Communism

Communism in Russia





 * __Brief Overview of Communism: __**
 * Is also known as Revolutionary Proletarian Socialism, or Marxism
 * In the 20th century, about one-third of the world's population lived under Communism
 * It is a political and economical philosophy
 * Communism demands the abolition of both religion and the absolute morality founded upon religion
 * It is thought by some to have been influenced by Czarism
 * Czarism was replaced by Communism in 1917 in the country of Russia
 * Communism is a combined work of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels



Comparing Animal Farm to the Russian Revolution

 Animalism(Animal Farm) 1. All of the animals who are on the farm, own the farm. 2. Shows the equality between all of the animals on the farm with no distinction of classes. 3. The animals are not going to work for humans anymore, and all the animals be seen as equal. 4. The animals who are working get a better life now that they are now all equal.

Communism(Russian Revolution)

1. In Russia, the people owned the government and the government owns everything. 2.Goes along with Karl Marx's vision of the fall of class distinction of the proletariat and the owner of capital. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">3. The workers who were working under communism no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">longer worked for capitalists, and all workers were seen as <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">equal. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">4. All of the workers who work together, are now all equal <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">under the communist reign.

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">1. "The animals had now reassembled in the wildest excitement, each recounting his own exploits in the battle at the top of his voice. An impromptu celebration of the victory was held immediately"(p.30) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">2. "But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those if that kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings"(p.40) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">3."But a few days later Muriel, reading over the seven commandments to herself, noticed that there was yer another of them which the animals had remembered wrong"(p.78)



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1.Kaddison, K. (1989). Russian revolution of 1917, communism, cold war. Retrieved from http://www.csun.edu/~kaddison/kraus.htm 2. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Litwin, P. (2002, April). The russian revolution. Retrieved <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">from http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm 3. Richards, S. (2002). Communism & amorality. Retrieved from http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/communism.htm