HIST 1150 Chapter Notes -Upper Class, Poum, Mao Zedong
20 Oct 2014
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Communist party), it followed lenin"s ideas (cid:120) 1919 & 1920, communist uprisings in major cities in germany (cid:120) (cid:120) communists come very close to taking power during this time in one way or another. Shows the divisions within the european left - revolutionary vs reformed. Failure because: (cid:120) (cid:120) the mkp didn"t have very much support - not a very large working and middle class population (cid:120) mkp is overthrown, violent backlash against communist movement - claims as many as 5000 lives. Italy: (cid:120) (cid:120) upper class unrest in italy. Failure because: (cid:120) (cid:120) unrest of the working class does not help (cid:120) Failure because: (cid:120) (cid:120) poland had just gained independence. Impact of communism outside of europe: (cid:120) (cid:120) many other countries ie mexico, india etc. took inspiration from what bolsheviks had achieved even though most of the impact lied within europe.
