Facts On June 17, 1957 the Supreme Court found leaders of the Communist Party of California guilty for conspiracy to overthrow the Government of the United States. The Court found the Communist Party to be guilty of promoting and soliciting the unlawful purposes of their party, to be affiliated with other Communist Parties elsewhere, to write and publish articles on the teaching of overthrowing the Government, and to recruit new members from schools and other federal institutions. ... Fourteen persons were charged with violating the Smith Act for being members of the Communist Party in Cali...

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Duong Thu Huong worked for the Communist Youth Brigade at the age of 20 but was expelled from the communist party in 1989. ... In Paradise of the blind, her fourth book written and her fourth book to be banned, she included government acts such as the effects of communists on the people such as the land reform act, and Ratification of Errors. ...

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The dictator may be one person, such as Castro in Cuba or Hitler in Germany, or a group of people, such as the Communist Party in China. 6. ... Communist dictatorships have been especially prone to use this term. ...

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My name is Charlie, I life in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. Life, as far as I am concerned is great here. We are all at ease. There is very little pressure on us to make money because almost everyone is poor. We are happy to be poor and we don't necessarily strive to make something of ourselves. Most ...

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The Mao Years In China, the years from 1949-1976 are known as the Mao years. There was growth and change taking place in China during this time. New policies were passes as well as new Mao government campaigns. Some policies were successful while others failed to properly achieve the desired affec...

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Could you imagine waking up in Iraq under the rule of Sadamn? I could not even conceive of the idea and this is why I must conclude that yes, government is necessary in every society. Government is one of humanity's oldest and most important institutions. From earliest times, some kind of governmen...

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1984 In many ways, Orwell's view of the future has come true. Although we do not live in a world dominated by Communist super-powers, there are many aspects of our society that are prophesied in the book. Take, for example, the three land masses used in Nineteen Eighty-Four. There is Oceani...

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Lord of the Flies How would a leader be defined? According to Webster a leader is A person who leads others along a way: a guide. But William Golding author of Lord of the Flies seems to have different meanings of a leader and three characters are good examples of his type of leader: Ralph, Jack...

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The American dream is a passion, which burns strongly inside those with desire to learn and prosper. Because of the plethora of opportunities we have in America, the American dream is a reality to many people today. The validity of the American dream differs from person to person, depending on their...

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Totalitarian Governments use the people in a total movement to achieve a goal. When this goal is finally met, the government finds a new goal to strive for to keep the population in check. This type of government sprang up during the 1930's in Europe and Asia. Totalitarianism came into being for man...

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There are more people on Facebook right now than there were people in the world 200 years ago. Facebook is one of many social media sites that is used to connect people from all walks of life. Sometimes, these people are seeking more freedoms and use social networking to find others that support the...

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Were the Soviet authorities right in calling Zoschenko an anti-Soviet writer? Any good writer documents the social situation of their time and helps to project the future of their society, whether through political essays, poems, or short stories. Mikhail Zoschenko's short stories proved to be ...

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