(Esler et al. 729) which created this invincible and loving leader who was here for the people but just like Hitler their motives were more selfish and hateful than what was perceived by their people. There was no room for debate or disagreement, it would be met with violence. “To ensure Obedience, Stalin’s Communist party used secret police, censorship, and terror. Police spies did not hesitate to open private letters or plant listening devices. Nothing appeared in print without official approval.
The author says that perhaps many citizens may be drawn to Communist ideology if the social injustices become more prevalent, and urges the readers to look into the problems of Communist civilizations. This article is an example of how many felt during the Red Scare and Cold War in regards to communism. It shows that people felt a collapse
During the Cold War, films functioned as a means to influence and control public opinion internally. The United States and the Soviet Union invested heavily in propaganda designed to influence the hearts and minds of people around the world, especially using motion pictures. ”Soviets worked hard to catch up to the Americans, and in 1949 tested their first nuclear bomb. ”-(WTWA pg.754) Cultural competition played out in Moscow, New York, London, and Paris.
How significant was control of the media in the achievement of communist political dominance in the years 1917-1941? A communist government assumed control of the USSR in 1917, following the Bolshevik Revolution. They consolidated their power through the Civil War of 1917-1921, and through several radical political, social and economic changes. Control of the media was significant to a large extent in advancing their control; it was used as a tool to suppress opponents’ views and thereby grant a large platform to spread their own.
In the United States, we have a constitutional right to having mass media. If someone chooses to be well informed they have multiple choices to get their facts from, they even have options to check what they’ve been told. For us this is normal stuff, so much that some people don’t even pay attention to what’s happening around the country, we take it for granted. In the Soviet Union, they didn’t have mass media, mostly because the primary means of news was the radio as most people in the country didn’t have a television. The news that they did receive through the radio or the newspaper was controlled by their government.
Introduction: Government should protect and treat its people with care, however, a communist government does not come with protection or care for the people. So why does a government still follow the rules of communism? In the article “A Firsthand View of a Communist Utopia,” DeLauw gives a first-hand view of a communist government in order to induce his readers that communism is not a way to control a society. In his powerful persuasive article, Peter DeLauw thoughtfully convinces and emotionally persuades the readers through the use of personal experience and fear to inform his readers that communism is not the way to control a society. Paragraph 1:
93). His goal was to win the hearts and minds of the German people through these speeches, furthering his popularity and thus, his political career. The Nazi Party was established before Hitler ascended to power and although his first attempt at taking over control failed during a failed coup, he was appointed Chancellor and gained full leadership soon after. Even though Hitler was a more captivating and charming leader than Stalin, they ultimately were both larger-than-life figures during their lifetimes. Stalin and Hitler both utilized methods of control in order to secure their position as supreme leaders through various methods.
Rulers, emperors, leaders, presidents, ect., all use propaganda in different ways to control people. Like many other rulers, Lenin and Stalin, leaders of the USSR, use censorship to stop any conversations from arising. Both use propaganda techniques to control people, they are fascist leaders, named cities after themselves, took credit for achievements, and used censorship to block communication. Stalin used propaganda to run the USSR because he took credit for the victory of Tsaritsyn a city he named after himself and corrected the faults of others.
Before the reform Glasnost was created, the Government had right control of all media, including all books, even history. Anyone who painted the Soviet Union in a bad light and disagreed with any of their policies would be punished. Glasnost allowed more freedom of speech and less control of the media. The media quickly exploded and created more uprising as nationalist movements were created and the Soviet Government lost their powerful control(Longley). This shows how long the people of the Soviet Union were waiting for
Joseph Stalin killed over an estimated 30 million people unrelated to war. This was the result of communism in the Soviet Union. Communism is an economic system where advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Communism is considered a bad thing because it makes every person almost exactly the same. Every person in communist societies gets made the same by force for economic reasons.
This source depicts the situation that Stalin created during the Cold War because of the divide that he placed in society. The message of the source is that the curtain imposed fear in both sides of the nations, that it stifled progress, and that it was an illiberal act that limited the country’s freedoms. The artist of this comic clearly depicts an anti - Soviet Union opinion, as they show the eastern Europe side as being dark and dirty. Although it is illustrated as further improved from the war than the western side, this makes the Soviet ruled region look evil, as well as inferior to the clean and light western side. The juxtaposition between the eastern and western sides serves to show the differences in the ways that the rulers of each side chose to rule as well; the
This article describes propaganda and censorship in Nazi Germany. During the Nazi rule, the Nazis banned all forms of communication, such as books, art, music, magazines, etc., that had viewpoints opposing to the Nazi beliefs. One type of communication that the Nazis censored and banned were books. The Nazis raided libraries and bookstores to get rid of all books and propaganda against Nazi Germany and burned the books in large bonfires. The Nazis censored works of famous writers, such as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Jack London, and Helen Keller.
They can be justified because they led to a classless, united and mobilized society that worked towards building Communism in the Soviet Union. Even though Marx did not believe that Communism can exist in one country, Stalin was able to isolate USSR from the capitalistic world and create a self-sustaining economy that follows Marx’s doctrines in the Soviet Union. Despite the ethical complications with Stalin’s rule, his actions were crucial for the development of Communism in USSR. Stalinism is the base of many various forms of totalitarian regimes that appeared later in the 20th century. Joseph Stalin with his more than 30 years long rule in the Soviet Union, as he would be seen in the eyes of Karl Marx, was one of the first influential people who used philosophy not just to “interpret the world” but “to change
From sustaining a regime to destroying the same, propaganda has always served as an important tool in governing people and manipulating their opinions and in manufacturing consent. Cold-war came to an end after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the period from the fall of the iron curtain till now is termed as the post-cold war era. Propaganda was at its peak and is explicit during the cold-war era, while the communists (USSR) focussed mainly on making their citizens believe in the communist ideology and in the concept of a ‘world-revolution’ the capitalists (USA) focussed mainly on making people afraid of the communists, or as they called it, the red scare. One of the major inventions that was made public after the cold-war is the internet which has reduced the effectiveness of propaganda by enabling and promoting individual networking in unprecedented levels, another important propaganda tool that has
One must be able to recognize and analyze how censorship is used to manipulate the masses; if one is unable to recognize and analyze censorship in all forms then it can affect everyday life in a negative way. For instance, censorship is a restriction on any source like books, media, films that are considered politically unacceptable, obscene, or a threat. Common sources of censorship is mass media which include the news, social media, tv , newspapers, etc. Additionally, mass media can be part of censorship because some of the sources can be bias meaning they show only one view or opinion on a specific topic or category. Based on all the studies in Humanities, Film, and English examples of when individuals, the government, and special interest
