Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers What is Communism? This is the symbol of Communism – The Hammer and the Sickle Hammer for the Workers Sickle for the Peasants – the farm labourers This is Marx’s good friend and fellow communist philosopher, Frederich Engels This is Karl Marx, the philosopher that first described Communism

They wrote the ‘Communist Manifesto’ in 1847. It’s a short book – but billions of people have read it…. Communist Manifesto’s Criticisms of Capitalism Saw capitalism as undemocratic because political power came from economic power. Owners of factors of production (land, labor, and capital) had both economic and political power 2. Workers are exploited, paid very little, while the owners of production get wealthy 3. Being forced to sell the only thing that is available to a person, their time as labor, is alienating

What is Communism? 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 Explain these please! Primitive Communism

This is how humans first lived together – in small tribes This is how humans first lived together – in small tribes. Primitive means basic. Communism means that everything was shared– food, jobs, belongings. No one owned land. Eventually a group comes to power – this leads to Feudalism… Primitive Communism

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

The business owners get richer while the workers do all the hard work. Capitalism Feudalism Capitalism creates a huge working-class of people who soon get angry at the way they are treated. They eventually organize and demand changes.

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 These ideas spread across the world to create Communism…. Capitalism In the Socialist revolution all the rulers – kings, churches, capitalists are eliminated.

The remaining capitalists put up a bitter fight, but the will of the people will always win. Communism Socialism All human activity goes towards benefiting each other. As everyone now works together, war is a thing of the past – armies are not needed. Sharing means no police are needed. Everything is provided by the people – so money becomes a thing of the past.