Russell Cape
Eliza Wood
Communist World Views
November 15th, 2016
The Father and a Son
The concept of communism has been around for thousands of years. The idea itself of public ownership of goods and land is even thought to be older than ancient Greek philosopher’s such as Plato (Wood,3,5). In the early 19th century Karl Marx’s was watching first hand, in London, how society was progressing during the industrial revolution and was able to predict many aspects of what would happen to the proletariat class as the bourgeoisies continued to gain power. In 1848 the communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels but Engels credited the majority of the manifesto to being written by Marx’s. This eventually became the most important political text in human history; which led to people knowing Marx’s as “the father of communism” (Wood,3,6). In the Communist Manifesto Marx’s talks about the way in which society is functioning around him and how he believes the people will eventually get fed up with the bourgeoisie and form a movement to give the proletariats more and to nullify the bourgeoisie economy, culture, society, family structure, and the eradication of nationalism and country borders (Wood,3,60). Since Karl Marx believed that the …show more content…
Before Castro was in power the Cubans grew weary of the way the country was being run. In 1952, Fulgencio Batista came into power as a dictatorship with the U.S. backing him up. Unfortunately for Batista, the people of Cuba did not like him very much. Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Che Guevara led a revolution against Batista. Together they started a guerilla campaign against Batista’s government by putting out propaganda to gain the support of the people and by organizing small attacks against Batista’s soldiers (Wood,10,18). While Castro was only able to gain 800 people willing to support him, they were still able to force Batista to
Eliza Wood
Communist World Views
November 15th, 2016
The Father and a Son
The concept of communism has been around for thousands of years. The idea itself of public ownership of goods and land is even thought to be older than ancient Greek philosopher’s such as Plato (Wood,3,5). In the early 19th century Karl Marx’s was watching first hand, in London, how society was progressing during the industrial revolution and was able to predict many aspects of what would happen to the proletariat class as the bourgeoisies continued to gain power. In 1848 the communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels but Engels credited the majority of the manifesto to being written by Marx’s. This eventually became the most important political text in human history; which led to people knowing Marx’s as “the father of communism” (Wood,3,6). In the Communist Manifesto Marx’s talks about the way in which society is functioning around him and how he believes the people will eventually get fed up with the bourgeoisie and form a movement to give the proletariats more and to nullify the bourgeoisie economy, culture, society, family structure, and the eradication of nationalism and country borders (Wood,3,60). Since Karl Marx believed that the …show more content…
Before Castro was in power the Cubans grew weary of the way the country was being run. In 1952, Fulgencio Batista came into power as a dictatorship with the U.S. backing him up. Unfortunately for Batista, the people of Cuba did not like him very much. Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Che Guevara led a revolution against Batista. Together they started a guerilla campaign against Batista’s government by putting out propaganda to gain the support of the people and by organizing small attacks against Batista’s soldiers (Wood,10,18). While Castro was only able to gain 800 people willing to support him, they were still able to force Batista to