Socialist state

chapter 11 “ China faces the future” page 322 it state that there are many reasons to feel that China can sustain its current momentum and take advantage of future opportunities to continue its…

didn’t own land became sharecroppers and they did not receive the number of crops they were promised. Environmental damage, from using fertilizer, caused the soil to deplete on the land and many farmers abandoned their land. Farmers were living in a state of poverty and were unable to make a living for their families. During 1939, Big businesses and corporations were growing and making tons of money at the expense of the workers. The workers were made to work in unsafe conditions, long hours,…

against colonial rule in 1749, but did not succeed until 1810, when Spain was weakened by Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion; in 1811, Venezuela’s Independence Act was signed. In 1829, Venezuela seceded from Gran Colombia to become its own independent state. It goes through several presidents before Antonio Guzman Blanco is elected; he modernized infrastructure, built foreign economic relations, and established agriculture and education programs. The country goes into foreign debt, and in 1902 its…

Cold war refers to the intense post World War II tensions between the two superpowers, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US), that have emerged at the end of World War II. During the cold war, there was never a direct confrontation between the two superpowers. Both superpowers antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, nuclear weapons, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations like Korea, Afghanistan…

innocent citizens that are being accused of being associated with communism. In addition to the communist and the socialist both wanted the same thing. They both wanted the government to be in control and own all the companies and properties. They both also wanted to end capitalism, but other people wanted complete freedom. Encyclopaedia Britannica states, “In 1919, the United States Department of Justice began to arrest and send members of these groups” (Britannica). In the year of 1919 the…

geopolitical and ideological battle between two superpowers: the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) that started at the end World War II and lasted until the disunion of the Soviet Union. The era was marked by continuous conflict between two superpower states that ranged from nuclear submarines to most advanced technology at the time. The two nations, the Soviet Union and the United States were never enemies before on any field, in fact, they have…

American Officials to aid them on their search but no progress was made. The search for Charles became exhausting and no real progress was ever made. The US officials bombarded the two with tedious questions, which lead Joyce and Ed to live in a constant state of anxiety. A month has passed and still no sign of Charles, that’s when Joyce and Ed sought out help from Ford Foundation. With help from the Ford Foundation it was discovered that Charles Horman was executed, he was shot and buried in…

capitalist United States would take over and control all people became the main beliefs of the group, especially Jim Jones. This distrust would eventually culminate in the move to Guyana and the final act of “revolutionary suicide”, thus escaping from the forces that wished to destroy them (Ashcraft, Peoples Temple). Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple experienced freedoms and limitations through the view of their physical bodies as disposable, their community identity as Christian Socialists and…

Brezhnev Doctrine—Which states that any country that becomes socialist, Moscow would never allow it to return to capitalist roots. This was the first time the Soviet Union had attacked any country outside of the Eastern bloc, and constituted worldwide condemnation. Among many major participants in this conflict, the United States would play an active yet non-military role in the shape of the war. Where the Soviet Union practiced a doctrine of Marxist intervention, the United States and its…

Even though many people believe that free health care would be too much government involvement, and “turn America socialist", I believe that everyone should have the ability to obtain free healthcare; nobody should have to choose between saving their life and going broke. In a roundabout sort of way, federally paid health care is even in the constitution- proving that all Americans should be entitled to having free health care. More so than just for moral reasons- it's also good for economic…