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    Johannes Gutenberg was born a modest merchant family in Germany. Where Johanne became goldsmith apprentice. He was later forced out of his home because of a craftsman revolt against wealthy nobles. He then moved to France, where he began his first printing experiments. Out of that Gutenberg, being familiar with book making he invented a small metal type. Because of his apprenticeship with Goldsmithing he developed a new casting system. He also made new metal alloys in correlation with his new casting

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    Marxism is derived from the name Karl Marx. He was born in Germany in 1818 and the son of a liberal lawyer. Karl Marx worked with Friedrich Engels and was best known for Das Kapital and the Communist Manifesto (Emerling 2005: 15-16). The basics of the Marxist theory are based on ideas expressed by the critical theory. Marxist theory was the first theory that looked at society and decided to change how society is seen. Marxism was seen to be very critical of the industrial capitalism (Emerling

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    Colonialism integrated Africa into the international economic division of labor. Rele, F. Abiola; Biodun Jeyifo (2010) contends that “Before colonialism, sub-Saharan Africa was a subsistence economy because some African societies were hunting-gathering economies, other societies had agricultural-based economies and used cattle to soften the land for farming as they did not have farming machinery and they relied on rain for irrigation. Whether hunting-gathering or agricultural economies, in most cases

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    Communism is a concept created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1844 and was exposed to the world in 1848 through “The Communist Manifesto”. When read, Communism can be seen as a beautiful idea. Karl Marx view Communism as the solution to inequality. Marx invoked the idea that for every member of a society to be equal, the State must have ownership over services and goods of society, including schools. However, when Communism began in the Soviet Union it was perfectly visible that Communism

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    the problems with capitalism, specifically its economic model, in order to help define communism as a social model. The Manifesto provides the history of class oppression and compares previous structures to its current situation in 1848. Marx and Engels are calling to all proletariats to wake up to the injustices that are forced upon them and realized it is time to restructure the classes. They provide the theory of revolution in which communism will be born. Marx and Karl, begin by stating that

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    In 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels would construct the Communist Manifesto which would identify the battle between the Bourgeois and the Proletariat. This Manifesto would bring light to the idea of Communism and its revolutionary socioeconomic ideology. Marx believed during his time in England both the conservatives and liberals of Europe were cognizant of the idea of communism. However at that point it was but a thought waiting to be expounded. Marx felt that the working class which was also

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    The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is a political manifesto in defense of, and advocation for, the ideals of communism. Chapter one begins stating that, “The history of all hitherto existing society, is the history of class struggles.” The chapter, titled “Bourgeois and Proletarians,” goes on to describe the modern bourgeois structure of society that has formed, and with it, new conditions of oppression for people who do not own any means of production. Throughout the chapter

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    Karl Marx and His Work Essay

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    - 1883 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and his partner Friedrich Engels. The document first appeared in 1848 and has been a manuelfor the following political parties: Socialist, Social Democratic, Labor, and Communist. In the time of its existence it has created disagreement all over the world. Friedrich Engels said these words in 1888 to summarize the Communist Manifesto. "In every historical epoch, the prevailing mode of economic production

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    nature of Communism contributes immensely to its lack of viability. In Friedrich Engels’ Communist Confession of Faith, Engels--a peer of Marx’s with whom he worked closely--outlines these restrictive qualities as positive aspects of Communist society. For instance, Engels asserts that, “Every individual strives to be happy. The happiness of the individual is inseparable from the happiness of all,” (Marx, Karl, Friedrich Engels). However, he then proceeds to define as essential shifts to the abolition

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    Socialism Socialism is a political movement that focuses on transforming ownership and physical production of goods into a cooperative agreement where no one has more than anyone else. Its goal was meant to reduce suffering by allowing the public control of industry and social services. It does this by fostering an economy through common ownership, shared enterprises, state ownership or shared equity. Socialism has many different philosophies and no one definition can cover them all. The ownership

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