What is Utopia?

How could you create one?

The Tenants of Communism

Central control of banking

Government controlled education

Government controlled labour

Government ownership of transportation and communication vehicles

Government ownership of agricultural means and factories

Total abolition of private property

Property rights confiscation

Heavy income tax on everyone

Elimination of rights of inheritance

Regional planning

The differences
Leninism
-believed

that a
violent revolution
was needed to
change the balance
of power
-This revolution was
to be led by a
vanguard party

Trotskyism
-Wanted

socialism to
spread across the
world
-supported the idea
of a continuous
revolution
-wanted to
encourage revolution
in other countries

Stalinism
-Socialism in one
country
-Repressing your
opponents was
encouraged
-Lots of propaganda to
encourage a
personality cult

Karl Marx- the Father of Marxism

Vladimir
Lenin
He was the head of the Russian
Soviet federative Socialist Republic
from 1917 to 1922
His political ideas were known as
Leninism.
Got his ideas from Karl Marx and
applied them to real world
Was involved in the 1905 and 1917
Russian Revolution

Trotsky and Stalin

Joseph
Stalin
Was a follower of Stalin
Developed the theories of Stalinism
Gained power in 1922
Stayed in power until 1953 when
he died from a stroke
Was involved in the Russian
Revolution in 1917

Leon
Trotsky
Was a follower of Lenin
His ideas formed the basis of
Trotskyism- a school of Marxism
After the death of Lenin he exiled
from Russia
Was involved in the Russian
Revolution in1917
Was assassinated on the orders of
Stalin with an icepick