In the 1980s more than a quarter of the world's population lived under the Communist rule. ... Albania experienced rule under the communist dictatorship for over 50 years during the second half of the 20th century. ... But prior to 1941 there was no Communist Party in Albania. ... Interesting is the fact that the Communist movement was launched by intellectuals. ... On October 1944 the Communists were able to form a strong government headed.. ...

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But according to Rodney Guin, a high school history teacher, those within a Communistic system often worry about how they will feed their family tomorrow. ... In 1924, a coalition including Communists adopted Yat-sen's theory, based on the Three People's Principles developed by San Min Chu I. ... Yat-Sen died in 1925, and for a while, Kai-Shek followed his predecessor's policy of cooperating with the Chinese Communists. He even accepted Russian aid until 1927, when he reversed his beliefs, and so began the civil war between the Kuomintang and Communists. ... No wonder the Ku...

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He made numerous charges, usually with little evidence that certain public officials and other individuals were Communists or cooperated with Communists. McCarthyism was developed during the Cold War, a period of great hostility between the Communist and non-Communist nations. ... According to McCarthy there were over 200 communists in the state department. And about 57 people fell into the category of card carrying-communist, loyalists to the communist parties. An even bigger issue was communist spies. ...

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Communists. ... By trying to keep America from becoming a Communist nation, McCarthy and his followers turned the country into an anti - Communist nation. ... Communists were everywhere. ... And some 57 cases of people who fall into the category of card - carrying Communists, loyalist of the Communist Party, or risks to the nation (Divine, 265). Despite the issue of Communists in America there was a bigger issue, Communist spies. ...

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Throughout the Soviet bloc, reformers assumed power and ended over 40 years of dictatorial Communist rule. ... Solidarity, an anti-Communist trade union and social movement, had forced Poland's Communist government to recognize it in 1980 through a wave of strikes that gained international attention. ... In Poland, the Communists entered into round-table talks with a reinvigorated Solidarity. ... Soon, the Communist parties of Bulgaria and Albania also ceded power. ... I have identified the problems which eventually overcame the credibility of Communist rhetoric as having their bas...

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This search for communists resulted in accusations that had no premises, and therefore were sometimes referred to as witch hunts. ... The Red Scares, named due the fact communist were sometimes also known as "Reds" because of the association with their red flag, started when communist, lead by Vladimir Lenin, seized Russia and vowed to conquer the world. ... In August of 1919 the socialist party split and formed two communist parties, which recruited members (Zeinert 18). ... Budenz, a former high-ranking Communist official in America now helped the government identify Communist, yet all his...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. ... Through Government propaganda, U.S. citizens feared communists and sympathizers and any light heartedness taken towards them was considered and admission of being a communist in itself. ... The Aliens that take over bodies were the communists and promoted the belief that communists were almost inhuman. ... Only a few were actually communists, very few were actors. ... HUAC investigated the public sniffing out communists. ...

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As a response the grandson is insulting the grandfather to be a communist dupe. The grandfather is dedicated communist who still believes in the ideals of Lenin even if communism has died. ... It is a playful streak between the Bulgarian emigrant student in America and his seriously communist grandfather. ... As he got out of the dugout and saw the communist take control of his village, he simple joined the party without hesitating and they immediately gave him a position in the party. ... He is actually convinced that the fall of the Communist Party killed his wife. ...

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In each of these nations, the communist regimes in power were forced to transfer that power to radically different institutions than they were accustomed to. ... The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. ... Preuss, "In almost all the East and Central European countries, the collapse of authoritarian communist rule has released national, ethnic, religious and cultural conflicts whic...

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What's more it reminds me of stories told by my family when they lived in communist Vietnam. ... He dislikes communism because he believes that communist societies will not work if unless the people and the government are without greed. In the book the society is a communist one because there exist no classes and everything produced is commonly owned. ... It was during this time that socialist and communist ideas were rampant in Europe. One of the major communist powers at this time was the U.S.S.R.. ...

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With a father who was a definite Communist believer, Gouzenko felt pressured to live in this ideology. In 1926, he had joined the Youth Communist League where he was trained in the ways of Soviet's dictating nation. ... During his stay in Canada, which was his first experience outside his Communist nation, Igor Gouzenko grew envious of the Canadians. ... Finally, all the countries were vigilant of the spreading Communist Parties. ... But a hero he was to most, for he risked his own life for the sake of the world's preservation from the horrendous Communist ideology. ...

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Subject: China, a country in transformation; from a communist government to the opening of the Chinese market. ... First I would like to give you an overview of the situation in China during the communist and the Mao period. ... CHINA OF MAO (1949 - 1976) AND DEMAOISATION Let's begin with A) The setting-up of the classical communist from 1949 to 1955 Military forces occupied two thirds of China in 1949. ... Now I will explain B) The action of the Communist Party from 1955 to 1969 As early as July 1955, farming was collectivized and Chinese farmers were integrated int...

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As many questions as we raise, the fact that Gorbachev turned out to be at the right position, in the right time, changing the course of history by crossing out the Communist Regime, still remains undeniable. ... Archie Brown notes that "Gorbachev has the political will to make significant innovations in both Soviet domestic and foreign policy"1, and German biographer Christian Shmidt-Hauer states that "the new leader is ambitious for power- not power for its own sake, but power to improve his own society"2.3 Anyhow, his personal attractive qualities and his remarkable p...

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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. Although the reformist leaders in China have embraced the concept of market freedom rejecting Marx's idea, their decision to retain a closed political structure is very much in accord with Lenin's vision of the communist part-state. ... However, it does have a Communist party (Chinese Communist Party) which has been ruling the country for over 2000 years. Although China has opened up new avenues for ec...

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After successfully removing the opposition the communist party led by Stalin launched a major revolution through the next decade that did not end until every class and member of society was suppressed. ... As a result of this all members of the communist party were of the agreement that industrialisation was a necessity. ...

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This was a major issue to Reagan as well as the Evangelicals because it took away religion to the communist people. ... This fueled the feud between the United States and the Soviet Union about the United States being anti-communist, which in part we are. ... Religion is something that is not always present in our government or even communities, especially in those that are communist, but Reagan is one who believes in the old values and beliefs of the founding fathers of our country. ...

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