Communism

The ideology of Communism is a society in which all the resources and means of manufacturing and construction are own by everyone and controlled by the state or government. These societies supply everyone with an equal sharing of labour, resources and benefits according to there need. Communism involves the banning of all private ownership of land, businesses etc., giving the task of meeting the societies demands to the state or government. The ideology of Communism was created to give everyone an equal place in society, to stop the rich from getting richer from the hard work of the poor or working class.

The origin of the ideology is from the Communist Manifesto, a book originally written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which they argued that all other forms of governments would collapse within themselves and Communism was the only way for a country to survive. Vladimir Lenin took the ideology of Marx and Engels and created the Soviet Union in Russia. Lenin started the first Communist country which other countries followed becoming Communist societies. The problem with Lenin’s Soviet Union is that he did not entirely follow the Communist Manifesto, but exercised too much control over the society using military and other forces to control the population and to get rid of all that opposed him.

Some important people involved in Communism throughout history are:

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels who wrote the Communist Manifesto, a book about the ideology they created.

Vladimir Lenin, Lenin led the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which were the first Communist government.

Joseph Stalin, Stalin took over control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the country after Lenin’s death.

Leon Trotsky, friend and second only to Lenin, he was the driving force that deposed the ruling Romanov kingdom. He failed against Stalin to take over after Lenin’s death.

Mao Zedong, also known as Mao Tse-tung was the chairman of the Communist Party of China and is also the main founder of the Chinese People’s Republic.

Josip Broz “Tito”, Josip was president of Yugoslavia who established a Communist party separate from the USSR.

Kim il Sung, started the Communist regime in North Korea. He tried to extend his power to the south resulting in the Korean War.

Fidel Castro, president of Cuba. His close association with the USSR resulted in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow him in 1961 by the U.S.A.

Some countries involved and how they were affected by Communism are:

Russia, the Soviet Union. Basically, the heart of communism which in turn spread communism throughout Eastern Europe. Communism was sort as the only way to restore basic human wrights within a war torn and poverty stricken Russia. Under Communism surrounding republics such as Latvia, Estonia etc. were brought under the regime.

China, Communism affected China in a relatively bad way, cutting itself off from the rest of the world. This disallowed China to trade resources and technology.

Yugoslavia. Communism under Tito and backed by the USSR forged a united Yugoslavia after the separation of the six republics during the Second World War. Like most of Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia had strong links with the USSR and used military force to suppress anyone the apposed the Communist rule. During the rain of Tito Yugoslavia was a one man person rule which differs from the basic ideology of Communism.

Czechoslovakia. After both the first and second world war’s two former states were joined to form a union, similar to Yugoslavia. Although Communism was used as the formula to band the countries