The Pattern of Revolution Stage 1 There were few people who spoke out and shared their thoughts on revolution. ... They then felt that the Czar had no compassion for his people. ... No law will be enforced without confirmation of the council. ... Then there were the smaller groups such as Social Revolutionaries, Cadets, and the Old Privileged Class. ... There were countries who were against Communism, but many of their citizens had believed in complete Communism....

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The shelves in the stores were practically bare, and what was there was not in very good quality. ... There were many escape tunnels dug under the wall. ... There were 302 watchtowers, and 20 bunkers. ... There was no way to see relatives or anything on the west side of the wall. ... Then just two days later thousands took the streets shouting "no more violence!" ...

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Stalin could then become an absolute dictator. ... " They had no responsibilities, no rights, no freedom. ... Then, he turned to the army and the Party. ... " The names of his rivals were then removed from official histories of the revolution. ... When infact, people were unhappy, they were poor, starving, angry because they had no power, no social life and lived in terrible conditions suffering from forced labour. ...

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" In the middle of May a modest announcement appeared on the notice board saying that all citizens who were Jews had to register with the Sanitation Department no later than the end of the month." ... It didn't matter if it was a great uncle or aunt, as long as there is Jewish in your family, you were going to Poland. ... Everyone just went along with the Department because after all they were there on vacation and to have fun. ... Then leaded to their death. ... Millions of lives were taken because they were Jewish. ...

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From 1921 to 1924 there was cooperation with capitalism and the united front, a pragmatist decision due to enlightenment of the reality of the situation. ... Communist International was considered further to be of no consequence to a country focused on themselves. ... The Third Period of class against class was an attempt by Stalin to eliminate the rival of Bukharin and hence the change in policy contained no ideological motivation. ... Stalin then asserted that the aims of Socialists and Fascists are the same. ... They were also forced to convince Britain to join with them in alliance along ...

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That the Cuban Missile Crisis took place is no surprise. ... He let Gromyko lie, claiming that the only reason the Russians were there was to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country- [p.19]. ... Regarding his directive to board vessels that might resist the blockade, JFK wrung his hands, "What would you do then, if we went through all of this effort and then find out that there's baby food on it?... And then a U-2 was shot down over Cuba on Saturday October 27th. ... There were three countries directly involved in the Caribbean, not just the U.S. and Soviet Union. ...

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The Ottoman Empire rounding up multiple numbers of Armenians had them line up and walk to the desert with no provisions. No Armenian was excluded either be it man, woman, or child. ... Women if most weren't just murdered they were raped then murdered. ... The Soviet Union leaders had felt there was going to be uproar against their organization. ... Jews were rounded up and killed right on spot, some Jews were held in concentration camps where they were starved or beaten to death. ...

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The United States then took advantage of this situation and were able to profit from The Union's "imperialist exploitation of other countries,"2 while socialism only had an economic loss in that competition. ... An example of this would be the fact that any citizen could not even buy a good pair of leather boots, a good television set or a computer made in the Soviet Union, because all the boots and the electronics were swallowed up by military usage.3 This led to there being few to no quality goods to export in order to balance their imports. ... Some workers were sent to respo...

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The United States then took advantage of this situation and were able to profit from The Union's "imperialist exploitation of other countries,"2 while socialism only had an economic loss in that competition. ... This led to there being few to no quality goods to export in order to balance their imports. ... Some workers were sent to respond to the disaster and were ordered to encase the reactor in concrete. ... Upon putting it into practice, the Soviet government stated that: "it was not until 1988, that it was admitted we were running a budget deficit, and as a result the...

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These beliefs led to no compromise, which then led to containment; the idea that the Soviet Union and Soviet communism should not be allowed to spread. A smaller, yet serious conflict had then risen in Germany. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. During the Cold War, Americans were terrified of the Soviet Union and left with no knowledge of whether or not the Soviets would attack the US. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or in the worst case scenario, nuclear war....

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People would no longer have the comfort of knowing someone else was in control. ... There is no vice president, and the president nominates the highest state officials. ... Then there is the decision of who has the dominant position of state and quasi-state ownership. ... Even the well-educated people were underemployed, which means that they were qualified for a much better job than the one they had. ... ooks like there is little hope. ...

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There is no private ownership. ... No private enterprise was allowed. ... It cannot be denied that there was a significant minority who supported communism, but these were a minority. ... This essay would argue that the answer to this question is no. ... Until Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet bloc, there had been no significant contact between the two blocs. ...

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There is no private ownership. ... No private enterprise was allowed. ... It cannot be denied that there was a significant minority who supported communism, but these were a minority. ... This essay would argue that the answer to this question is no. ... Until Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet bloc, there had been no significant contact between the two blocs. ...

