THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM
By: Alfred Octopus
Communism was a political theory developed by Karl Marx a German man in the mid 19th century. Marx wanted to end capitalism because he thought the workers needed better rights. After the surge of communism due to the industrial revolution Russia was the first ever Communist nation and making the USSR in 1922 after making there own empire in Eastern Europe. Here are all the former USSR Republics that are now independent countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Also Communism used not just be Europe here is some: Angola, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, North Vietnam and South Yemen. Communism is also a big part of American history from the Cold War, Vietnam War what was against the North Vietnamese, there was American presidential candidates who ran as communists, communism also affected WW2 due to Nazi's wanting to turn Russia a fascist state and the USSR'S desire to knock out fascism. Communism has also affected Nuclear weapons and the daily threat of extinction. Now here are all the present day countries that are communist's now or at least claim to be: China, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam and Cuba. The only 1 who strictly follows Marx's guidelines is North Korea, one of America's enemy and they have been very close to nuclear war. North Korea has affected foreign relations and nuclear threats. The biggest communist nation though is China, a global superpower. China has affected trade, manufacturing, jobs and economics lots of other things. Communism has affected the past, the world and the Present. Communism may have been wounded but still has a big effect on the world.
Sources: http://study.com/academy/lesson/communist-countries-past-present.html
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-10/can-you-name-five-remaining-communist-countries-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Sources: http://study.com/academy/lesson/communist-countries-past-present.html
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-10/can-you-name-five-remaining-communist-countries-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism