... , 5 things to stress, 4 things to beautify and 3 loves . This is what many of the Red Army Soldiers followed and lived by. Through the 368 days and 6,000 miles of the Long March, the Red Army soldiers passed through twelve provinces and eighteen mountain ranges which in this brought the message of communism to hundreds of millions of peasants, who wouldn't have heard what communism was ... not steal food. The peasants being the proletariat class liked and welcomed communism because of the fact that everyone would own the same amounts of land, there would be "abolition of private property"...

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... political and military confidence, Trotsky began attacks on key government buildings, such as the Winter Palace, and provisional government officials. Trotsky's Red Guards, an exceptionally well trained private army devoted to the Bolshevik revolution, played a crucial part in the seizure and maintenance of power in the newly named Communist government. It was not long after Lenin's rise to power ... quickly grow. These eighteen self-proclaimed governments were constantly challenging the Bolshevik government. This constant threat to the Bolsheviks resulted in a more centralized governme...

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... Russian soil, and threatened to take control of the central regions currently under Bolshevik control. Faced with this devastating war, the Bolsheviks acted decisively, reforming the Red Army under Trotsky. They increased the levels of conscription from the peasantry and proletariat, and quickly abolished the democratic soldiers committees that had been established during the euphoria of 1917. Desertion was made an offence ... enterprises) were brought under state control. Free retail trade was prohibited, and the government began a fierce and determined campaign of grain requisitioning....

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... his presentation of two economic arrangements, immense powers of decision making. The most important of these monetary strategies, was 'War Communism', this concentrated on the Red Army's war effort, and kept the armed forces supplied during the war. This inarguably, helped the Reds to win the war, despite resistance amongst the Kronstadt Sailors and the Tambov workers. Lenin was the person who facilitated "workers Opposition" to War Communism by creating ... the NEP. Resistance was counterbalanced by his second monetary arrangement which was the NEP. The new financial strategy was sign...

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... . In providing this newfound challenge between Gleb and Dasha, Gladkov portrays the struggle within society to accept this new equality of the sexes. As previously mentioned, Dasha embodies the image of the New Soviet woman. We see this in the description of her sunburnt face--an indication of physical labor, her chopped off hair, and the red kerchief she wears around her neck as a symbol of her ... dedication to the proletariat cause. Dasha diligently reads Babel in order to better ... educate herself as a communist and spends more time working at the children's home than she does in h...

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... the peasantry, in order to feed the starving urban population. The agricultural production in Russia declined since the outset of the First World War, and those who had food, hoarded it. Major agricultural regions were occupied by the white armies during the Civil War, intensifying the food problem further. Lenin and the Bolsheviks needed food such as grain from the peasants in order to supply the Red army ... . However, supplies were often taken by force and the war took place agaisnt a backdrop of famine. There has also been some ... system of rationing was class-based so the labourer...

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... still face an economic recession due to the impact of this period. This economic recession produced high rates of unemployment and poverty. Marx in his article anticipated that capitalism creates this type of economic crisis which also creates further social problems. In the article "A Promise to Protect Pension Will Test Greece's Red Line on Austerity," it's explained that ... Greece is currently suffering the social problems of tax increases, pension cuts, and unemployment. Also, the country has financial debts it owes to the IMF. Marx in the Communist Manifesto argues that capitalism...

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... the term "the iron curtain". The alliances formed during World War II were disappearing and the Russians entered the arms build-up known as the Cold War. The UUR was recognized as a major power in the world after it helped establish a communist government in China. As the USSR, set up left-wing governments in most of Eastern Europe, much of Western Europe feared that the "Red Army" might venture further West. The ... North Atlantic Treaty Organization was set up and in that same year the Communist countries signed the Warsaw Pact. During 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear ...

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... bookshops. Understanding this important piece of world literature however means understanding its protagonist Arthur Seaton. Arthur Seaton is 23 years old at the beginning of the novel and due to his youth pre-sented as someone who cares about nothing but his own fun and pleasure. Working all day ... at a lathe in one of Nottingham's many factories does not satisfy him and drives him to the pubs of his environment where he spends Friday and Saturday nights looking for superficial satisfaction. Although his affairs with married women have become a major ... topic of local gossip, Arthur...

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... in which could conspire to revolt, but finally helps to acquaint himself with his own human nature and true aloneness in the world. The fact is that men cannot be collectively conscious of the natural world, in so forth that the realization of the forces of nature and a natural state of being scares one when they realize they are alone. Men are, therefore, stuck in ... product, and remains so as long as men exist at all. Consciousness is at first, of course, merely consciousness concerning the immediate sensuous environment and consciousness of the limited connection with other persons ...

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... characteristic; They all were used as a blueprint for our economic structure that we use today. Examining these differences can be just as important as the theories themselves. Adam Smith's theory of economics established capitalism as the only moral economic system. He believed man to be basically self-interested, though capable of relating to others through sympathy. Smith's theory of economics ... developed from his ideas regarding the proper relations among men. As each person had a right to the product of their work, they also had a right to keep or trade it as they saw fit. While ...

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... bookshops. Understanding this important piece of world literature however means understanding its protagonist Arthur Seaton. Arthur Seaton is 23 years old at the beginning of the novel and due to his youth pre-sented as someone who cares about nothing but his own fun and pleasure. Working all day ... at a lathe in one of Nottingham's many factories does not satisfy him and drives him to the pubs of his environment where he spends Friday and Saturday nights looking for superficial satisfaction. Although his affairs with married women have become a major ... topic of local gossip, Arthur...

