Essays On Socialism

Background – The New Economic Policy (NEP) 1921-28.1. Communists take their ideas from the writings of Karl Marx (1818-83) see page 4 of Nichol & Shephard. Marx argued that private ownership led to exploitation. Instead, Marx wanted all shops, businesses and farms to be owned by the community and the profits spent on schools, hospitals […]

Stalin claimed to be an allegiant follower of Lenin’s Marxist legacy. But practically, his heavy revision of Lenin’s policies made this claim doubtful. This essay will discuss both sides, on what Stalin had enshrined or extended, and what he had discarded from Lenin’s legacy.Politically, the core of Lenin’s party ethos, namely Socialism was preserved. Stalin […]

Vladmir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks who seized power in November 1917. He died in January 1924 after a series of strokes that left him completely paralysed, and eventually killed him. When he died, he left no clues as to whom he wanted to succeed him as ruler of the USSR, even though […]

“In the essay Why I Write, Orwell explains that all the serious work he wrote since the Spanish Civil War in 1936 was “written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism. ” Indeed, Nineteen Eighty-Four is an anti-totalitarian cautionary tale about the betrayal of a revolution by its defenders. He already had stated […]

How successful was Bismarck in maintaining his political control in Germany in the years 1878 to 1890? Bismarck set about trying to achieve his political objects by always siding with the party that would help him facilitate his needs. The years from 1871 to 1878 were known as Bismarck’s “Liberal Era” because Bismarck was sided […]

The essence of the discussion is to outline the role of trade unions from its traditional role as compared to its role now in contemporary times most notably in post-Apartheid South Africa. One aims to look at how trade unions have coped with the changing nature of work as the traditional role of the worker […]

Revolution has been taking place throughout many centuries in various methods and it has made both a positive and negative impact on society. Revolutions have a basic fundamental idea, which is to make a change in the government or social order in favor of a new system. A revolution usually Is better change for the […]

Classical schools of thought refers to ideas fronted by humanism, Marxism and positivism. In this discussion we shall look to the extent at which these ideas lay foundation or basis for the various African intellectual writings and thinking. We shall also highlight on key concepts the scholars adopt from the main stream writings or views […]

He played a leading role in the development of Japan’s education system based on the ideas of Western civilization. The Autobiography of Which Buzzard is a book dictated by Buzzard offers a vivid portrait of the intellectuals life story and a rare look inside the formation of a new Japan. This book gives his accounts […]

Socialist countries use centralized planning to achieve their objectives, although they are often democratic. Socialists oppose the focus on individualism and profit-driven competition that are key elements of capitalism. Instead, they prioritize cooperation and social responsibility as methods to attain a more equitable distribution of income and opportunities, thereby lessening disparities between the wealthy and […]

The autumn of 1918 saw the Mid-European Confederacy suffer a military catastrophe. This event acted as a trigger for political upheavals within its member states. Although Socialists incited some of the revolutions, they all turned out to be mild and largely promoted democratic nationalism over radical social reform. Prince Maximilian, the Chancellor in Germany tasked […]

India’s Five Years Plan BY abhiJitoo Origin Five year plans were first introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1928 for controlled and rapid economic development. Much of the Soviet industrial successes are a result of the implementation of its five year plans. In 1950, India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, impressed by the Soviet system, […]

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There were a variety of reasons why the Liberal governments of 1905 – 15 introduced so many welfare reforms, but perhaps the most important reason was the need for national efficiency.Many Liberals saw the growing need for national efficiency and this being emphasised by growing economic threat from the USA and Germany. The way in […]

During the period after the collapse of the Tsarist regime of Nicholas II, and the rise of the Bolshevik party headed by Lenin and then Stalin, Russia underwent serious, complex and far reaching reforms both physically through industrial revolution and economic planning but also as a society, particularly under Stalin.Under Stalin Russian Society underwent a […]

I think that Stalin’s political powerbases were one of the main reasons he emerged as leader of Soviet Russia by the end of 1929. Obviously there were other factors that aided him, such as the alliances he formed, and even his personality. Obviously I don’t think that it was all down to one factor alone […]

An Inspector Calls is a play written by J. B Priestley in 1944 and was first performed in 1946. Priestley set the play in 1912, a time of change and conflict between Edwardian Capitalist values and emerging Socialist Ideals. Throughout the play Priestley conveys political messages, (in the limelight at the time), by creating microcosms […]

J. B Priestly started to write in 1911; his plays usually exposed a hidden message or moral. One of the two, this was used to get his message across. He had an immense amount of courage, as he was not at all afraid to speak his mind; he enjoyed and got a thrill from political […]

Upon initial inspection, it may seem that “An Inspector Calls” revolves around a typical Edwardian bourgeois household and the mystery of whodunit; however, a more thorough analysis reveals Priestley’s intention for the work to function as a parable through which he can project his political opinions to others. Before his current broadcast, Priestley had previous […]

Inspector Goole id the main character in the play An Inspector Calls which was written by J. B. Priestley in 1945 (after the two world wars) however was set in 1912 (just before the first war) a time when politics and the economy were just starting to re-establish themselves . It can be interpreted in […]

An Inspector Calls is set in 1912, just before the beginning of World War One, however it was written in 1944-5, and was first performed in 1945 as the Second World War ended. Priestley survived the First World War, but bitterly disliked it. So when the Second World War came around, he began to question […]

The main changes that Stalin made to industry during his reign were to disestablish Lenin’s N.E.P. (new economic policy), introduce his five-year plans (this affected agriculture as well as industry), and to take the economy under state control: this is called nationalization.With a policy of nationalization, Stalin had replaced the prospect of privatization, a key […]