Communist Manifesto Research Paper

Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto in 1848 and it was not until about 70 years later that the communist society he foretold about finally arose. Russia, in 1917, forced the Tsar to abdicate leading massive social upheaval and later that year the Bolshevik party took control and called themselves communists. As years went by in the communist country, it inspired China to join in on the communist regime. China mostly built off of what Russia did in order to become communist, but how much did Russia build off of the Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx wrote that the new society would rise as the lower class rose above the upper class, but Communist Russia came to be because of a new party forced its way into power. Also, China used propaganda

In order to keep the peace and only enforce this one singular government, the country must find a way to show the populous that this is the only government that will stand. The methods China used were fear and intimidation, and propaganda. Even though communism had come to power in 1949, the party had recognized that not all of its enemies were defeated, and to remain in alignment with the Communist Manifesto, China had to terminate them. The alleged opposers to the new society were either killed, incarcerated, or sent to "self-criticism sessions" (Way of the World). The Chinese people were also warned by the posters that were put up to strike fear in them if they did not conform to the ways of the new society. One particular propaganda poster depicts a Chinese man hammering and demolishing items that were popular in the old society that the new society shunned (Ways of the World). This method of striking fear into the populous and killing anyone who did not smash the old society and establish the new one is probably one of the main reasons why communism is still in control in China today. In Russia communism was enforced by eliminating their enemies but also by offering part of the society new freedoms such as political equality for women. Eventually, when Stalin took power, women's rights were abolished, which went against the Communist