"The idea of communism, argues Ali, was simple and noble - the creation of a society based on the principle of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need' rather than a system based on greed and profit. The Communist Manifesto appealed not just to the poor but...

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1. Verfasser:	Ali, Tariq 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Greenford Seagull 2009
Schlagworte:	Kommunismus Politik Communism Post-communism > Former Soviet republics Former Soviet republics > Politics and government Former Soviet republics > Social conditions Post-communism / Former Soviet republics Former Soviet republics / Politics and government Former Soviet republics / Social conditions
Zusammenfassung:	"The idea of communism, argues Ali, was simple and noble - the creation of a society based on the principle of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need' rather than a system based on greed and profit. The Communist Manifesto appealed not just to the poor but to intellectuals who recognized in historical materialism a logical extension of the French Enlightenment and a powerful instrument of knowledge." "Ali suggests that the vision of society adumbrated by the founders of Communism was a far cry from what became known as 'actually existing socialism' as it was in the Soviet Union (1917-91) and China (1949-89) and whose political model - an unaccountable one leader, one-party state - was mimicked in many parts of the world. Engels had always stressed that a workers' movement and its victory was inconceivable without freedom of the press and assembly. It is, he insisted, 'the air it needs to breathe'." "In a stimulating re-evaluation of the idea, Tariq Ali argues that sone form of socialism and global planning is vital to save the planet from capitalist and environmental degradation."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	126 S. Ill. 18 cm
ISBN:	9781906497262 1906497265