (with a logo on it), the communist logo in general (meaning most identifiable to most people) was the Red Star.
Some "Red Stars" might have an object next to it some Red Stars might have had something circling it, some Red Stars might have had different colored backgrounds, but the focus would be on that "Red Star."
To give you an example on how influential that "Red" star was, during aerial combat over the skies of North Vietnam, US jet pilots who were shooting at North Vietnamese Air Force MiG jets would "search", be on the "lookout", and "concentrate" their gunsights on "that Red Star" as their aircraft closed in on the kill. When downing that enemy jet, the US pilot's afteraction report might be read, "I saw that Red Star and blasted away" (US doctrine dictated that positive VISUAL identification was made on a jet before opening fire, as the sky was full of US aircraft during the war). The point of this is example is this: The North Vietnamese Air Force stars painted on their MiG17s, 19s, and 21s were YELLOW!
But US pilots were trained to see Red.
In communism who should take control of all the factors of production?
The people do, or everybody does (same thing).
In what way was the Berlin Wall symbolic of Communism in Europe?
The wall was a concrete manifestation of what Winston Churchill called the Iron Curtain, that fell across Europe after World War II, when the alliance between the Soviet Union and Britain and the US fell apart.
How many people has the Chinese Communist Party killed?
According to The Nine Commentaries the Party has killed about 80 million Chinese people since it came to power about 80 years ago. It is more then all of the World War's causalities put all together. I am not sure if you remember (Don't know how old you are) but the Mao wanted the opinion of scholars and scientists view of how to make the party stronger. In the end he deemed them "counter revolutionary" and had all 20,000 of them killed. Also not to mention how many died of the tiananmen square massacre and famines, people in every kind of religion in China, monks, Falun gong, ect. Point being the CCP is No good.
How did Americans express their fears of communism in the Cold War Era?
I served in the military during the cold war, I saw many red alerts. There are still enough nuclear weapons left to destroy our planet six times over. It was the military that was the Vanguard that protected the people of this nation why they slept and got fat sitting around playing video games. If you feel fear you look to the military to protect you. Don't let them down now.
How does the idea of communism threaten capitalism?
I just learned this. Communists wanted to spread communism. And russias army was scary. USA was like screw that, we're not going to bow to anybody. NUKES. But russia responds quickly, and because they have a single party communist government at the time which pretty much means no elections, they have exellent spys. So Russia discovers the nuke tech. from the USA then the cold war is on. Not helped by the cultural revolution in China; USA backed the side that lost. Basically the communists won.
No Lenin was a murderous despot. he built the foundations to a regime that was responsible for the false imprisonment and murder of literally millions of people but still has an effect on the world from an ecological point of view.
What was the appeal of communism?
The communist government attempted to abolish the classes by distributing the wealth equally or by holding it common, so there is no class divisions. This way the poor and the rich were equal. If you were a doctor or a janitor you would get the same paycheck ;) .
The only side effect to this is it would aloud the government to have large control over how the people could make their money, how much they could make, and what they could do with that money, which in turn made the government powerful and certain leaders got a little power crazed.
Similarities between Mao Zedong and deng xiaoping?
Chairman Mao was a dictator , so there was no freedom of speech, action , or movement, and kept them where the country needed them. Deng Xiaping, had other ideas, he saw that China had fallen way back to the west so he improved industry and education , he also brought the one child rule to control the population.
The Communist Manifesto' was written in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It claims that class struggle is the driving force in human history.
How did the US began to send aid to nations fighting communism?
Used too; probably not in that line of work anymore.
What were some accomplishment of Lenin?
Lenin's greatest achievement was staging the October Revolution in 1917. By doing that he was able to overtrow the existing Provisional Government and impose a new socialist one on the country.
How was Lenin's view of communism different from Marx's therories?
lenin believed in a small, all-powerful government.
Who is credited with the founding of modern communism?
The Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, established Russia as a socialist state in 1917 after the revolution of that year. Communism derived from the socialist aspect of the party's policies and actions.
What role did Vietnam play in Cold War?
Cold War means no fighting. No shooting. No one dies. Hot Wars are a series of battles. Seldom is one battle a war. The Vietnam War was the second "Hot" battle of the cold war. Korea was the first.
Who was the dictator of Soviet Union in 1936?
The more direct answer is that Joseph Stalin was the de facto dictator of the USSR in 1936 and even several years before that. Yes he held various titles, but that was for "show". Stalin had eliminated all left wing opposition by the late 1930's and ruled as a dictator.
Was Lenin's New Economic Policy successful?
If you mean the program in effect for a few years during and immediately after the Revolution (1917), in my opinion, yes. Indeed, many Bolsheviks went into business for themselves under the NEP. However, the ostensible reason for the NEP was to provide the capitalist bridge between feudalism and socialism that Marxist-Leninist theory required.
Why was it easy for Lenin to gain power in Russia?
After the toppling of Tsar Nicholas through February Revolution, the provisional government failed to bring order to the state. They continued to wage a by then unpopular WW I and could not drag the country out of economic, social and political crisis. The industrial production fell sharply and unemployment and poverty hit the country hard. Bolshevik party under the leadership of Lenin decided to wage armed struggle against the incumbent provisional government and successfully led the October revolution.
In addition, Lenin made bold promises about a democratic new Russia if the Bolsheviks obtained power. He was able to consolidate his rule in Russia through terrorism and the secret police.
After the death of Vladimir Lenin, Marxism-Leninism was the official ideology of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, and became the basis for other Communist state ideologies, including Maoism.
Marxism-Leninism involves a synthesis of orthodox Marxist ideas, such as historical materialism, class struggle, and Marxian economics; with Leninism, the political practice of the single-party state, Vanguard party, democratic centralism, and the economic theory of Imperialism. Marxism-Leninism also rejects keys elements of classical Marxism, such as spontaneous revolution and the emergence of socialism from the natural decay of capitalism.
