Lenin knew the proletariat needed to be led to revolution in order for social revolution to occur. ... They would be a group of professional revolutionaries that would be dedicated to social democracy and loyal to Marxism. ... The alliance between these two social classes would "outweigh all forces of counterrevolution". ... The Russian revolution was seen as setting the stage for greater social revolution in the West. ... According to Marx, "The proletariat needs State power, the centralized organization of force, the organization of violence, both to crush the resistance of the exploiter...

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The conclusion Engels comes to, is that throughout history, man has constantly struggled to discover a new perfect system of social order. ... Therefore, with the seizing of production by society, and anarchy in social production is replaced by a systematic definite organization that really constitutes itself as the representative of the whole society, then struggle for private property and individual existence will disappear, and the state will not be abolished but will eventually die out. Therefore, if the proletariat seizes public power, and frees the means of production from the characte...

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These include the different social, political and economic causes of the Russian Revolution, things such as which social class should lead the uprising, the Mensheviks who wanted to change Russia by a democratic vote and social reform. ... This affected the way Russia functioned socially as well. ... For a revolution to be successful you need acts of violence and terror, strong leadership, an ideology, social and political unrest, organization and in the case of Russia due to its size the organization would have to be extremely good and influence. ... At the time of the revolution Russia wa...

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One distinct system of economic organizations that exists is Capitalism. Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned. ... The other distinct system of economical organization is Socialism. ... Since social programs fulfill one's needs, work may become an unneeded burden for some. ...

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A government is a political organization comprising the individuals and institutions authorized to formulate public policies and conduct affairs of estate. ... They also may be in charge of many organizations that serve their people to make the country more efficient. ... Our social institutions today are mostly ran by the government. ... The mail is a good organization for the government to run, however it may not be necessary for them to monitor the mail or phone conversations. ...

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First, the English monarchy needed money to support its army which insures social compliance. ... First, two or more organizations (government included) must claim the right to rule and control government. ... However, the brunt of this new policy was felt in Scotland and perceived was a direct assault on their religious organizations. ... The second characteristic, is the commitment of a significant amount of the population to each organization. ... Resource Mobilization Theory focuses on the leadership of both the revolutionary organization and the government in power. ...

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Previously, slavery had existed in hierarchical societies in which the slave was at the bottom of a social ladder, the most inferior in a society of unequals. ... These developments are the increase of the division of world wealth, changes in the organization of capital, and the increase in the level of economic globalization. ... The state plays an essential role in creating conditions that inhibit or promote consumption, controls legislation, controls money supply, initiates economic, political, and social policies to attract capital, and controls the legitimate use of force. ... Some believ...

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What impact do non-government organizations (NGOs) have on the health and well being of African children? ... Many organizations have been around for years and have helped hundreds of children. ... An organization that greatly helps he children of Africa is named Africa's Promise. ... The NGOs that provide money for organizations within Africa help with the modernizing of the country. ... This might be happening because when an aid worker is put in a position where there is isolation (one aid worker in a whole village) and when that worker feels superior to the villagers, the different...

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In contrast, a socialistic type of government is defined as " Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy" We have had the opportunity to witness, observe and analyze the consequences of socialism since its fall in 1989 during this generation. ...

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Xinhua, the state news agency, is considered a propaganda tool by press freedom organizations. Many press freedom organizations consider and believe that the state news agency named Xinhua was propaganda in favor of government. ... There must be a widening gap between the rich and the poor that is slowing down social development. ... The social structure of China is in need of re-organization and advancement to improve their own image within their society. With communism, the social role of government becomes more of an act of strict authority than an act of concern for the welfare of your ...

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Within the document, Marx (who is primarily credited for the manifesto) provides a thorough critique of the conflict of European's social classes and advocates socialism. ... The Communist Manifesto gives insight into Europe's hierarchal social structure of the 19th centuary. ... In addition to describing the evils of capitalism, Marx elaborates the social changes communists hope to effect on behalf of the proletariat. ... In achieving this goal, the proletariat will eradicate all remnants of bourgeois cultural brainwash, which act to perpetuate this unfair social structure. This inc...

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Rapid industrialization developed both a moneyed bourgeoisie and an urban proletariat, and trade unions and political organizations had begun to spring up at a greatly accelerated pace. ... Education had been universalized, and social mobility seemed to be on the increase. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 and the Rice Riots of 1918 energized radical thought, and there were movements calling for universal male suffrage1, the social, economic and political liberation of women, and the end of the existing social order entirely. ... Individualism failed on the grounds that it was primar...

