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Marx, Lenin and Communism

Marx, Lenin and Communism. Ideas behind the political system of Communism. Family Tree. When will the revolution come?. When will the revolution come. Marx: when capitalism can achieve no more Bakunin: when we make it Lenin: War and from Germany Stalin: War and from above

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Marx, Lenin and Communism

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  1. Marx, Lenin and Communism Ideas behind the political system of Communism

  2. Family Tree

  3. When will the revolution come?

  4. When will the revolution come • Marx: when capitalism can achieve no more • Bakunin: when we make it • Lenin: War and from Germany • Stalin: War and from above • Mao: protracted war

  5. Where will the revolution come? • Marx: most advanced • Bakunin: where we make it • Bernstein: it won’t. democracy fine • Lenin: semi-colonies • Mao: rural areas • Stalin: East Europe

  6. How will the revolution come? • Marx: Spontaneous uprising of the working class • Bakunin: violence • Lenin: party coup • Mao: protracted guerilla war • Stalin: liberation by Red Army

  7. What is the revolution for? • Marx: end of alienation • Bakunin: Beethoven • Lenin: start the real revolution • Trotsky: permanent revolution • Stalin: socialism in one country • Mao: China

  8. Who makes the revolution? • Marx: the proletariat • Bakunin: everyone • Lenin: the party • Mao: the peasants • Stalin: me

  9. Communism: main theorists

  10. End justifies the means monopoly of truth single candidate elections state monopolies measurement by achieving plan state controls society Human rights must be respected participation competitive elections market driven retail sector [Bukharin] measurement by profit independent civil society Stalinism v Revisionism

  11. 5 Elements of Stalinism • Collectivisation of agriculture • centrally planned state owned economy • coercion/terror • single vanguard party • policy by ideology

  12. Was Stalin really necessary? • Article and book by A.Nove • No revolution in Germany: what do we do? • Socialism in one country • Party represents working class: create one! • Industrialise rapidly • Peasants counter revolutionary:change them • War inevitable: kill fifth column

  13. Education for all social mobility industrialisation strong military won WWII strong sense of identity Deaths Imprisonments Intellectual stifling Agricultural bottleneck Overcentralised Consumers? Ethnic minorities Cost benefit analysis of Stalin

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