The Communist Experiment (20th c.)

Russia & China turn “Red”

What is a Communist State?

P one-party rule; Rights of individuals not protected ; no free elections

E command or Planned Economy; Little private property (if any); limited production of consumer goods

R atheism S promote cultural values of selflessness &

collectivism; seek to erase class & gender inequalities

I endorse a modified Marxist ideology A state approved propaganda only (arts,

literature, education, & media strictly censored)

PATHS TO

COMMUNISM

V. I. Lenin

The Father of Russian Communism

BUILDING SOCIALISM:

A COMPARISON

THE ARCHITECTS

Mao ZedongJoseph Stalin