A speech given by Ho Chi Minh on the founding of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930.

Canada has an open and democratic electoral system. There are a variety of political parties officially recognized by Elections Canada that have roots in non-democratic traditions. Nevertheless, in Canada, this parties are free to offer...

This article discusses intellectuals in post-communist Czech Republic. It describes the post-communist mentality, Czech political culture, and the national character. (Published 27 September 1999)

Maps and charts detail electoral support, showing the number and percentage of votes for Communist candidates in every county and state from 1922 to 1946, party membership by state or district from 1922-1950, the intense geography of...

This site has an article by an economics professor about Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's involvement in the initial communist revolutions. Lenin's policies and governing are discussed.

History of the politics in Yugoslavia from the early through the late 1900s. Examines the rise and fall of Communism and the country itself.

Overview of the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s ushered in by Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms.

Two maps showing the development and duration of Communism around the world.

History Questions: Communism Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

Read the full text of one of the world's most influential political documents "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx.

Did you know the Communist movement made a large impact on the state of Washington? Site contains the history of the movement that took hold of the state through interviews, film, pictures, and newspapers.

This is a copy of a speech given in 1947 that describes US intent in stopping the spread of communism. It outlines threats to communist expansion into Greece and Turkey, and the US response to such a threat. This is a great primary...

Excellent online resource that through the use of primary sources and scholar interviews, focuses on the historical events of 1989 that deal with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Great teacher resource with lesson plans...

Extensive information about the collapse of the USSR. Includes an interactive timeline from 1985 through 1991, an interactive map of the countries of the USSR with country profiles and timelines, eyewitness accounts of the collapse of...

A transcription of a lecture given at the University of Glasgow about literature and the availability of it in Czechoslovakia during the Communist reign. It briefly mentions specific authors and the scarcity of publishing houses.

Thumbnailed images with explanations of pieces of propaganda created for or by the German Communist Party or the GDR.

This site from the National Portrait Gallery explores presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Dwight D. Eisenhower to see how the Cold War was developing and being handled during his presidency. Find out about the Communist...

Steve Rosenberg looks back at the unpredictable events in Russia in 25 years since communism fell.

Resource provides the definition of Fascism, Nazism, Communism, and Militarism together with comparisons and examples of the regimes and the dictators who assumed absolute power leading up to WW2.

This is a review of Daniel Horowitz's biography of the sixties women's rights activist, Betty Friedan. Published in Salon January 18, 1999.

In February 1950, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had charged that the Department of State knowingly harbored Communists. Hearings on McCarthy's accusations were held under the chairmanship of Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland. The...

Summarizes the capitalist conditions, brought on by the Industrial Revolution, that led to the fostering of the socialist ideas espoused by Karl Marx, and to the writing of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

This site offers information about the People's Republic of China, which was established in 1949, after the victory of the Chinese Communist Party.

Present an impressive overview of pre-Communist through present day China with an outlook towards the future by including some of these resources.