Above: Soviet Propaganda from 1919 that says: "Workers of the World Unite!" On the left side of this photo you'll see a tired and oppressed people beneath the rule of the Czar. On the right side you'll see the complete opposite. People happily going about their lives with pride and enthusiasm under the communist regime. In reality, however, the quality of life under communism was far from happy; even worse than the quality of life living beneath a Czar autocracy. Fear and despair would be more accurate emotions to describe the life of the communist. Right: Well, this pretty much speaks for itself. I found this pro-Obama poster on a blog site that was radically liberal. Surprised?
Click here for Part I: The Fall of the Czars
Click here for Part II: The March Revolution, The Dumas, and Lenin's Rise to Power
Part III: The Life of the Soviets, the Spread of Communism, & Closing Arguments
The Soviets were not a happy group of people during WWI. Like Obama, Lenin inherited a mess of a country. The soldiers were still fighting along the war fronts, the economy was a disaster, and production was at an all time low. The people were hopeful, but they had very high expectations for their new government. It didn't take long for Lenin to realize he had bitten off a bit more than he was willing to chew. Lenin immediately pulled the troops out of combat, allowing Germany to focus all their attention on their western fronts against France and England. Lenin signed a peace treaty with Germany, which ultimaely gave Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Ukraine territories over to German occupation. Those territories consisted of about 1/3rd of Russia's farmlands, half of Russia's industry production, and about 90% of Russia's coal. Russian allies, England and France weren't too happy about this. During this time, the Russian people continued to dig in the garbage for food. People typically aren't happy when they're hungry, so in an effort to prevent any counterrevolutionary efforts, Lenin established a military organization called the "Cheka." Their job was to kill counterrevolutionaries, or rather, anyone who opposed Bolshevik policies for any reason. This period was known as "The Red Scare," which continued all the way through Stalin's regime. On top of that, Lenin announced a new economic policy he called "war communism," part of which involved "labor conscription." Labor conscription means the government has the right to mandate where, when, and at what job every individual was required to work. Lenin also established the "food army," which involved militants paying a friendly visit to all the farmers so they could confiscate ALL of their harvest production; leaving nothing left for the peasants to eat. Other peasants tried to hide some of their production from the food armies, but were usually discovered and confiscated. Eventually, these food armies started confiscating seeds and farm equipment, robbing the peasants of all means needed for future production. Within a year, Russia was struck with famine, which was particularly bad for the peasants living outside the cities. Peasants resorted to cannibalizing either their own, or others' children. There was an estimated death toll of 3-5 million people between 1918 and 1922 as a direct result of famine. As a response, some of the Bolshevik's most faithful groups began to rally against the totalitarian regime. They demanded free speech, freedom of the press (basically the whole U.S. Bill of Rights), free trade unions, and the peasants wanted to use their lands for their own benefit without having to pass everything they earned off to the government. It only took about a year for the people of Russia to decide that communism really wasn't the greatest thing, after all. At the head of this freedom movement were the Russian sailors at the Krondstadt Naval Base, who were once the Bolshevik's most faithful followers. This was known as the Krondstadt Rebellion. Lenin responded to them by sending in Red Army troops. Thousand of sailors were killed and hundreds more were later executed. Communist totalitarianism was there to stay.
Lenin spent his final days reflecting on the impact of the revolution and the general direction of Russia's future. Lenin was not, in any way, satisfied with the state of "Mother Russia" and the disservice his communist sysem has done to her "children." In his last writings, Lenin described his revolution as a betrayal of the Russian people; a mere replacement of Russian autocracy with an even more oppressing bureaucracy. It wasn't the communism he hoped for, but his hope in communism had not completely faded. While Lenin didn't approve of the direction Russia was heading, his deteriorating health and his deep entrenchment into communist rule made it impossible for him to change the course he had set for the Soviets. Then, there was Stalin; the next dictator of the Soviet Union. Lenin wished to have Stalin removed from his position as General Secretary before it was too late, but Stalin had no intention of giving up his position. Lenin died in 1924 at the age of 54.
