The Aggressor's Communist Memoir

On the whole, does Goodbye, Lenin paint a positive or negative picture of life in communist East Germany? East Germany, its demise relayed through the mass media of recent history, has in popular consciousness been posited as negative, a corrupt bulwark of the last dying days of Communism in Eastern Europe,

Karl Marx, a man who died in 1883, made a quake that can be felt even today, over a hundred years later. Karl Marx was an economists and philosopher. He created Marxism, and set up building blocks for a communistic economy for governments. The ripples he created can be seen by things like the cold war, a none violent war between U.S. and U.S.S.R. Also, with that we can see terrorist groups now that were formed to combat a Marxist country that would have not been either that style of country or would have been delayed without Marx’s ideals. Lastly we still have countries that revive and practice his ideals from over a hundred years ago.

The era that preceded the formation of the Soviet Union was earmarked with social unrest, famine, and failed governments. After many struggles, many smaller soviet republics joined to form a large conglomerate nation, known as the Soviet Union in 1922. Vladimir Lenin, leader at the time, replaced the failing capitalist

The Wars written by Timothy Findley shares a great relation to many of the ideas surrounding postmodern society, thus implementing many of the prominent ideas of the time around politics and societal norms into the plot of the story itself. Findley successfully depicts the plot of the novel taking place in the early 1900's; a time in which the western world was emerging from an industrial revolution, bringing radically foreign ideas on politics in the world, including the materialization of the Marxist political theory. The seemingly negative reception of the Marxist theory has denied it the right as a valid political view. One thing that cannot be denied is that a majority of the foundational ideas of the theory, describe basic human

The Communist Manifesto      Marx describes the problem in great detail in the first chapter. He feels there is a problem between the bourgeoisie and the proletarians. The bourgeoisie were the oppressed class before the French Revolution and he argues that they are now the oppressors. The proletarians are the new working class, which works in the large factory and industries. He says that through mass industry they have sacrificed everything from the old way of religion, employment, to a man’s self worth and replaced it with monetary value. He is mad that the people of ole that use to be upper class such as skills man, trades people, & shopkeepers, are now slipping into the proletarians or working class. He

The Communist Manifesto may be a merely ?? pages, but it sure packs a lot of punch for such a small book. The main purpose of the Communist Manifesto was to convey the teachings of communism. The Communist Manifesto seems like a weekend project for a couple of “power fighting”, rebellious, and controversial citizens, but it still paved the way for modern day communism. By “power fighting”, rebellious, and controversial citizens, I mean Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels .

“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party (Barnes)?” This question was asked by Republican senator Joseph McCarthy to hundreds of people that he proclaimed were Communists during the late 1940s and early 1950s. McCarthy’s words were ones of fear that the American public gravitated toward to show their hatred for communism. Although this anti-communist effort was only most evident in the mid-20th century, the McCarthy strategy of creating baseless claims against people continues to happen in today's society. The media has covered and created false stories that the American public thrives on. Many people see these stories as factual instead of falsehoods. The American population has also become McCarthy-esque

Joseph Raymond McCarthy, once a senator, is best known for his accusatory remarks on communism. During a time of cold war, opposition to McCarthy was the last thing the public wanted, in fear of being accused themselves. McCarthy led a life of almost fifty years, beginning on November 14, 1908 and ending on May 2, 1957 due to acute hepatitis and numerous additional ailments and liver problems (Reference Staff).

Upon arriving in Washington D.C. on December 3rd, 1946, McCarthy ignored the general notion that new senators should keep a low profile (352). Instead, he gave a press conference on his views of a coal strike during his first day in the capitol. The Milwaukee Journal had regarded Joseph McCarthy as a man of:

McCarthyism and Communism "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?" During the late 1940's and 1950's the topic of communism had developed into everyday conversation for all Americans considering the end of the World War 11, and the beginning of the cold war. In 1952 a man named Joseph McCarthy was elected into the senate for Wisconsin. He won mostly won because of interest in the issues of communism. Joseph McCarthy began to weed out the communism he thought existed in America. He began to accuse writers and actors and other entertainers, most of whom were labeled communist sympathizers and were no longer able to work. Some of those who were accused had their passports taken away while others were put into

The Fight against Communism Why are people against Communist? J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have written articles about their opinion relating to Communist expanding throughout our Nation. Communism is a social organization based on the ownership controlled all economic and social activities. J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have numerous points of view on Communism. Their voices and minds reveals that Communist is not who they say they are.

During World War I, Stalin had created a five year plan for the Soviet Union. Stalin’s five year proposal was to develop the economics of the Soviet Union. He wanted the Soviet Union to become more like the western hemisphere, so he created the five year plan. If the residents of the Soviet Union constantly followed the five year plan, they would eventually reach his intended modernized society. In the novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, there is a three principle plan called Ingsoc. The three principal plan was the slogan, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength” (Orwell 1.1.4). The slogan is propaganda to enforce the idea of expanding the Oceania. Stalin created a five year plan, so that the Soviet Union civilians would continue

It is 1945 and some of my generation has already arrived, with more yet to come. The month is June and I just arrived. President Truman is in office. The war in Europe just ended, and the war with Japan is about to end. The Cold War has started but it will be two years before they officially call it the Cold War. In case you were wondering that is me in the carriage, as you can see I am not really too concerned about world events as of yet. I’m pretty sure that the rest of my generation isn’t either. It is also my guess that we won’t be for a while. However, as I said history is relevant and many world events will take place in the next nineteen years that will lead some of us toward war, and others toward what I believe to committing the unforgivable crime of treason.

Not hinder but merely test the limits of the ARA. The ARA were trying to hinder my Communist regime, they were using food as weapons! They hoped that the food they gave to the starving Russians would encourage them to resist the Communist regime! I helped them when I sent 120,000 Russians to help in administrative works or having CHEKA agents making sure they were obeying our laws. These were hardly a hinderance as I think I helped them to familiarise themselves with Communism. You know who hindered ARA’s progress, David Kinne. He was not fit to battle the famine, when he cannot even battle his own addiction. What poor decisions the ARA made. In the Winter of 1921, Eiduk the leader of my CHEKA agents planned to expose his weakness. So, he gave him alcohol and exploited his

The command system, which is also described as Marxism, socialism, or communism, is both a political and economic philosophy. In a communist economy, the government owns most of the firms, subsequently controlling production and allocation of resources. One of the most well-known and well-documented cases of a communist government took place in the Soviet Union, beginning in 1917 and eventually falling in 1992. Idealistically, communism eliminates social classism and provides equal work for all in a particular society. The government appoints a central planning board to “determine production goals for each enterprise and to specify the amount of resources to be allocated to each enterprise so that it can reach its production goals.”