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Insight and critical analysis on the question of applied governance in a socialist state; specifically referring to the works outline by Lenin, Marx, and Engels. Offers a contemporary Marxist-Leninist view on the subject - combined with a modern outlook.

Analysis of the ideas of V.I. Lenin as well as how his revolutionary political ideas have influenced modern politics.

A brief summary of socialism according to Marx and Engels. Marx utlizes Hegel and a dislike with the human nature of capitalism to adopt a socialist theory. Both Marx and Engels work together to ascertain the steps to a utopian-communist society.

Marixism.org is the best place on the internet to find about more about Marxist thought. Jam packed with all the most important writing and writers - except for Lous Althusser for some reason - you won't get Marxist thought any more pure.

The differences between communism and socialism in regards to religion

A discussion regarding the great writing and orating skills of Karl Marx, as seen through his Communist Manifesto.

Written about the relationship between race and communism. Used The Communist Manifesto and Soledad Brother as references.

About the communism of China under the rule of Mao Zedong

The life of Karl Marx began in Germany in 1818. He was born into a middle class family. Who would have thought that at a young age, Marx would set out determined to live a life in which he would analyze the economic world and live at a poverty level?

This article tells about Communism and Marxism.

Reasons why Marxists are still waiting for a true Communist society

A look at why many of Marx's arguments, made over 150 years ago ab out the problems between the working class poor and capitalism are as valid today as they were in the 1800s

This piece is on my opinion that DuBois' sociological theories fill in a very important gap in Marxist theory.

An examination of what makes this country great, what makes it terrible, and what makes it work, from the perspective of the founding fathers of capitalism and communism.

According to Karl Marx, the evil of capitalism is not the competition it fosters or its supposed lack of concern for the poor, but the surplus labor value it creates...

A study of the social and political contexts expressed in Karl Marx's "Eighteenth Brumaire," and its application to world politics.

Journalism, writers, publishers, and editors were effective in advancing the causes of labor, women's suffrage, temperance, socialism, and minorities through newspapers and magazines during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at different levels.

George Bernard Shaw continued to be committed to the decline of capitalism and the acceptance of socialism until his death in November of 1950 and contributed greatly to the widespread interest relating to the subject throughout the early 1900s.

Brief overview of some of the best online resources available for better understanding and the study of Marxism-Leninism, socialism, communism, and all other relevant topics.

This is a review of Lies and the Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken. Along with discussing the books contents, I digress into stories and experiences that have shaped my personal political views.

Terrorism is nothing new to the world -- it was used in just about every major area of the world dating back to ancient times.

What can we possibly learn from Indian culture, which could do nothing to defend itself from a single invader that chose to plunder its people during the last 1000 or so years!

Analysis of the left-wing tradition in America in modern times, and the current condition of any real movement for progress.

We Indians might be good at talking nonsense at length, but when it comes to making arguments on basis of reason and logic, we fail abysmally.

Karl Marx spotted running through a Providence, RI street in the nude.

Exploring the ways in which the philosophies of Locke and Marx are similar and different.

Within the realm of social theory, the common thread that serves to bind Karl Marx, Max Weber, Sigmund Freud, and Emile Durkheim together as valid today is their collective interest in explaining the ever-present misery lurking within modern society.

By not only inventing a new societal system, but also satisfying the impulse to translate it into written word, Marx and Engels acknowledged the power of language to exert force on the collective consciousness of their society, and thereby to both destroy and create.

An analysis of how Karl Marx presented Emperor Napoleon III in the "Eighteenth Brumaire."

Is the Communist Manifesto, so daring when it was published, still a menace to our society today? It seems that many of society's problems are still with us today. Maybe, in some instances, Marx was right.

A look at the concept of exchange value to Karl Marx

Are Marxist theories more at home in the contingent or universalist point of view?

A basic outline of the Marxist position from an impartial point of view. Using the writings of Marx himself and a modern Marxist, Ernest Mandel.

Delve into the fundamental differences between an economy that is capitalist versus one that is communist.

Further in-depth analysis of Marxist socialism and its characteristics.

In a new age of capitalism, the value of a man is often questioned in light of the complex system of work and wages. Yet it is a concept once explored upon by the great Karl Marx regarding the worth of a person in this society that we live in.

Brief and simple introduction to the concept of the two predominant classes in bourgeois society: capitalist (bourgeoisie) and laborer (proletariat).

A look at the debate over whether Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire is a work of social criticism or of activism.

Looking from a marxism standpoint, capitalism and liberalism don't work.

In this paper, I discuss Nietzsche's theory of master and slave morality and Marx's concept of estranged labor. I argue that, although both men's claims are open to serious criticism, Nietzsche grounds his in a sounder method.

Karl Marx's #2 requirement to establish communism was "A heavy progressive or graduated income tax."

Offers a humanist critique of corporate capitalism and modern attitudes about work, with a Hegelian flavor. Establishes how we are trained to participate in our own economic exploitation, and awakens us to the true nature of modern employment.

More refutations of popular misconceptions regarding communism. This article deals with the "human nature" argument, the "all socialists are communists" misconception, and the belief that "the failures of the Soviet Union" represent a failure of communism.

Capitalism feeds on consumer dissatisfaction and boredom. Bringing down capitalism doesn't require tanks and nukes. All it takes is a billion people saying no at the checkout line. Become a revolutionary and end your feelings of dissatisfaction.

Mao Zedong was greatly influenced by his readings as a child. He didn't enjoy reading the Chinese classics but rather stories about rebellions and romances of the old Chinese literature...

Overview of the scientific socialist model of Marxism-Leninism compared to the social-democratic and ultra-left concepts of socialism, and why only the Marxist-Leninist model can truly succeed in accomplishing a communist society.

