Democratic socialism

that had emerged from this era revolve around the idea of socialism. Ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism in Russia or Maoism in China crop up and create new foes of democracy. Many of these socialist ideologies hold their appeal to groups in the Global south due to their high levels of poverty. Many of these people are stricken economically and find socialism as an escape from poverty as well as promise of security. Despite the democratic victory of the cold war, many socialist groups still…

Socialism is a principle that is known for having ownership and control of the community by distribution of land, and the capital. When a government has an economic system that involves both political and economic theories, and the government having the right to the ownership and power of administration and the production of food, and other goods, this is known as socialist government. A socialist government is a type of government that does everything for the people even if it means to help…

Bye, Lenin!” centers around one of the major events of the twentieth century: The fall of the Berlin Wall which marked the end of the Cold War and hastened the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe. The year is 1990. Forty years of the German Democratic Republic have inevitably come to an end. Capitalist West Germany and socialist East Germany have been reunified. Our setting is the post-socialist East Germany. “The winds of change blew on the ruins of our republic”, Alex recounts. The…

and America where the uneven distribution of wealth caused “the instability of their economic structure and the deep concern of their leaders in grouping for a solution.” The solution to this problem was state ownership thus livelihood equaled socialism to the 1920s revolution. This document summarizes the three driving forces behind the 1920s Nationalist Revolution: Nationalism, a desire for democracy,…

midst of the 2016 Presidential elections, socialism has reemerged as a threat. Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders believes socialism is the answer to America’s issues. Socialism is an interesting topic, and sometimes it can be used effectively. Unfortunately, Sanders wants to use it in a way that will cripple America and remove the title of “World Power”. The cons of socialism outweigh the pros and it will lead America to inevitable doom. Socialism is an interesting concept; one which…

2016 United States presidential election approaching, an abundance of people are considering the various political and economic theories that each candidate seems to uphold. For example, Bernie Sanders is a widely-known candidate who advocates for socialism, a theory based on equality of opportunity. He has brought back a theory most politicians have thrown to the wayside, and it has even been considered a ‘dead’ theory. The voting population is looking at these seemingly new political ideas,…

Iguala Student Protests and Socialism in Mexico Kanon Hewitt POLI100-228 Introduction to Politics Chris Erickson Miaofeng Zhang  The student protest of discriminatory hiring practices in the Mexican education system was inspired by revolutionist socialist ideology seen during the Cuban Revolution. The subsequent massacre of the protesting students serves as a chilling reminder that socialism has not yet succeeded in the state. The corruption of the local government as well as recent Mexican…

thought that a person could have one conviction and that if you related to other aspects of differing views, that was an issue the individual would need to work out internally. I now realize that it is acceptable to balance the positives of idealism, socialism and liberalism to create a personal philosophy. I have learned that reflecting on the negative aspects of these views should not make it more difficult to understand where you stand, but it makes you more aware of your own philosophy’s…

factories would make them the silent advisory of socialism. The Jews were not the only socialist who ignored the Jewish question, prominent socialists leaders such as Marx and Trotsky were themselves Jewish. Ignoring the Jewish question was marketable amongst socialists, for any open discussion of the problems would be counterintuitive to their message. Radical members of the Jewish socialist…

Introduction: Adult education is defined by “the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)” (Tight, 2002, p. 63) as learning programmes that are designed for many different learning stages and requirements that men and women want to partcipate in throughout their life (Tight, 2002). These learning programmes can range from formal to non-formal “as well as education with a collective social purpose” (Tight, 2002, pp. 63-64). This essay will begin by explaining the purpose of…