Communism by Itzel Salas

What Is Communism ?

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A social, political and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is to the establishment of The Communist Society.

Examples of Communism

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Marxism : A system of economic, social, and political philosophy based on ideas that view social change in terms of economic factors.

Leninism : The theory and practice of proletarian revolution.

Stalinism : The bureaucratic, authoritarian exercise of state power and mechanistic application.

and Trotskyism : The political and economic theories of Communism.

( In Other words, All mean the same thing.)

Early Communism

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* One of the earliest communist idea was from an Ancient Greek, named Plato

* He described it as a state where people shared all their property, wives, and children

* An Ideal Communist Leader was a German, Philoshopher named Karl Marx.

Modern Communism

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* In 1917, the October Revolution in Russia makes Lenin Bolsheviks rise to power

*The Bolsheviks' successful rise to power was based upon the slogans such as "Peace, bread, and land" which tapped the massive public desire for an end to Russian involvement in the First War World.

* First time a communist leader came to power

Communist Leaders

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Mao Zedong,

Vladimir Lenin,

Joseph Stalin ,

Karl Marx,

Ernesto Guevara

Sources

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*http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detente/fall_of_communism.html

*http://www.infoplease.com/

*https://en.wikipedia.org