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Chapter 2 Global wave – The end of
colonial era and the emerging two super powers (14)
052 Arab world having no credit for ideology (2/3)
Despite the suppression by Western
countries especially by the United States, communist governments were born
around the world. However, communism got few powers in the Middle East except
two countries. One was in Iran by Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh and Tudeh
Party during 1951 and 1952. Prime Minister Mossadegh nationalized the oil
industries, but the government was fallen down shortly by the
anti-revolutionary coup of the Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Another one was in
Yemen where People’s Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) became independent in 1967.
But it was integrated with Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) in 1990.
Industrial Revolution which was
started in Europe in 18th century segregated capitalists from
workers. Social discrepancy has widened between capitalists who monopolize
production means and workers who have only labor force. The workers group stood
up against the capitalist armed with socialism and communism ideology. There is
a famous passage at the beginning of The Communist Manifest written by Carl
Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. It says "A ghost is haunting Europe –
the ghost of communism”. In the 20th century, communism became a real regime,
not as a virtual ghost.
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(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)
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