Communis

Communism As An Economic System Communism (from Latin communis) encompasses various schools of thought, broadly including Marxism and anarcho-communism, and the political ideologies clustered around both, which share an analysis that the present order of society is due to capitalism, its economic system, and its modes of production, that there are two main social classes […]

Communism was developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the antithesis to capitalism, which relies on democracy and capital-production for forming a society. Communism is a political and economic ideology which positions itself as opposed to liberal democracy and capitalism, advocating instead a classless system where the means of production are owned collectively and private […]

Karl Marx, in full Karl Heinrich Marx, (born 5 May 1818, Trier, Rhine Province, Prussia[German]–died 14 March 1883, London, England), revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, and journalist, known for his work as a radical political theorist and revolutionary socialist. Communism is a form of government most commonly […]

The symbol of a bent over fist had acquired negative perceptions since its use by brutal revolutionaries and dictators. The symbol was quickly adopted also by violent Communist groups, like the ones of the Spanish Civil War. Anti-colonial movements worldwide also began using the symbol of a bent over fist at about the same time […]

The German revolution was a period of upheaval and political change beginning with the end of the First World War, ending with the enactment of the Weimar Constitution. Some key events in the German Revolution included the Kiel Mutiny, Kaiser Wilhelm IIs abdication, the formation of the Weimar Peoples Council and the State Council, the […]