first time was in 1950‚ when the Liberal Party introduced the Communist Party Dissolution Bill (CPDB). Menzies tried to make it a law so that the CPA would become illegal. However‚ this was unsuccessful as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and many other unions opposed it as this would lead to the Liberal Party to ban any minority group they wanted including the ALP. The second way Menzies tried to prohibit the CPA was by having a Communist Party Dissolution Referendum in 1951 which was narrowly defeated
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Chinese school. Liang was born into a family where his father was a devote communist reporter and his mother who was accused of being part of a non-communist rightest group called the Hundred Flowers. The Hundred Flowers wanted to purify the communism that currently existed in China by finding faults in the existing communist regime. Liang’s mother did not criticize at first because her she had her job because of the Communist party and loved the party as a result. Mao Zedong‚ chairman of China‚ wanted
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must overcome some obstacles. First‚ its transportation infrastructure is still primitive‚ a result of years of war. Substantial investment in improving roadways and airports is crucial in order to facilitate distribution across the area. Next‚ the Communist government’s tight controls‚ despite its recent openness to investment‚ must be loosened. Likewise‚ corruption continues to be a major concern for investors. Therefore‚ although Vietnam is an attractive opportunity‚ investors must be cautious‚ but
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communism spread in the twentieth century‚ communist regimes initially enacted gender reforms in order to gain a female following. “While women struggled for freedom throughout the western world‚ communist revolutions were radically equalizing for females‚ helping the suffragettes everywhere.”However‚ as feminist movements became more radical‚ communist governments slowed this reform.While women struggled for freedom throughout the western world‚ communist revolutions were radically equalizing for
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“Globalization Promotes Democracy Both Directly and Indirectly” Bhagwati‚ Jagdish Globalization‚ 2007 Globalization Promotes Democracy Both Directly and Indirectly Globalization promotes democracy both directly and indirectly. The direct link comes from the fact that rural farmers are now able to bypass the dominant classes and castes by taking their produce directly to the market thanks to modern information technology‚ thereby loosening the control of these traditionally hegemonic groups. In
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The Role of Citizen Political Participation in Hong Kong and Singapore Both Hong Kong and Singapore are city states that traditionally have lacked broad political participation‚ instead political decisions were left up to a small group of leaders. Historical factors were critical in determining the role of political participation in both city states. Hong Kong’s history of colonial rule and the strength of the People’s Action Party (PAP) in Singapore acted to keep broad citizen participation
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Poland held liberalized elections in June 1989‚ which resulted in the first non-communist premier in the eastern bloc. Tadeusz Mazowiecki‚ the new leader‚ flew immediately to Moscow to discuss the task before him with Mikhail S. Gorbachev. On October 18‚ 1989 reformist leaders in Hungry dumped communist dogmas and transformed their Communist Party into a Western Style Socialist Party. The nations legislature declared Hungry a Republic committed to both bourgeois democracy and democratic socialism
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defeat of his opponents in the years 1924-29 Lenin’s death in 1924 not only created a power vacuum but also a bitter struggle for supremacy between Stalin‚ Trotsky‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Bukharin as each tried to become the new leader of the communist party. Whilst I do think that the personalities of the combatants were noteworthy I believe that the other elements involved such as Stalin’s tactical skill‚ the debate over permanent Revolution and socialism in one country‚ and powerbases held
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around 1990 marked a very significant point in history. This point in history contained evidence of the roller-coaster of a relationship between two great nations‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War differed immensely from other wars. The Cold War was not a conventional war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ but more a war of threats. A well-known term during this time was “Arms Race.” This term was the race between the two nations in the development of nuclear
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Introduction The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state situated in South Asia. The country is bordered by the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of India. Kathmandu is capital of Nepal and also the largest metropolis of the country with a population of around five million. Total population of the country is around 27 million while two million of them are abroad for jobs and education. Official language of the country is Nepali while Nepal Bhasa‚ Maithili and
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