The communist party was the only party allowed to exist in the Soviet Union. The party was run by Stalin and he demanded complete obedience from the party members. The Communist party was made to serve Stalin's needs and not those of the communist party. ... Since there was only one political party, the voters were forced to vote for Stalin. ... Since the third five year plan was interrupted by the war, the fourth and fifth five year plans were made to rebuild the country's villages and towns that had been destroyed. ...

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In the under-developed third world country of Iraq the only apparent governing political theory was terrorism and a cult like hierarchy that left Iraq in a swarm of U.S. bound hatred. ... Nationalism in Iraq seemed to start with the creation of the Baath party. ... The party created a new republican government and hoped that it would favor pan-Arab causes, but the outcome turned out to be opposite. ... One of the goals of the Baath party was to create a strong and unified Iraq. ... By the late 1980s, the party had succeeded in socializing a significant part of the national economy, including a...

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Lenin's role within the Bolshevik party was essential for the consolidation of power. ... Lenin had guaranteed a conclusion to the war, and it was on March third, 1918, the treaty had been signed. ... The successes of Bolshevik ideology and economical reforms, elevated Lenin to be the most important member of the Bolshevik Party. Lenin's forward modernist thinking, and ability to successfully transmit his ideology, is what gained him and the Bolshevik party the immense support they received. Although there were other leaders within the party that were of critical towards the Bolshevi...

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Article VIII: Any party may propose an amendment to the treaty if one third of the treaty's signatories request it; a conference must be called for the purpose of considering the amendment. ... Any state may withdraw from the treaty three months after it has advised the other parties and the UN Security Council that it intends to do so....

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Stage 3 The "October Manifesto" is a perfect example of the third stage of Revolution. ... Stage 4 Russia was later split into many parties. ... In 1918 a civil war came about between the Bolsheviks; who were titled the reds, and a group of parties such as Social Revolutionaries/Cadets/ and the Old Privileged Class; this group was titled the whites. ...

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The third is political democracy. ... The third one is under the immature conditions, so first socialists should overthrew the old capitalism machinery, removed the former institution, established the new systems . ... Take the USSR for example, the Communist Party obtained their strength and power by the revolutionary path, subverting the political, social, and other orders in the old era. ... And the proletariat and the poor are "the masses upon which the party or the new bureaucracy must lean and with which its interests are most closely allied" ! ...

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17 March 1918 Most Highly Esteemed Sir, I write to you with an update on the current situation in Petrograd. Last November, the Bolsheviks led a massive revolution against Kerensky's provisional government. From my office, I witn...

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Castro held power since 1959; president since 1976; formerly prime minister; first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, and the Commander of the Armed Forces. ... Finally, his third attack, with the aid of their rebellious Cubans, Castro made Batista flee the country. ...

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By the middle of 1918 these various groups held more than two-thirds of Russian soil, and threatened to take control of the central regions currently under Bolshevik control. ... Faced with widespread political discontent in 1917, the Bolshevik's established the Extraordinary Commission (or CHEKA) to watch over suspected counter-revolutionaries, officials of the old regime, and members of opposition political parties. ... The Okhrana had also performed the will of the ruling regime, and had violently suppressed both the peasant uprisings of 1905-6 and the opposition political part...

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The third chapter, the general secretary, covers the life of Stalin between 1921 and 1926. Stalin was elected in 1922, general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union. ... In 1912, Lenin created the central comity of the Bolshevik party. ... In 1922, Stalin became the general secretary of the communist party, a post which was not considered particularly significant at the time but nevertheless became the base from which he launched his bid for supreme power. ...

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The second Duma of 1907 was also dismissed, but the third Duma (1907-12) and fourth (1912-17) both lived out their 5 year terms because they were mainly represented of the gentry and not the peasants and national minorities. Later in post-revolutionary Russia Lenin and the Bolshevik party launched the slogan of "peace, bread and land" to gain increased support for the Bolsheviks. ...

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The "New" woman secured her right to vote and forced congress to recognize her equality, all while breaking sexual tensions with contraception and leading The Women's Party to new heights. ... One third of African American families fell below the poverty level and black unemployment was at a rate of 30 to 40 percent, two and half times as much as whites. ...

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