Terms such as feudalism, mercantilism, communism, and socialism cluster around the application of capitalism.

More common misconceptions about communism dispelled - this time dealing with more of the historical misconceptions about socialism in practice and clarifying some of the more popular myths particular to American anti-communism.

Along a single Avenue in Brooklyn a sociologist dream, or nightmare is lived every day. Though the line in the sand that Karl Marx drew between rich and poor still remains, the modern world doesn't reveal that line in simple black and white terms.

Literary theory on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.

An analysis of the idea of human freedom, liberty, and rights, based on the philosophies of John Stuart Mill, Milton Friedman, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Hayek.

This is a piece that reviews and offers criticism of Toyin Falola and Ann Genova's "The Politics of the Global Oil Industry: An Introduction"

Marx doesn't specifically address literary theory, yet Marxist thought does affect capitalist production of literature.

A look at how Karl Marx's lumpenproletariat in "Eighteenth Brumaire" destroys the idea of equality in society today.

So yes, you are very much a tax slave, whether you agree with that concept or not. Whether you're a willing slave or an unwilling one, a happy slave, a miserable one, or just an apathetic one.

We've put the best philosophers of all time together in the ring for no-holds-barred philosophy grudge match of all time. Who will come out on top to be crowned Philosopher King?

Those of you who have read much of what I've written, have often heard me go on about the "liberal socialists". ... But there are other kinds of socialists too.

Both men share the same general outlook wherein external forces act upon the individual internally, who then externalizes them, in the form of social action or natural selection

Locals joke about it. They say: "Trier is Germany's largest village". But this is the city where the largest assortment of early Roman edifices outer Rome can be seen.

When one looks at the history of the world as a whole, it is amazing that in the short years during Queen Victoria's reign in England, we have come further then all the years the earth has been in existence.

A brief history of Ho Chi Minh and his rise to power in North Vietnam.

Rashid Ghannoushi has influenced Tunisian politics since the 1980s. His religious and political concepts have been shaped by his earlier experiences with Western colonization and secular governments.

A review of E.H. Carr's book "What is History?", his stands on historical study, and why American historians have neglected Carr's seminal work.

Sexual identity is intrinsically responsible for capitalism. Marx uses the term �the postdialectic paradigm of narrative' to denote the collapse, and some would say the rubicon, of postcultural class.

Primitivist and green anarchists reject technology, globalization, and capitalism as well as the state. Yet, globalization, technology, (and capitalism) are as much in opposition to the classical, hermetic nation-state as is philosophical anarchism.

When one considers the feat of introducing capitalism to such a long-closed society, one must pause to consider this ruler's influence on China and the world.

Ronald Reagan believed that there was a Divine Purpose planned for his life. He believed he was put into his position to fight the evils of Communism.

Erich Fromm's Marx's Concept of Man proves the traditional theory on Karl Marx to be incorrect. Fromm uses Marx's Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts to illustrate his point.

this article highlights key points in Communist Manifesto, and offers some insight on the goals of Marxism.

Marx and Weber are the two titanic figures in the sociological arena of social class. A hundred years later and status is still assigned based on occupation.

Gives some detail on Marx and Weber and their influence on modern sociology.

This is an analysis of "The Wealth of Nations" and the "Communist Manifesto".

I'm a Democrat, regrettably sometimes, and so the Republicans can mend their own gated fences. But the GOP's latest set-to is simply too much!

This particular essay was written for a Latin American history course. It helps relate social unrest in Haiti to tthe work of Karl Marx and "Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History" by Trouillot.

An analysis of how Marx, Durkheim and Weber approach the nature of the social

Liberalism vs Communism

An analysis of King Lear from a Freudian and Marxist perspective;

An example of the evolution of social theory through the three biggest contributors to socio-economic theory.

A newly released Gallup Poll indicates that Venezuelans prefer socialism to capitalism when it comes to affecting their everyday activities, and the country's government and economy.

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Looking into the Mind-Set of a Destroyer. When we think of Communism, Socialism and the Muslim world, what goes through our minds with respect to primitive ideology associated with their differences from each other?

This essay examines and discusses the emergence and existence of identity politics through the scope of Marx's The Communist Manifesto, Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

One of the problems with Sweden's socialism economy is its social programs cost the government too much. One of the biggest wastes of money in Sweden is an entire national state-supported religion with bishops, a synod, and pastors in every parish.

Discusses the nature and development (and essentials) of a communist society.

An inspiring artcle that shatters pre-concieved notion of communism and attempts to prove its validity and its superiority to the current American capitalist class system.

Examines and explains five basic misconceptions about communist theory.

Not everyone was satisfied with free market capitalism during the industrial revolution and many looked to socialism and nationalism for something different.

According to the dictionary, altruism is disinteresated benevolence. This essay examines some opinions about altruism, ionclujding those of Nietzsche

Comedy: a list of 10 famous and very long books with humorous commentary about why I've never been able to actually crack more than 100 or so pages of each.

This article examines the importance of The Great Depression, Working-Class strife, and the CPUSA in John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle.

The second part of A Beginner's Guide to the Russian Revolution shows how World War I had a sweeping effect on Russia.

The final part of A Beginner's Guide to the Industrial Revolution will focus on how the Industrial Revolution affected people living in the period from the late 1700s until the early 1900s.

Lars von Trier's film Dogville illustrates that the economic structure of a community determines the status of all relations within it, following the theories of Antonio Gramsci, Karl Marx, and Gayle Rubin.

Religious freedom is usually confused with religious tolerance. In America, we have the idea that we have full religious freedom, but we do not. I will compare Karl Marx, Bruno Bauer, Moruzzi, and my own opinion.

Whoever insists that crime doesn't pay is guilty and rich.