What is Communism?

A Simple Lesson
 What is Communism?
• This is the symbol of
Communism – The
Hammer and the
Sickle
Hammer for
the
Workers

Sickle for the

Peasants – the
farm labourers

Who are these blokes?

 What is Communism?
‘Those Blokes’ wrote the ‘Communist Manifesto’
in 1847. It’s a short book – but billions of
people have read it….

This is Karl Marx, the ‘Father of This is his good friend,

Communism’. People who believe Frederick Engels.
in his ideas are called ‘Marxists’
 What is Communism?
• Marx and Engels studied the history of the world’s economies.
• This means the way that power, industry and finance are controlled.
• They saw the way countries developed in stages.
Communism

Socialism

Capitalism

Feudalism Explain these please!

Primitive
Communism
 What is Communism?

This is how humans first lived together – in small

tribes. Primitive means ‘not very advanced’ e.g.
hunting and gathering. Communism means that
everything was shared amongst the tribe – food,
Primitive jobs, belongings. No-one owned land. Eventually a
Communism group comes to power – this leads to Feudalism…
 What is Communism?
Under feudalism, a
He gives land
king or emperor or
and privileges
chief becomes the
to ‘nobles’ who
ruler over all the
rule the people
people.
for him.

The people
are kept
uneducated
Feudalism and told that As trade develops,
god chose some people get
the king to richer. This leads to
rule. The Capitalism…..
Primitive church helps
Communism the king this
way.
 What is Communism?

The
capitalists
get more
power to
serve
The business
their own
owners or
interests.
capitalists get Capitalism
richer while
the workers do
all the hard
Feudalism Capitalism creates a huge working-
work.
class of people who soon get angry
at the way they are treated. They
organise in unions and demand
changes. This will lead to a
revolution and Socialism…
 What is Communism?
The workers Because nothing is
take control of made for profit, all
the country to people benefit from
produce things education and health.
for everyone.
Socialism These ideas
spread across
the world to
create
Capitalism Communism….

In the Socialist
revolution all the rulers –
kings, churches,
capitalists are got rid of.
 What is Communism?
The remaining capitalists
put up a bitter fight, but
the will of the people will Communism
always win.

Socialism

As everyone now works together, All human activity

war is a thing of the past – goes towards
armies are not needed. Sharing benefiting each
means no police are needed. other – allowing all
Everything is provided by the to live their lives to
people – so money becomes a the full.