Communism and Fascism

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Communism andFascism

• Differences and
• Similarities

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What is communism?

• Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish
  a classless, stateless social organization based
  on common ownership of the means of production.
• It is usually considered a branch of the broader
  socialist movement that draws on the various
  political and intellectual movements that trace
  their origins back to the work of Karl Marx.

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Who brought about Communism?

• Karl Heinrich Marx
• Marx addressed a wide range of political as well
  as social issues he is most famous for his
  analysis of history, summed up in the opening
  line of the Communist Manifesto.
• Often called the father of communism

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Another Contributor to Communism

• Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (birth name Vladimir
  Ilyich Ulyanov) better known by the alias Lenin
  (April 22, 1870 January 21, 1924), was a
  Russian revolutionary, a communist politician,
  the main leader of the October Revolution, the
  first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist
  Republic and from 1922, the first de facto leader
  of the Soviet Union. He was the creator of
  Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory.

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More information

• In the late 19th century, Marxist theories
  motivated socialist parties across Europe,
  although their policies later developed along the
  lines of "reforming" capitalism, rather than
  overthrowing it.
• One exception was the Russian Social Democratic
  Labour Party (bolsheviks) headed by Vladimir
  Lenin, succeeded in taking control of the country
  after the toppling of the Provisional Government
  in the Russian Revolution of 1917.
• In 1918, this party changed its name to the
  Communist Party, thus establishing the
  contemporary distinction between Communism and
  other trends of socialism.

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What is Fascism?

• Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology
  (generally tied to a mass movement) that
  considers individual and other societal interests
  subordinate to the needs of the state.
• Fascists seek to forge a type of national unity,
  usually based on (but not limited to) ethnic,
  cultural, or racial attributes.
• Various scholars attribute different
  characteristics to fascism, but the following
  elements are usually seen as its integral parts
  nationalism, authoritarianism, statism,
  militarism, totalitarianism, anti-communism,
  corporatism, populism, collectivism, and
  opposition to economic and political liberalism

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Who brought about Fascism?

• Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883
  April 28, 1945) was the prime minister of Italy
  from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown.
• He established a fascist regime that valued
  nationalism, militarism and anti-communism
  combined with strict censorship and state
  propaganda.
• Mussolini became a close ally of German dictator
  Adolf Hitler, whom he influenced.
• Mussolini entered World War II in June 1940 on
  the side of Nazi Germany.
• Three years later, the Allies invaded Italy. In
  April 1945, Mussolini attempted to escape to
  Austria, only to be captured and killed near Lake
  Como by partisans.

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More about it

• On February 23, 1919, Mussolini reformed the
  Milan fascio as the Fasci Italiani di
  Combattimento (Italian Fighting League),
  consisting of 200 members.
• Its first manifesto promised broad reforms. It
  became an organized political movement a month
  later.
• The Fascisti, led by one of Mussolini's close
  confidants, Dino Grandi, formed armed squads of
  war veterans called Blackshirts (or squadristi)
  to terrorise anarchists, socialists and
  communists. The government rarely interfered.
• The Fascisti grew so rapidly that within two
  years, it transformed itself into the National
  Fascist Party at a congress in Rome.

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Now lets find the similarities and differences
between Communism and Fascism

• Communism

• Fascism

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