ch 22

This chapter is all about communism and socialism.  Inspired by Karl Marx, the communism had its roots in 19th century communism.  Communists promoted revolution. one third of the world was governed by communism.  Many expressions of communism shared common ground. They had a common ideology that was based on Marxism.  They were an inspiration of the 1917 Russian Revolution.  Relations between communist countries were often marked by rivalry and hostility.  Communist revolutions outlined the charisma of the French Revolution.  Russia had a revolution in a single year that was sudden and explosive.  Social societies were built in the USSR in the 1920's and the 1930's and in China in the 1950's.   Communist feminism began to spread and there were more pushes for women's liberation and equality.  Socialism spread in the countryside.