current communist ruling states‚ also known as the Ruling parties of Socialist states. North Korea is under the rule of Kim Jung Il‚ a strong communist leader since 1994. He succeeded his father‚ Kim Il- Sung‚ when he died in 1994 after his rule for 50 years of communism. Cuba is ruled by Fidel Castro‚ who overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959 during the Cuban revolution. Castro has been president since 1976 and still hold strong to his communistic ways. Both countries have held a communist party in
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SITUATION IN VIETNAM TODAY_ After the Vietnam war Vietnam became communist in 1975. Even though a lot has changed since then‚ Vietnam continues to be a communist country today. The politic framework in Vietnam is a single party socialist republic. The communist party is in power today‚ it consist of a 14-member politburo (short for _Political Bureau_‚ executive organization for a number of political parties‚ most notably those of communists)� the members of the politburo were selected in an election in
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dilemmas; governments were in turmoil. To many countries‚ the antagonist of democracy‚ communism‚ seemed like a valuable answer to end their state of turmoil. Vietnam‚ being one of the countries that sought for an answer‚ was split in half upon making a decision. America was in fear that a North Vietnam communist takeover of South Vietnam would ignite communist revolution all around Southeastern Asia‚ so they decided to intervene. Many civilians were led to believe that the Americans in fact had
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This situation changed dramatically after WW II. Firstly‚ as a result of the war‚ Poland lost its Jewish population (before the war: 10%); under the terms of the Congress in Potsdam‚ 2.5 million Germans were resettled to Germany. Then the new communist government sought to make the Polish country nationally uniform. In 1946 Poland conducted the so-called ’Operation Vistula’: almost 0.5 million Ukrainians and 40 thousand Belarusians were forced to leave Poland. Studying the maps showing the major
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convicted prisoner serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to go on strike at the end of May 1961. At the outset‚ I want to say that the suggestion made by the state in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did‚ both as an individual and as a leader of my people‚ because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background‚ and not because
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political preference in former communist states Socialization is powerful thing it influences every single person on the planet from the day we are born to the day we die. The effect on things such as political alignment and government preference have been debated‚ how much does ones choice of political alignment have to do with things such as economic differences and how much are due to socialization. What effect does being raised in a communist country or post-communist countries have on these differences
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competition between the United States and Soviet Union to become the most powerful nation affected other countries as well. The USSR spread communism to assert their power in other countries‚ both the US and the USSR fought each other indirectly when they got involved in other countries’ revolutions‚ and as a result of the Cold War‚ the world was divided between the Americans and the Soviets. In order to prove itself as being more powerful than the United States‚ the Soviet Union spread its form
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a single party state in such a short period of time. It is also important to note the length of Lenin’s rule- he was not there for a long period of time so it is interesting to see how much he was able to achieve in that short bracket of time. If Lenin had had lived longer would he have turned Russia into a purely communist country with no social classes or was it doomed for dictatorial ruling in the future? Russia before the October revolution was described as a ‘crisis state’ and was very backward
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the same as any man. But when he cried Communism the world seemed to listen.<br><br>Following the Cold War between Russia and the United States there came many hardships‚ such as unemployment and high inflation. These hardships produced a restless society. The society then looked for something or someone to blame (Fried‚ 39). They found someone to blame. Communists. Throughout the country there was a witch hunt known as the Red Scare. A basic idea was formed: Communism was evil. Anyone who participated
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Britain were the very first to model a market economy which is a capitalist system. These commander and chiefs privatized state owned industries and deregulated markets. Soon‚ the rest of the world began to model the market economy and pull away from state control. Places such as Russia‚ which was the first fully communist country experienced great growth and gain from the communist system. During the great depression‚ Russia continued to experience low unemployment rates and economic gain while other
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