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... more occupied with its effects than its causes. Suffering is prevalent in characters who are both defenseless and blameless. The child protagonists of Oliver Twist and The Old Curiosity Shop, and Barnaby Rudge is created to create sympathies as opposed to increase the critical intelligence. Not until the mid-1840s did Dickens begin to view society in its entirety, and so to realize ... This was a decade of political and economic troubles, when the people first felt the full threats and consequences of the Industrial Revolution. Barnaby Rudge is the first of Dickens' novels to show an aw...

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... equality for everyone, eliminating class distinctions. It gives control to the largest portion of the people, advocates for the equality of women in the work force, and provides for all. Therefore, Marxism is ultimately the correct way to organize a society, if only for the reason that the state is controlled by the proletariat, the largest sector of the population. The educational structure of a Marxist society consists of pupils obeying their ... education appear as a doorway into helping sustain Russia and make it stronger. Citizens learned to build, fight, and create in hopes of makin...

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... in Argentina to Venezuela, and passing from Chile, Peru and Colombia. Face-to-Face experiences of social injustices of exploited miners, oppressed communists and the persecuted leper colony allow Guevara to discover the harsh reality of society's attitude toward the human condition and transform their outlook on life. Buenos Aires history professor Carlos M. Vilas states that "His (Guevara) political and social awakening ... sympathize and creates a sense of urgency to promote change. Furthermore, in Valparaiso, they discover the social problems established by government, like the overc...

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... scale of production, and their social consequence were very dramatic for the working class. A comparison between Britain's Industrial revolution and France's Industrial revolution both has very different realities and responses. Great Britain was the homeland of the industrial revolution, which began in the middle of the eighteenth century. Yet the French were the unquestioned leaders in the development of socialism and working class consciousness. After 1750, Britain predominated ... first in the Cotton Industry and later in the Iron & Steel industries. By 1850, manufacturing was the d...

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... identifiably different from their "parent" culture. They must be focused around certain activities, values, certain uses of material artefacts, territorial spaces etc" (The Subculture reader pg 100). An example of these identifying characteristics would be the skinheads in England or the gothic groups seen in both Ireland and England who identify with one another by their style, behaviour, dress and music. However as ... of public attention until they fade or disappear or are diffused so much so that they lose their distinctiveness due to hegemony or total social authority. How do the f...

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... revolution. However, this revolution will be of a different character than all previous ones: previous revolutions simply reallocated property in favor of the new ruling class. However, by the nature of their class, the members of the proletariat have no way of appropriating property. Therefore, when they obtain control they will have to destroy all ownership of private property, ... because it misses out on a key component of Communist theory. The Reactionaries fail to realize that the inevitability of the bourgeoisie's rise, and of their eventual fall at the hands of the proletariat. T...

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... breaks it's a story". This quote shows Conrad's ability to manipulate people, and his power to overrule authority. In relation to these two texts the study of the true story Wild Swans also demonstrates similar representations of power. The main power in the book is Mao Tse-Tung; he is represented as a very powerful figure, and is still worshipped to this day, nearly half a century ... after his reign. Mao had great control over China and no one questioned his motives "Although I did not full understand why, I knew that Chairman Mao had ordered the nation to make a lot of steel". "Absol...

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... of propaganda are shown. Orwell has used allegory to develop the link between the animals and the Russian political system. By intentionally allegorising Napoleon (the main leader of animal farm), Orwell has represented Stalin, the Communist leader of Russia. Through this, the development of Stalin's government can be seen. During the start of the revolution, the animals are equal; they all work together gathering hay. ... more powerful, his actions slowly descend into tyranny. This is shown when Napoleon executes innocent animals to stay in power, which completely goes against the origin...

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... geographically mobile, dying out and becoming less common. In this stage, there were segregated conjugal roles: the husband did not take part in the raising of children and household work, but was the breadwinner of the family by going out to earn money. Men spent their leisure time away from home, socialising with ... serious decisions such as moving house or buying expensive items such as cars. His study casts doubts on the views of Wilmott and Young, who say that middle class couples are in the forefront of changes towards more equality within marriages. Another sociologist who disagr...

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... Sinclair created more developed characters. Sinclair wrote the book so that the conditions of the workers lives grew larger than the lives or the workers, however, it would have been more effective to write the book along the lines of a story, or documentary of a family. This way, the reader is able to follow and relate to the troubles of the family on a personal level. The public would have a greater understanding of ... audience focused. If Sinclair would have left out the detail of the meat packing process, the book's purpose would be clearer. Instead, Sinclair gives the public many ...

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... kind was fictitious but still based upon fact. President Theodore Roosevelt coined this style of journalism ''muckraking'', therefore leaving the authors known as ''muckrakers''. Roosevelt chose this name because the writers had such a gift for digging up corruption or dirt on the deviators. Upton Sinclair, a journalist from California, pioneered mucraking in his journalism. He was interested in social reform ... was one of Sinclair's most popular novels and a perfect example of muckraking. Sinclair's novel took place in the stockyards of Chicago in the early 1900s. He wrote the story us...

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... Karl Marx. In 1848, he co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx (Lenin). The Communist Manifesto is divided into four (4) sections. The first section discusses the Communists' theory of history and the relationship proletarians and bourgeoisie. The second section explains the relationship between the Communists and the proletarians. The third section addresses the flaws in previous socialist literature. The final section discusses the relationship between the Communists and other parties. Marx and Engels ... stage of Communism is achieved by going through the stages in order. ...

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... . Plato views art as an ultimate threat to society not only because it attempts to shape a character and take away society's role, but also because he believes that artists have the ability to evoke emotions through art and eventually creates action. This creates a nature of illusions that threaten society. Plato refers to this as his theory of Mimesis, or imitation. Plato ... differences between political parties once in power other than a love of power. Althusser's term of interpellation is beneficial to society in this political hegemonic issue. Barry defines interpellation as " the w...

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