Stalin immediately took control of the Soviet Union shortly after Lenin's death. He removed most of his political friends and adversaries (including Trotsky) by means of exile and intended to carry on the revolution by employing whatever means necessary. For the next 30 years, Stalin would terrify his own people. The "counterrevolutionaries" who were executed under Stalin's regime had it much easier than millions of others who were brave enough to stand against his tyranny. Stalin labeled all his opponents as kulaks (bourgeoise) and were forced to work in labor camps called Gulags. These labor camps literally worked people to death. Gulag workers were not fed, housed, or treated in any way like human beings. The only defense the Russians had against this Red Scare was to place portraits of Stalin inside their homes and to openly praise their dictator in any way they could. Soviet propaganda and the Soviet media would cycle relentless imagery of their dictator accepting gifts and praise from Russian crowds. He was seen holding, hugging, and kissing children. There were many other ridiculously unrealistic portrayals of Stalin, even though he was one of the most evil men to ever exist during the 20th century. Outside of the Stalin film fantasies, the people knew their fellow citizens were disappearing by the millions. No one knew for certain it was the work of Stalin; they certainly had their suspicions, but were completely powerless to do anything about it. For 30 years, this tyranny continued until Stalin finally died in Moscow, 1953 at the age of 75. Stalin's death toll accounted to approximately 20 million people. To put this into perspective, think of Hitler's Holocaust. Approximately 5 million Jews were exterminated during the Holocaust under Hitler. Stalin killed four times that many. After Stalin's death, the Soviet Union's highest military leader, Nikita Krushchev, branded Stalin a criminal and openly publicized the truth of Stalin's crimes committed against the Russian people. The "de-Stalinization" of Russia would continue for the next few years. Anything that even remotely resembled or represented Stalin's regime such as: portraits, statues, books, films, etc. were either burned or destroyed by Russian citizens. In 1961, alongside Lenin, Stalin's body was removed from the Red Square Mausoleum. To this day, the Russian people struggle to rebuild a broken country after decades of communist tyranny.
The Spread of Communism was one of Lenin's primary goals during his rein over the Soviets throughout the early 20s. In 1920, Lenin started the Congress of the Communist International in Moscow where revolutionaries from all westernized countries (including the U.S.) would meet. The purpose of the Congress was to start a worldwide revolution in an effort to spread communism to all industrialized nations of the world. They would begin by teaching Marxist ideology throughout all public schools and universities. Eventually, every open position within the government, the public schools, and the universities throughout Russia mandated its occupant to fully accept Marxist ideology in order to qualify for the position. Communism eventually spread its way to 23 countries throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Benin, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Ethiopia, Hungary, Laos, Mongolia, Mozambique, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Somalia, South Yemen, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia all fell to communism within a few decades of Soviet influence. China was especially impacted. Mao Zedong immediately adopted the newly infiltrated Marxist ideology into Chinese culture. Mao's rule of China and his Chinese revolution would lead to a death toll of approximately 40 million people; twice that of the number of deaths reported under Stalin's rule. Fortunately, most of the countries listed above did not remain under communist rule. Today only five communist coutries remain: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. Throughout the past century, communism contributed to the slaughter of approximately 100 million people; most of which died long and torturous deaths at the hands of Marxist fanatics.
