The classic socialist ideology of Robert Owen and Karl Marx, that had stood the Labour Party in good stead since its foundation was being re-forged and honed, the post war political scene was evolving into something entirely different to what had gone before. ... These convictions have held true since the inception of the Labour Party in 1900, and with the benefit of hindsight, a logical progression can be detected in the evolutionary socialism of the Labour Party of Kier Hardy, reaching in a direct line to Tony Blaire and his Third Way politics for the New Labour Party. ... The message of the...

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Daniel E Teodoru (1998) summarizes Minh's plans as "to hold high the banner of national people's democratic revolution, develop it into a socialist revolution and build socialism bypassing the stage of capitalist development" (1998). ... Minh dedicated his time to developing his communist party. ... Unlike Western and capitalist discourse, where the individual rises above the party and proclaims his or her vision for the people, Ho presented leadership through the collective effects of the 'Party'. ... "Party of the workers' class, it (the Party) will guide proletariat...

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However the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) never clearly indicates that if it intends to loosen control for the potential reforms. ... In both examples of large-scale protests, we can hardly see any evidence showing that the workers or peasants were hoping to challenge the existing political structure from the ideological basis, although they do require some extent of democratic changes. ... Yet facing the iron-fist control of CCP on any protest or social mass movement, neither group is able to push the ruling party into reform. ... As a result, such heightened nationalism does facilit...

• Word Count: 1912
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"The communist international should represent a single universal communist party of which the parties operating in every country form individual sections." The Commintern implied Twenty one conditions for admission in to the group, something that was intended to centralize and strengthen the parties control and further their chance of revolution. ... In Britain there was a general strike as a result of British coal miners being threatened with longer hours and lower wages however it was soon called off due to their lack of support from the Communist Party. ... The Communists even sup...

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The next year, Stalin joined the Russian Social Democratic Party after meeting one of its members. The Party was founded in 1898. ... Vladimir Lenin was one of the leaders of the party. ... During this time the Russian Social Democratic Party split into two groups, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. ... In 1912, Lenin promoted Stalin into the leading Bolshevik Party. ...

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After disagreements arose at the London Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party in 1903, Lenin and his following split away from the Mensheviks who were the classical Marxists and formed the Bolshevik Party. ... At this point they would establish the "revolutionary democratic dictatorship of the proletariat."" If Marx's theory "that government is an instrument of exploitation and that capitalism drives society to two extremes- holds true then his philosophy of revolution "was both perfectly logical and perfectly democratic."" The idea of a "democratic dictatorship- was justifie...

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Despite the fact that there are several other candidates running, the media only focuses on the two major parties: Republicans and Democrats. One might wonder why those two parties are the only ones recognized by mass media; well the answer is obvious, because they"re the ones with all the money. In last year's election, Green Party candidate Ralph Nadar was not even allowed to appear on the nationally televised debate. ... The media makes a huge deal about the Republican and Democratic candidates, but they say nothing about the other parties or their candidates. ... Also, most of the...

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Taiwan is the exemplary East Asian model of a formerly authoritarian regime turned democratic due in part to economic development. ... Although the government played a smaller role in the management of the nation's economy, " the Leninist-style system of party dictatorship, constituting perhaps the most essential of Deng's four basic principles, was carefully maintained."6 As China's leader, Deng was unwilling to allow economic development translate into political freedom. Any reform that challenged one-party rule could be detrimental to the Chinese government in the long run. ....

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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. ... During this time many of the political parties that had been working underground finally came to the surface, the main contenders were the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Mensheviks want a social reform but wanted it to be done in gradual way with each change being looked at by the government and then implemented democratically, but the Bolsheviks had a d...

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The pluralist view of the state is usually, virtually always, the hegemonic view within capitalist democratic societies. ... They believe that competition is healthy, and they believe that there are or ought to be many things', in politics this is represented by the belief that there should be lots of competing powers, for example political parties and interest groups. ... The theorist Michels put forward the idea that no matter what a political party says about how democratic and free it is it will still be mainly influenced or controlled by a small group of elites, this was what named ...

• Word Count: 1985
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The society in the book is an optimistic and very democratic one. The fundamentals in which their society is based on reminds me of those of any democratic form of government. ... I find this to be the most democratic commandment of all. Also what I found to be very democratic about their society is that there are multiple parties in control of their society. ... I believe that debating is essential to any democratic society. ...

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Each party at this time emphasizes more clearly the "good" while hiding the "bad". ... Furthermore, it is at this time that parties develop platforms that are the most appealing to the public. ... This is largely due to its framework, which is quite similar to the illusive democratic ideal. ... The public choice approach becomes most prevalent prior to an election, when parties are formulating their election platforms. In the Canadian political system, there is a strong tendency for party loyalty among voters, often resulting in a guaranteed vote. ...

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Supposedly America is a democratic nation, but this is not true. ... One critic writes, "The democratic institutions which might have provided a means of change have all been bought off by the "Machine." ... For the last few chapters of The Jungle, Jurgis fights with the Socialist party. ...

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Upon his moral links with his followers, the strength of which was unique even in that golden age of democratic nationalism, he has also influenced various great leaders in the 21st century, such as Mao. ... An example include China's Great Leap Forward (1958-1961), led by the Communist Party of China. ... For example, China's leader Mao begins to adapt and carries out a series of social, economical and political movements that began to shape China's communist party as well as the emergence of Maoism and Leninism in China. ...

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While in Brussels Marx and Engels had written the pamphlet "Manifesto of the Communist Party', published in 1848. ... Marx, unlike democratic reformist critics such as Plato and Aristotle, believes that democracy should be a community activity and not an individualist one. ...

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Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. ... After Lenin-s death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. ...

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Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. ... After Lenin's death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. ...

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The philosopher, social scientist and professional revolutionary who was the chief founder of the two powerful movements of democratic socialism and revolutionary communism. ... Henry Wilson against the Know-Nothing Party, and later campaigned across America for Abraham Lincoln. ...

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