#communism

An interesting story about the history of avoiding censorship or persecution through the use of more cryptic icons for protest.

“The Grapes of Wrath” was a movie from the 1930s that criticized capitalism by showing how workers were exploited. The movie was called “socialist” or “Marxist” by some, and was criticized by farming unions and government agencies. But when it was shown in the Soviet Union, the viewers were surprised that even poor people in the US could save enough money to buy a car, which led to its banning.

A supermarket visit didn’t bring down the Soviet Union, but this is an interesting story nonetheless.

This linked graph shows that the economy is no longer the most covered topic in CCP party congress. Security has taken over.

This study explores the impacts of the Chinese Communist Revolution on wealth disparity. While it did equalise wealth in the short term, in the long term, the same families who were on top before the revolution ended up on top again.

This website contains translated books, magazines, and other publications from North Korea — an interesting resource for anyone morbidly interested in DPRK propaganda.

Great read from Hitchens storying his trip to North Korea.

This book delivers exactly what it promises — a condensed overview of Soviet history.

Richter explains how he ended up getting stoned with an officer from the DPRK’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs — unexpected tale from beyond the DMZ.

It seems that in places where religion and government was the biggest obstacle for feminism, communism had a massively positive impact. However, in places where the biggest obstacle was prejudice or culture, it did very little to help. In fact, it may have supressed feminist movements that would’ve otherwise taken off.