Penguin Specials: The Case For Communism

The United States mission to eradicate and halt the spread of communism within Europe and Asia was a new challenge and a new responsibility. America hoped to effectively stop and fight against communism; which is had so vigorously fought against in WWII. The United States needed to control the communist ideas and influence it had on other countries; while preventing its influence ever coming to America. The United States planned on and hoped to stop the corruption of communism from the new threats; The Soviet Union and Asia.

Communism is a “Political theory advocating class war and leading to a society which all property is publicly owned and each person works and paid according to their abilities” After world war 2 communism took over Czechoslovakia and people flocked to join the party. Not everyone was convinced that the party was what the country needed for them to gain peace. The party had lots of propaganda and were in control of peoples live therefore convincing people to join the party even if reluctant. In Under a Cruel Star, Kovaly recounts her time after the war and joining the communist party and then being shunned when her husband was convicted of a crime. She talks about how people put blind faith in a party that didn't have much scientific evidence to back up their claims. Kovaly said the most people went to the communist party because when coming back from the concentration camp they wanted to be in control of property again and they stayed because they felt helpless without the party providing services. They went from one type of totalitarian government to another kind of government that controlled everything they did. People of the time didn't realize that communism didn't benefit people who weren't in an elite class.

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At the end of the 1940’s and the beginning of the 1950’s, the United States were in the midst of the Second Red Scare and a fear that Communism might over throw the American way of life. Cold War tensions were at an all time high, which only fueled the widespread fears of Communist subversion. It was here that Senator Joseph McCarthy became a public face when he began making claims that the U.S. Government, as well as many other areas of the country, including the entertainment industry, had been invaded by Soviet and Communist spies, looking to destroy America from within. Hearings before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood Blacklisting, and anti-communist activity from the FBI soon followed. McCarthy was under intense analysis

I just wanted to let you know that Russell and myself met with the potential business owners (Mr. and Mrs. Drear) last Friday afternoon. We had a good conversation with them about their business as indicated by Mr. Staroske. They are proposing to bring a small micro-brewery operation to downtown St. Charles. They would brew the beer in the facility, and sell only their product at the location via a tasting room. They would not be bottling beer for distribution or sale at other businesses who sell packaged liquor such as Binny’s, Blue Goose, etc. They would sell beer that patrons could take home via “growlers” which are large glass bottles. So you could only buy their product at their tasting room or consume on the premises.

Many have argued that though The Lego Movie demonstrates many aspects of communism. The movie is centered around a construction worker named Emmet who is seen the average worker bee. He is portrayed as completely complacent and brainwashed; the perfect stereotype proletariat. The leader of the Lego people is President Business; he is the dictator president of the Lego World as well as the owner of the company Octan. The opposite of Emmet and the “normal” society are the Master Builders; they are a group of Lego people that live outside President Business’ rule. They have the ability to build whatever they want without a manual of any kind. In the movie, President Business is attempting to keep everything as it should be based on the instructions. The Master Builders believe that everyone should have the power to build for themselves and think freely. With the “Kragle” or Krazy Glue, President Business wants to glue everyone and everything into place forever. The only way to stop him from gluing everyone is to cap the “Kragle” with the “Piece of Resistance.” The Master Builders believe there is a prophecy that states that once the “Piece of Resistance” is found, the one who

It isn't every day when you find someone who is willing to stop their entire day to help out another person. This is especially true when the people in question are completely different from one another.

Communism played a major role shaping the 20th century, both for the East and the United States. Its impact can be seen in the US from 1919 to the 1990s and even today. The spread of Communist ideals in the East meant the beginning of the socialist state and mass industrialization. Its effect on the US was much different. The United States people, heavily diversified of all races, religions, and financial statuses, became extremely jingoistic as a result of competition with the USSR. This nationalism became unhealthy as citizens began determining what was “un-American.” The Communist Party USA was not successful in their primary objective of spreading communism to the US. What they did achieve however was hugely important. They showed that citizens of the United States could be scared out of their own freedom. That fear would lead them to give up “liberty and justice for all”. Still a highly misunderstood idea, it is important for citizens of the United States to understand what communism is and what impact the CPUSA and other communist organizations had on the country.

The 20th century in Europe was filled with war and revolution along with political and economical change. The destruction caused by World War II remained prominent in eastern European countries even years after the war ended in 1945. For years the Soviet Union fought for communism while NATO did everything they could to prevent it. Although communism slowly released its grip on the eastern European countries in the late 20th century, western countries still looked down upon these ex-communistic states. After reading the memoir “Café Europa: Life After Communism.” by Slavenka Drakulic, one can infer that not only were the people of Eastern Europe a bit eager to assimilate and conform to Western culture but also there was a sense of dominance

Why are people against Communist? J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have written articles about their opinion relating to Communist expanding throughout our Nation. Communism is a social organization based on the ownership controlled all economic and social activities. J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have numerous points of view on Communism. Their voices and minds reveals that Communist is not who they say they are.

Three different types of economic systems used by governments are Communism, Capitalism, and Socialism. Each type of system is unique in different ways. Each has distinct aspects that make it what it is. In communism, the government runs everything and there are no social classes. The government in capitalism doesn’t interfere with any businesses and lets the citizens own and operate them. Socialism is basically a mixture of the two economic systems. The government runs certain businesses, but citizens run the rest. The three economic systems are different in the way they run things and regulate things.

A perfect society with no crime, no social problems, and no inequality. All of these elements are portrayed in the film and book The Giver. The film is based on a utopian communist state. Communism is defined as a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. The theory was derived from a Karl Marx book. His theory was put into practice by many different countries, the most famous country being the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This massive country controlled almost all of Eastern Europe after World War II. In all of these countries communist ideal were adopted and put into practice. The countries that remain to be communist can be counted on one hand. These countries consist of Laos, Vietnam, China, North Korea, and Cuba. If a western viewpoint is taken communism is considered a very negative idea because of the lack of free will and the amount of censorship needed for a communist state. In 2014 a director named Phillip Noyce released a film entitled The Giver. Based of the popular book with

According to the Marxist theory, the original state of man was a primitive communism without private property. Business owners prioritize the maximization of their own profits above everything else. To accomplish this, they compensate their employees with as little as possible, while claiming all of what their workers produce as their own profit. Eventually, the more successful businesses grow beyond the reach of the smaller, newer, and weaker ones, making the attainment of big business owners’ level of success unreachable. As a result, revolution would arise from the discontent population. Finally, this would result in a dictatorship where the state would own and control all industry. However, this set of ideals juxtaposes reality. As evident

     What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. It also can be defined as a conceptualized system of government in which resources and production facilities are the property of the entire society rather than individuals. In a communist society, labor is shared equally as well, and the benefits of labor are distributed according to need (Communism.4all 1). No one person shall be ranked higher than another and there is to be one person in charge of the society in a communism government. There are still to this day many countries that fall under the rule of communism and the ways they were transformed under communist rule is quite interesting.

     Communism had one of the greatest political impacts than any other political ideas in the 20th century around the world. What is important and interesting about communism is its background, concept, and why many countries apply to this idea. This essay will generally focus on the background, ideology, and why the countries and political parties applied to this idea.