Characters: Funder: Narrator/critique/friend/observer/interviewer/historian Explores and re-tells stories from ex Stasi men‚ and victims of the Stasi Explores through human stories the separation of east and west Germany Experiences sympathy for victims as well as all Germans who lived through two tremendous events within a small space of time She has an outsiders perspective not experiencing the feelings of those times personally Miriam: Story inspires Funder to write the text. Funder can explain
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Biographical information: Name - Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai Born - March 31st 1872 in St. Petersburg Died - March 9th 1952 in Moscow Occupation – Russian communist revolutionary‚ Soviet Ambassador to Norway Family background: Kollontai was born to a relatively wealthy family. Her father‚ General Mikhail Alekseevich Domontovich‚ served as a Calvary officer in the Russo-Turkish war and was an advisor to the Russian administration in Bulgaria. Kollontai’s mother‚ Alexandra Androvna Masalina-Mravinskaia
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Communism versus Capitalism is a debate that has raged on for over two centuries. Somehow these two polar opposite ideas both seem to be controversial due to the fact that each one‚ respectively‚ is allegedly designed to favor a part of the socio-economic spectrum of social class. The two main conflicting ideas are first communism and secondly capitalism. First‚ The promise of the elimination of classes‚ of guaranteed employment‚ "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system
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revolutionizing of production by the owning class has done to society. He expresses the buildup of the Proletariat‚ urging them to stick together to later overthrow the Bourgeoisie. He later goes on to clarify some common misconceptions such as determining socialism from communism‚ “petty communism‚” and the
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ECON 214- D03 Christian Ethics Project 2 1. From a Christian perspective‚ why did Marxist communism fail? From a Christian perspective‚ Marxist communism failed because of the atheistic qualities. Marxist communism didn’t allow people to practice their religious beliefs. Marx’s social system also wouldn’t allow people to take home their own earnings‚ making everyone have the same earnings‚ wiping out inequality (Stapleford‚ 2009‚ p. 62). “The weakening of property rights for the rich or the talented
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_POLITICAL‚ LEGAL AND SOCIAL 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
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The Effects of Industrialization on Manchester‚ England 1750-1850 England in the 18th and 19th centuries changed dramatically as a result of the Industrial Revolution‚ which had many effects on the social structure of England and increased the gap between the rich and the poor. Because of this‚ industrialized English towns such as Manchester were both criticized and admired by poets‚ politicians‚ journalists‚ and outsiders‚ who were particularly from France. The most powerful points of view were
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field and he also made successful use of it.’ He declared punishment immoral. Gandhiji was the precursor of non- violent revolution. 2. Several Philosophical Contradictions: Critics point out that Gandhian philosophy is full of contradictions. Like socialism‚ Gandhism supports the idea that every individual should be provided necessities of daily life. But at the same time‚ it opposes the socialist principles of nationalisation and mass production. Like communism‚ it condemns capitalism‚ but at the same
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all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Vladimir is known for his various efforts and contributions to the communist and socialist parties. One of his famous quotes is‚ “The goal of socialism is communism.” He was difficult to satisfy which made him a strong political leader‚ always pushing for what he wanted‚ during the Russian Revolution. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born on April 10th‚ 1870 in Simbirsk (later named Ulyanovsk in his
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30 Years of China’s Reform and Opening Up In the year of 2008‚ China arranged two mega projects for the whole nation. The country was chosen as the host for summer Olympics game. Also‚ the great progress of China’s space program to a space walk. The accomplishments of these two projects bring up a national pride and haplessness for the Chinese people. Actually‚ these two projects are just a part of transformation and opening up of the country over the past of 30 years. As a result‚ the 30
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