Industrialisation was the primary goal of Lenin and Stalin, as well as many communist party members. ... The Soviet government saw this and other signs as an indication of an anti-Communist conspiracy. ... Stalin's socialism in one country' had mixed support with some communists siding with it and other preferring the idea of spreading the revolution as promoted by Trotsky. ... Under the N.E.P industrial production was very disappointing to many communists. ... The five-year plans presented an opportunity to Stalin to glorify him at the foundations of the communist party. ...

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The major works that will be discussed herein are: Capital, Volumes I, II and III, and The Communist Manifesto. ... Throughout his vast bibliography, the most major works of Marx include: Capital, Volumes I, II and III, and the most influential, The Communist Manifesto. ... Favorite Work Although these three works have greatly influenced understanding of sociology as a whole, it is Marx's The Communist Manifesto that has left the biggest impact on the world of sociology. ... Unlike the previous three works described, the focus of The Communist Manifesto is much more on the political and s...

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McCarthy accused high government officials and high standing military officers of being communist. ... The government put in place legislation, not only against the Wobblies, but also against Socialists and Communists, due to the fact that the government did not distinguish one of its enemies from another. ... He did not only reserve his weapon for the Wobblies; the American Communists and many other radical groups were not to be left out. When the Palmer Raids began, which will be discussed in more detail later, there were two main targets: the Communist Party, and the Communist Labor Party. ...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. His analysis describes capitalism as the first stage followed by socialism and finally communism. Marx believed that socialism is where workers recognized their interests and became "class conscious". This ...

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In a Communist Society people are naturally free, loving, caring, and sharing. ... No soldiers can dominate majority if they have weapons, and in a Communist Party if a couple of people are fighting, proper men will break it up. ... Communist wants to abolish private ownership. ...

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The Winnipeg General Strike has been one of the most intensively studied episodes in Canadian History. It was an important development in the building of the democratic socialist movement in Canada. In the larger sense this seemingly isolated event had been building for many years and a wide set...

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Socialism, Mises' next major work, hailed as the classic that predicted the breakdown of the communist experiment, was the lone dissenting voice to challenge the prevailing intellectual orthodoxy of his time. ...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. However often contradicted through our own human err of bias perception, the works of great thinkers such as Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke have provided a pivotal influence on societal values. This philosophy is the groundwork for what we now more wholly understand as laws of nature, in whatever form, not to be exploited or undermined. The reality of contemporary liberalism, as it is inspir...

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