Socialist state

of the richness that his family professed and the exclusion of much Venezuelans that were against him. Now realizing that his speech and his actions were not sufficiently consistent with his lifestyle, Was Hugo Chavez a truly socialist?…

The United States of America have always had an estrange relationship with socialism and unions. No other time in America’s history has the question of whether the practice of socialism and the presence of unions existing in the United States have been as pressing as it was during the 1930s. During this time America’s industrial powers came to the zenith of their global and domestic influence. Each industrialist strove to outperform their competitors and maximize workers production efficiency in…

emerging from colonialism, were forced to adapt to a world influenced by the Cold War and dominated economically by the United States and the Soviet Union. In an attempt to adapt to the divided world of the Cold War, the elites in these newly independent countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa came to embrace a mixed capitalist-democratic and socialist regime, with heavy state investments in basic industries and pursued a policy of nonalignment, which often resulted in heavy borrowing…

Bolivia, on the other hand, is known to be the poorest country in South America as well as one of the most politically unstable ones in the world. “Throughout its 184-year history, it has had 82 different rulers or ruling coalitions, and heads of state have routinely arrived at the highest office in the land via coups, counter-coups, revolts, and popular protests.” However, from 1985 until 2003, Bolivia tried hard to break from this pattern by having five consecutive free and competitive…

To accomplish this, the capitalists preached to the workers of its country that they were superior to other nations in every respect. This, in turn, discouraged the socialist idea that workers across the world were unified. Instead, it encouraged the idea that, regardless of class, the nation-state is superior to all. The belief in inferiority stemming from nationalism led to modern racism. Fredrickson describes that “The modern concept of races as basic human types classified by…

The legacy of the late president Hugo Chavez has left a lingering momentum within many impoverished regions of Venezuela. His compelling and inflammatory rhetoric derived from socialist theory, proved to move the masses during his nearly fifteen-year regime. In academic literature, the Chavez government has been alluded to using ‘populism’ to push their radical agenda. The term ‘populism’ can be defined as an economic strategy that promotes civil unrest, to compel ‘the people’ to rebel against…

1. The four allies met at the Congress of Vienna which there goals were to try to sustain away from the French. They agreed to build up barriers against French aggression. They also wanted Prussia to receive more territory on France’s eastern border to become stronger against France. Some of the other goals they wanted was how they want ideas on how to achieve the balance of power. By accomplishing that, victors used the balance of power to settle dangerous disputes at the Congress of Vienna by…

existence as a Socialist nation? To assess the degree to which the USSR’s missile deployment was for Cuba’s protection, the investigation analyses the global Cold War backdrop that set the tone for the USSR’s missile deployment. The period investigated is the events between 1953, when Khrushchev assumed control of the USSR, and 1961 when the missiles were actually deployed. The events within this analysis are Khrushchev’s leadership, Castro’s rise and early years in power, the state of relations…

The Cuban Commendante, Fidel Castro died on Friday, at the age 90 and has been cremated. The dictator ruled Cuba from the 1959-2011 and gave reigns of power to his brother Raoul Castro. Under his leadership Cuba was transformed in the socialist central governance system, that included repressions, murders. The speech. His speech - "History Will Absolve Me" - became the manifesto of the revolution and captivated Cubans, tired of the Batista regime fillied with the violence. The dictators start…

larger, broader and more diverses group of people who have been persecuted and oppressed because of being different, or queer”(Ball, Dagger and O' Neill 252). The gay liberation movement relates to the ideology of socialism. One of the arguments socialists make is the division of the class in society. They believe if one class of people holds most of the wealth and noticeably limits the choices open to the working class. These conditions to them are exploitative and unjust. They…