What is Communism? A Simple Lesson

Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers What is Communism? Hammer for the Workers This is the symbol of Communism – The Hammer and the Sickle Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers

These guys wrote the Communist Manifesto Karl Marx is known as the father of Communism Fredrick Engels co-wrote it

Marx and Engels studied the history of the world’s economies. This means the way that power, industry and finance are controlled. They saw the way countries developed in stages. Communism Socialism Capitalism Feudalism Primitive Communism

What is Communism? Primitive Communism People lived together in small tribes Primitive hunters and gathers Everything was shared amongst the tribe

Under feudalism, a king or emperor or chief rulers over everyone. 2. He gives land and privileges to ‘nobles’ who rule the people for him. 3. The people are kept uneducated and told that god chose the king. The church helps the king this way. Feudalism 4. As trade develops, some people get richer. This leads to Capitalism….. Primitive Communism

2. Capitalists get more power to serve their own interests. 1. The business owners capitalists get richer while the workers do all the hard work. Capitalism Feudalism 3. Capitalism creates a huge working-class of people People get angry at the way they are treated. Organize unions and demand changes. will lead to a revolution and Socialism…

In a Socialist Revolution all rulers (king, etc) are ousted Because nothing is made for profit, all people benefit from education and health. The workers take control of the country to produce things for everyone. Socialism 3. These ideas spread across the world to create Communism…. Capitalism In a Socialist Revolution all rulers (king, etc) are ousted

3. ALL human activity goes towards benefiting each other 1. The remaining capitalists put up a fight, but the will of the people wins. Communism Socialism 2. As everyone now works together. Everything is provided by the people – money is a thing of the past. 3. ALL human activity goes towards benefiting each other