abstract:Most modern forms of communism are based upon Marxism, a variant of the ideology formed by the sociologist Karl Marx in the 1840s. Some religious societies that have stressed egalitarianism and common ownership of goods have been described as communist, including early Christianity and the Shakers of 19th century America.
We could probably apply it to the wars in afghan and iraq, but I think that is something that previous generations of government left us with if we look back into the historyof our involvment in our fight against communism.
"The PRL's end is an easy target of parody, and we mainly talk about it with a wink of the eye, " says Mr. Gorski, who has also studied more serious history, such as Stalin's brutal imposition ofcommunism on Poland.