Communism
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| '''Communism''' is a [[socioeconomic]] structure that promotes the establishment of an [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]], [[classlessness|classless]], [[Stateless communism|stateless]] [[society]] based on [[common ownership]] of the [[means of production]] and property in general. | '''Communism''' is a [[socioeconomic]] structure that promotes the establishment of an [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]], [[classlessness|classless]], [[Stateless communism|stateless]] [[society]] based on [[common ownership]] of the [[means of production]] and property in general. | ||
| - | It was a mainstream worldwide political system from the [[1917 October Revolution]] until the "[[Tank Man|The Unknown Rebel]]" and the [[fall of the German wall]], both events in [[1989]]. | + | It was a mainstream worldwide political system from the [[1917 October Revolution]] until the [[fall of the German wall]], both events in [[1989]]. |
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| - | Bejing, China, [[5 June]] [[1989]]: "[[Tank Man|The Unknown Rebel]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour. | ||
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| *[[Fall of the German wall]] | *[[Fall of the German wall]] | ||
| - | An East German security guard faces off with West Berliners sitting atop the Soviets' infamous Berlin Wall. Within hours after the photograph was taken Nov. 10, 1989, West and East Berliners joined in tearing down the 28-year-old barrier. | ||
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| *[[Tragedy of the commons]] | *[[Tragedy of the commons]] | ||
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| *''[[Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read]]'' by [[China Miéville]] | *''[[Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read]]'' by [[China Miéville]] | ||
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Communism is a socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership of the means of production and property in general.
It was a mainstream worldwide political system from the 1917 October Revolution until the fall of the German wall, both events in 1989.
See also
- Karl Marx
- Proletariat
- Left-wing politics
- Marxism
- McCarthyism
- sharing
- Karl Marx
- Paris Commune
- Russia
- China
- socialism
- capitalism
- Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
- Fall of the German wall
- Tragedy of the commons
- Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read by China Miéville
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