Modern History Project • The Spread of Communism

• The Spread of Communism

The origin and worldwide spread of Communism

The Origins of Communism

Socialist and communist experiments during the 1700s and 1800s

Marx, Engels and the Socialist International

Karl Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and the rise of Socialism in Europe

Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik Revolution

The Soviet Union is formed with the financial support of the Western oligarchs

Stalin and Western Support of the Soviet Union

Stalin takes power, the Soviets fight the Nazis, and the bankers control both sides

Communist Revolutions in China and Asia

Communists allowed to take over China, Korea, South Asia and Vietnam

Communist Revolution in Cuba

Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba with U.S. support, leading to a showdown with the Soviets

Communism and Racial Tension

Promoting racial tension to destabilize American society

The Soviet Challenge to America

Soviet rhetoric, subversion, military preparation, and deception