As such, one of the most pivotal historical moments from 1500 to 1900 would have to be the formulation of the ideologies, principles, and tenets which comprise communism. Such principles have as much to do with labor as they do with private property, which Marx explains are inherently dependant on one another since one of the benefits of labor is the creation and maintenance of private estates, typically not enjoyed by the common worker. The following quote from the same source elucidates the value of Communism in providing a universal panacea for these and other effects of imperialist, capitalist societies. "Communism is the positive supersession of private property as human self-estrangement, and hence the true appropriation of the human essence through and for man; it is the complete restoration of man to himself as a social -- i.e., human -- being…" The value of Communism, and therefore its historical and possibly contemporary need for its enactment throughout the violent means of revolution, is readily apparent in this quotation. The primary reason is denoted by the curative effects it is supposed to have on the humanity and essence of mankind, which had certainly suffered from...
Despite the presence of regimes in North Korea and in the People's Republic of China, Communist governments are still considered taboo during contemporary times and are generally not encouraged throughout the rest of the world, which largely juxtaposes the presence of Communism with that of freedom. It is interesting that the aims of Communism are exactly those which capitalist societies claim they threaten: namely liberty for those who suffer due to economic conditions. Capitalism will always provide a gaping disparity between those who possess and those with no possessions, while Communism actively strives to close that gap. Perhaps it is because of the perceived corruption of the communist ideals propagated against the Soviet Union and others previously behind its Iron Curtain which are responsible for such beliefs.
Revolution The history of the United States is full of stories of brave men who fought tyranny in order to create a land of the free and the home of the brave. Students' first experience with history relates tales of the Founding Fathers who fought the American Revolution and won. Their actions allowed this country to break away from Great Britain and become an independent and autonomous nation where all men
slaves rebelled against the slave system. Why did slaves begin their resistance against the slave system? The correspondence of one of the Kongo rulers named Nzinga Mbemba, or Afonso I, c. 1446-1543 was the earliest resistance ever documented. He wrote a letter to the ruler of Portugal, Joao III in the year 1526 demanding an immediate end to what he referred to as "the depopulation of his (Kongo) kingdom' illegally. Similar
1857 Indian Rebellion been elusive to characterize as "The first war of Indian independence?" Lack of Strategy Bad Generalship Shortage of Military Skills Unity in Communities The first war of Indian independence in 1857 is also characterized in terms of mutiny and the movement of civil disobedience. A brief about the historic events taking place during 1957 revile that the movement started with a notion to refuse using the cartridges used by the British
Industrial Revolution It might be argued that the Industrial Revolution throughout Europe was not a revolution in the traditional sense, insofar as it involved no violence. Anyone making this argument, however, is unaware of the existence of the Luddites. Active in England in the early nineteenth century, at the height of the industrial revolution, Luddites were English textile workers who revolted against their replacement with industrial machinery and responded by destroying
Violent vs. Non-Violent Revolution Violent revolutions and non-violent revolutions began to unfold with great regularity after the 1400's, 1500's and 1600's when much to most of the world became colonized by the Dutch, the French, the British and the Spanish. Both the United States and modern-day India became free from the same ruling country, that being Great Britain. However, the differences are quite stark when one gets beyond that similarity. Even
Revolution of 1958 inevitable? Cuba. This island is known everywhere in the world. Everybody knows such names as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Also Cuba is associated with Caribbean crisis, which had frightened both the U.S.A. And USSR. That's all that common person knows about this land and nation famous for specific culture and interesting history (especially of the 20th century). Cuba has always been a region of American interests
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