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There is no private ownership. ... No private enterprise was allowed. ... It cannot be denied that there was a significant minority who supported communism, but these were a minority. ... This essay would argue that the answer to this question is no. ... Until Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet bloc, there had been no significant contact between the two blocs. ...

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Animalism / Communism In the book Animal Farm, there are two disputing pigs that both opt to be leader of the farm after the revolution takes place. ... Napoleon started in the background making no objections to the rulings that Snowball made. ... Meetings were no longer to be held for everything would be decided by a small committee of pigs from then on, whether the other animals liked it or not. ... Napoleon then saw this and immediately condemned Snowball with the death sentence for committing this horrid trespass against Animalism. ... They were slaughtered on the spot, and their c...

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(Ashcroft) Then in section 202, the Patriot Act gives the government the "authority to intercept wire, oral, and electric communications" (2). ... No. ... These camps were at best, glorified concentration camps. In fact, FDR himself called them "concentration camps" (Weglyn) The residents (all US citizens) were forced to stay there until the end of the war. ... These comparisons may not per sway those out there in support of the Patriot Act. ...

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Reforms under the Tsars were used as a method to build consent and preserve autocracy. ... This would then be a means of preserving autocracy as there was to be no opposition. ... However in this period there is also evidence that shows terror being used to undermine the regime, Chris Corin vi points out that there was enormous pressure on the Bolsheviks to form a democratic government representing all the socialist parties. ... This then supports the idea that the more intense the terror the easier it was to uphold power. ... This then supports the viewpoint that the preservation of power und...

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But 30 seconds after the start of the test, there was an unexpected power surge. ... The fallout from the Soviets' negligent attitude can be felt throughout the world from then even to now. ... According to the UNSCEAR also known as United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations in a June 2000 study they concluded that: "Apart from the increase in thyroid cancer after childhood exposure, there is no evidence of a major public health impact 14 years after the Chernobyl accident. No increases in overall cancer incidence or mortality have been observed that could b...

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In the late 1950's there were 8,000 to 10,000 people from East Germany left and each day they would move further into the west. ... There were many escape tunnels dug under the wall. ... Mourners brought flowers to a grave and then went into the tunnels. ... There were 302 watchtowers, and 20 bunkers. ... This area of no man's land cut off one hundred-ninety two streets. ...

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While incidents similar to the Pearl Harbor attack were unconsciously expected by many Americans as they were watching in great detail struggles on European scenes of war, they still couldn't accept such a miserable defeat of their naval base. ... As there was no evidence of the German Jews activities against their German government also there was no conclusive evidence of even a single American Japanese engaged in betrayal against America. ... The three communist leaders were Benitto Mussolini, dictator of Italy, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, and Joseph Stalin, dictator of the So...

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The American people were petrified with the threat of Nuclear War. ... The people who did escape were too anxious to leave. ... Then you have to deal with the disadvantages of a democracy. There is unemployment. ... The Soviets took all measures to ensure that no one will escape to West Berlin. ...

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This was very significant because throughout all of World War I there were no major battles fought on the German homeland. ... There were delegates from twenty-seven different countries there, but the Germans and the Russians were not represented. ... Even as the war continued to rage on, there were wartime conferences. ... They were under the control of one dictator and then went under the control of another. ... There was talk that they were going to be occupied for up to twenty years or even longer. ...

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Many things were written about him and his reign. ... But then finding out first hand that everyone is a victim no one goes untouched not even the killers themselves. ... But he couldn't kill everyone; there was always someone to live to tell the story. There were many lies to cover up the reason of the terror, but the real reason was Stalin's extreme paranoia. ... During this terror no one was left unaffected, the whole country from the frozen north to the deserted plains and the humid coast, was left untouched by the terror. ...

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There, she hoped, he would train to become a priest. ... He worked in Tiflis, and then in the Black Sea port of Batumi, organizing worker protests, which led to his arrest in 1902. ... But the kulaks were essentially a figment of Marxist propaganda (there existed no real difference between these "wealthiest" peasants and all other peasants), and collectivization reaped disaster--the government persecuted and killed the peasantry, famine swept the country, and as many as ten million may have died. ... For in his mind, there was no question of his primacy: he was to be first, period; there was ...

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Dating all the way back to the mid-1700s, there has been proof of much poverty exsisting in our world. Due to such major turning points as the Industrial Revolution, workers were being exploited by profit-hungry employers and public authorities who were not protecting the rights of the poor. ... Then, in the 20th century, America began to face only the beginning of hardships, which would seem to never end. ... However, in a socialist country there is no classes in their society. ... No matter how big or little everything adds up. ...

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