Extended Essay on History: Candidate Name: Gebriel Abebe Balcha Candidate Number: 00751-018 Communism in Ethiopia 1974-1987 Research Question: To what extent was the Ethiopian Derg Regime a communist regime? WORD COUNT: 3‚983 Abstract This extended essay deals with the research question: To what extent was the Ethiopian Derg Regime a Communist Regime following Marxist-Leninist ideology? It looks at the Derg Regime and
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↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain Communism in Cuba‚ 1959-1961? Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally‚ ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator‚ he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However‚ in January of 1959‚ Batista was overthrown by Castro‚ the leader of guerrilla‚ in a revolution. He was strongly socialist‚ and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants‚ called the Agrarian
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Communism in Malaysia Communism as an ideology was first introduced to Malaya by Chinese anarchists‚ and not by Kuomintang Left‚ Indonesian communists or Chinese communists as claimed in existing scholarship. A handful of Chinese anarchists arrived in British Malaya during the First World War to take up positions as Chinese vernacular school teachers or journalists. These Chinese intellectuals harboured not only anarchism but also communism‚ commonly known then as anarchy-communism. The withdrawal
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War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union thought that communism was a better political system because it transformed their economy and status in the world from nothing but a declining empire to a super power once again. The Cold War was a long series of events in which the communist tried to spread their ideas
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Introduction: Following the release of his immensely popular 1934 film Jolly Fellows‚ director Grigori Aleksandrov found himself in an unenviable dilemma. While his films were quite successful with the Soviet people‚ the state itself was less than impressed with the lack of ideological content. And‚ given how they had full control over the making of future films‚ Aleksandrov realized that his career was potentially at risk‚ especially given the strict standards the censorship board followed in the
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presidential election. Socialism and socialistic values are increasing in America‚ so it is important to understand the system we have now and the one proposed by socialists. The two ideologies clash in‚ “Is capitalism really better than socialism or communism?” Derrick Wilburn’s 2015 article published on stridentconservative.com‚ and Jesse Myerson’s 2014 article published in Salon‚ “Why you’re wrong about
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Communism (Marxism) swept the world in the 1900s by being an ’easy fix’ for a struggling economic country. It gives everyone a job‚ the same things (food‚ money‚ and necessities)‚ and most importantly: no power. (Johnson‚ 2005) Communism basically dehumanizes the country. No one is an individual. Everyone is equally successful and equally de-powered. The government controls
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COMMUNISM IN POLAND ! ! By the end of the Second World War a Communist regime had taken power with the help of the Soviet Union. Poland was a satellite state of the U.S.S.R‚ and were ruled by a one-party Communist regime‚ since the takeover during the Cold War (1945). The Cold War was a brief time of tension between the Untied Sates of America (U.S.A) and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R). Without actual combat‚ the war lasted from 1945 to 1991. The U.S.S.R was trying to gain total power and
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similar to the state of nature‚ believing that societies are formed to meet the needs of the people. Because of the inherent yearning for power within a few elites‚ Plato would remove these feelings of selfishness‚ with his own form of Communism. Plato’s communism would take two main forms which meet in the abolition of the family. The first of the two forms would be to set up a new form of hierarchy: Philosopher king‚ who would rule by merit of vision and capacity to realize that vision in reality
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Communism in China Joe Wirth HST 204 “Spider Eaters”‚ a memoir composed by Rae Yang‚ presented the English readers her individual remembrances about the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution (GPCR). This was a social-political movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Zedong. The first edition‚ which was printed in 1997‚ started with a quotation of Lu Xun and Author’s Note. The quotation delivers an accurate reference for the memoir’s
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