Sidenote: During the early stages of the Cold War, Soviet infiltrators held high ranking positions in the United States government. A man named Alger Hiss was one of them. Alger Hiss was a soviet spy and communist who worked directly under Franklin D. Roosevelt as the Assistant Secretary of State. Hiss was also a Harvard law graduate; as were many other communist infiltrators during that time. Whittaker Chambers (ex-communist and Soviet defector) announced the names of at least 200 soviet spies working within high ranking positions of the federal government. Chambers announced Hiss as just one of those agents. The Liberal media denounced Chamber's accusations and branded him a lunatic despite the overwhelming level of evidence supporting his claims. At the same time, the U.S. Army began work on a secret enterprise known as The Venona Project, which basically involved a decryption of Soviet cables between U.S. and Soviet officials. Upon decryption of these cables, The Venona Project discovered Chamber's accusations were indeed true. Venona listed the names of 204 Soviet spies working within the U.S. government; all of whom labeled themselves as Liberal, Progressive, or Democrat. During the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations, the Democratic Party knowingly sheltered communist traitors, all of whom were guilty of relaying sensitive, nuclear information and technology directly to Soviet officials in Russia. Joseph Stalin knew about the development of the U.S. Atomic Bomb even before President Truman learned about it. This level of espionage was directly responsible for keeping the United States on the brink of total nuclear annihilation throughout the Cold War. Among the people listed by Venona were Ethel and Julius Rosenburg (convicted soviet spies). The Rosenburgs are, even today, revered as martyrs by the Liberal media. For decades, the Liberal media refused to accept the overwhelming evidence against communist infiltrators operating within the Democratic party and working to undermine the U.S. government. Even after the Venona files were de-classified and made public in 1995, Americans everywhere were finally able to see the truth, but the liberal media still has no intention of conceding on the matter.
Closing Arguments
By now, you're probably asking yourself "What's your point? Why is this relevant? Communism is practically gone in today's world and therefore, poses no perceivable and imminent threat." I'll answer that question by saying this... Even after the Russian revolution, a century of bloody, communist history, the Cold War, The Venona Project, etc. etc... Marxism is very much a thriving ideology in today's world. It is especially concentrated within universities, both domestic and abroad. I know this because I spent six years taking university classes. I studied Sociology. I read the texts. I did the coursework. I got my degree. For a while, I even believed in it. Despite the total indoctrination of Marxist theology in today's university settings, every class has completely and utterly FAILED to include a thorough review of communist history and the terrible crimes it has imposed on humanity. Of course, most university professors don't want you to know "those" details. Either that, or they don't even know it themselves. Even though some people have chosen to acknowledge the historical record of Marxism-in-practice, the ideology of Marxism is still a utopian and fantastical idea among thousands of uninformed scholars; much like it was with Lenin during his youth. The only difference between Lenin and today's scholars is Lenin didn't have the luxury of learning from a Marxist history; he was the first person to truly apply its ideology in a real-world setting. Take a moment to turn on the news, read today's political cartoons, or check Facebook for the latest explosion of liberal propaganda. You will see the underlying messages of Marxist ideology everywhere. The demonization of privileged and successful individuals (Romney and the rest of the Bourgeois population). The stabs against capitalism (The Occupy Movement). The sensational and sympathetic coverage of the underprivileged masses (the Proletariat). "Workers of the World Unite!" (pro-union Obama posters). It is all delicately channeled Marxism making its way from the universities, to the mass media, to Hollywood, and finally to the easily-influenceable minds of the American people. Politically speaking, the American mind-set in today's world bears much resemblance to the mindset of the 1917, Russia. There is absolutely nothing "new" or "progressive" about today's "liberal" ideas. Their ideology has existed for almost an entire century. They have been applied, tested, and failed in at least two dozen countries throughout the world; a testament to the blatant differences between ideology and reality. It has always been Karl Marx's plan to catalyze the determinism of an imminent global revolution. Even today, his ambitions survive and are carried on by scholars, professors, actors, journalists, and Democratic leaders; mostly by those who are too lost in their own ideologies to possess a solid perception of reality. With every passing year, the U.S. inches further and further in this direction. At what point should we decide, as a country, when enough is enough? At what point will we finally awaken to the reality of this threat? As an informed citizen of the last and truly free nation left in the world today, what will you do? What will you say? How will you vote? These are difficult questions we really need to ask ourselves if we hope to survive as a free nation.
Thanks for reading...and God bless!
- JSR
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Halliday, E. M., & Black, C. E. (1967). Russia in Revolution. American Heritage Publishing Co.
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