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When the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party split into Menshevik and Bolshevik factions in 1903, Stalin joined the more militant Bolshevik party led by Lenin. ... After the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, Stalin threw himself into organizational work and administrative tasks. ...

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However, over the years Nigerians have developed a number of important components of successful democracy namely the fourth Republic which includes a diverse and vigorous media, an educated and often critical elite, outspoken human rights organizations, a growing middle class and a respected legal profession and judiciary. ... In spite of China's economic liberalization, its Communist party-state retains the essential organization structure that the Chinese communist party adopted from the Soviet Union. ... (O'Neil (2010) page 297) According to Dahl, the definition of public contes...

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Thus, the ruling post-communists, the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) of prime-minister and PSD party leader Adrian Nastase have to decide on how to continue the required political, social and economic transforma-tion process. Can they afford social unrest due to required reforms of the eco-nomic and social system just one year before local elections, which in turn would lead to the country's accession to the European Union on January 1, 2007? ... Does the Roma-nian population show any interest whatsoever in taking an active part in the fu-ture political, social and economic development o...

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For one to claim that status, one had to be a member of a "well-recognized" religious organization which forbade their members to participation in war. ... Many organizations stood up for the rights of the objectors. ... In October 1918, Congress passed the Alien Act, which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to deport any alien who, at any time after entering the United States, is found to have been at the time of entry, or to have become thereafter a member of any anarchist organization. ... They were thought to be making threats against the Capitalist system through subversive Sociali...

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This establishment of the bourgeoisie created a new social class where labor was dictated by their new rule. ... Marx details the social changes communists hope to encourage the proletariat to implement. ... (pg. 487) Marx seems to advocate the destruction of the social order coming from the past. ... They all suffer from at least one of three problems: they look to previous modes of social organization for a solution to present difficulties, they deny the inherent class character of the existing conflict; they do not recognize that violent revolution on the part of the pr...

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Capitalism is the social system based upon private ownership of the means of production which entails a completely uncontrolled and unregulated economy where all land is privately owned. ... Since very early times human beings have relentlessly sought after the organization of social and economic systems. ... While many political, economic, and social systems attempt to eliminate this modern form of natural selection, capitalism and similar economic structures preserve social inequality in many forms. ...

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The Russian revolution is the fundamental political and social upheaval that erupted in the Russian empire in 1917. The roots of the Russian Revolution are to be sought in the arbitrary, autocratic, and repressive czarist political and social system that evolved in the 16th - 18th century. ... The majority of the soviet was made up of social Revolutionaries and Mensheviks. ... Problems found by Kerensky was that the two organizations were unable to work together he was out of touch with what the people wanted; the people wanted land, food, and peace. ... Also Russia has undergone a politi...

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In 1980 and 1984, she ran for office as the Communist Party candidate for vice president, and she also continues to lecture on social and political issues. ... Angela said it best, "It is important not only to have the awareness and to feel impelled to become involved, it's important that there be a forum out there to which one can relate, an organization, a movement." Angela has found many forums to get her message across to the masses such as the Black Panther Party, currently, the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression (NAARPR), and other various other organizations...

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This law caused many problems for the conscientious objector to WWI, because for one to claim that status, one had to be a member of a "well-recognized" religious organization, which forbade their members to participation in war. ... Some organizations such as the National Civil Liberties Bureau, which would later be renamed the American Civil Liberties Union, took up the task of standing up for the rights of conscientious objectors. ... such action taken by the government prevented Wobblies who were not yet citizens from naturalization, even if they quit their organization. ...

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My name is Walt Disney. I was born on December 5, 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. But I lived most of my life in Marceline, Missouri. I am an American motion-picture and television producer and showman. I am famous for being a pioneer of cartoon films and as the creator of Disneyland. Communism is not a ...

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Personification is used in Animal Farm to express the characteristics of the people and organizations that played an important in the Russian Revolution. ... This literary device in the novel was an intellectual way for Orwell to escape the social restrictions brought about by the public's support for Russia, yet at the same time express his concerns on the outcome of the Russian revolution to the public without having to pass through a filter. ...

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He then met members from the Social Democratic Party and joined them. ... While he was in jail, the Social Democratic Party than split into two parts. ... This caused organization and a more centralized goal, which meant there would be many more factories and farms. ...

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Also during this period was the introduction of the Commintern or communist international, an organization with the principle that only the combined force of the proletariat of most or all industrialized countries could succeed in overthrowing the government. ... As a result the German communists were told to leave the Social Democrat trade unions in 1928. The Communists even supported the Nazi's in a campaign against the Prussian Social Democratic government saying, "the establishment of open fascist dictatorship.speeds up the process..towards the proletarian revolution....

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