Communism + Socialism
By Farwa,Tommy, Jessie
Karl Marx
Father of Communism
Capitalism
Capitalists VS. Proletariats
Communism / Socialism
“Between capitalist and
communist society there lies the
period of the revolutionary
transformation of the one into
the other. Corresponding to
this is also a political transition
period in which the state can be
nothing but the revolutionary
dictatorship of the proletariat.”
In Canada, after the WWI…
• Created in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta
•It was created by a number of socialists, farm, corporative and labor groups, and
the league for social reconstruction
• It aimed to lessen the great depression through public corporation and social
reform
• In 1933, the party went to Regina where they elected James Shaver Woodsworth
as its first president
• The party set out its goals when they adopted the Regina Manifesto. One of their
goals were to create a mixed economy by Nationalization
• They planned Nationalization of key industries and establishing a Welfare State
• It would include: universal pensions, health and welfare insurance, children's
allowances, unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and similar
programs
J.S Woodsworth
•
It gained support from Ontario, British Colombia and Saskatchewan
and triumphed the election of a CCF government in Saskatchewan in
1944
•
The pressure from the CCF encouraged Mackenzie King’s Liberal
government to provide social welfare measures
•
The party leaders:
i.
J.S Woodsworth - August 1, 1932 - March 21, 1942
ii.
Major Coldwell - March 22, 1942 - August 10, 1960
iii.
Hazen Argue - August 11, 1960 - August 2, 1961
•
Unfortunately, during the cold war the CCF was accused of having
communist, dictatorial leadings
•
The party addressed these accusation in 1956 by replacing the
Regina Manifesto document with the “Winnipeg Declaration”
•
The party did very weakly in the election of 1958. It won only eight
seats
• The background is the flag for ‘the red scare’ where the
hammer and the sickle symbolize the unification of the
workers and the peasants.
• The star represents the communist party
• The First red scare took place in 1917-1920, and was
marked by a widespread fear of anarchism and
communism
• Tensions were elevated due to violence by various groups
inspired by the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and the
ensuing Russian Civil War
• In 1919, a plot was set up to send 36 bombs to a variety of
places. On June 2nd, bombs exploded in eight different
cities within the same hour
•The common view was that communists were planning to
overthrow democracy.
• The ‘Red scare’ was the threat against the capitalists
One Big Union (OBU)
 A movement
 unite all wage workers in one union
 formed on a class basis instead of a basis of
craft or industry
 Took place in Calgary in March, 1919
 Canadian governments espoused in economic
progress and the values of industrial capitalism
 A wave of radicalism swept across the labor
movement of Western Canada
 Caused Winnipeg General Strike
Winnipeg General Strike
 Started from 15 May, 1919
 Negotiations broke down between management
and labor
 Almost 30 000 workers joined it
 Arrested 10 leaders of the committee and 2 June 17
propagandists from the newly formed OBU
 A charge by Royal North-West Mounted Police
into a crowd of strikers resulted in 30 casualties
June 21
 Ended in 25 June 1919
Photo of Winnipeg General
Strike
Marchers in support
of Winnipeg Strike
leaders leaving
Market Square,
passing City Hall
Royal North-West
Mounted Police
One of the strike
leaders, Bray, R.E.
Formation of
On To Ottawa Trek
• - In the 1929-39 there were many fierce battles, one
highlight was the general strike of young unemployed
single men in work camps located in British Columbia
(Canada’s west coast)
• - They received 20 cents a day for 6 and half days a week
• - They left the camps and congregated to Vancouver
• - After 2 months of unsuccessful struggle they took their
case direct to Ottawa, the nations capital 3000 miles to the
east
- This is how the On To Ottawa Trek was formed
What Is The
On To Ottawa Trek
• - The journey began on June 3
• - The rode railway freight cars across
mountains and prairies
• - They reached Regina, only half way through
• - They were stopped by RCMP (Royal
Canadian Mountain Police)
- One month later the strike was brutally
smashed (July 1st) during a police-inspired riot
and its leaders arrested
After the
On To Ottawa Trek
- - This strike and trip captured many
Canadian hearts and minds
- - A few months after wards when the
federal elections came around the prime
minister R.B. “Iron Heel” Bennet went
down to resounding defeat
- The new liberal government felt
compelled to abolish the camps
William Aberhart
“Bible Bill”
• William Aberhart was also known as “Bible
Bill” for his religious preaching,
• Aberhart became interested in politics during the Great
Depression
• He was interested in the “social credit” theories of
Major C.H Douglas, a Scottish engineer.
• From 1932 to 1935, Aberhart lobbied for the governing
political party, the United Farmers of Alberta, to
discuss these theories
• The meaning of social credit is that the difference in
production cost and individuals' purchasing power
should be attached through government grants.
Social Credit Party of
Alberta
• William Aberhart established the Social Credit
Party of Alberta in 1935
• He promised each citizen a “prosperity
certificate” of $25 a month to buy necessities
• His government was not able to apply most of
their rules, because the social credit concept
relied on control of the money supply and of the
banks, both of which were the responsibility of
the federal government of Canada
• Social Credit remained in power in the province
until the1971 election
• 1971 election was won by, The Progressive
Conservative Party
• Election of 1940 Aberharts government was
re-elected
• This time they had a little more control in the
province's financial industry by creating the
Alberta Treasury Branches in 1938
A very inspiring and well known
man
• In 1925 he had his own radio program called,
voice of the prairies, its where he would talk of
his prophetic messages to listeners across the
prairie
• Some viewed him as a gift from god, but some
viewed him as a voice of evil
• Aberhart died unexpectedly on May 23,1943,
during a visit to Vancouver,British Columbia
CANDY
Who is the creator of
communism?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Karl Marx
Mark Marx
Mary Marx
Tommy Marx
Who is the creator of
communism?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Karl Marx
Mark Marx
Mary Marx
Tommy Marx
Capitalism emphasizes private
ownership. What does communism
emphasize?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Government ownership
Public ownership
National ownership
International ownership
Capitalism emphasizes private
ownership. What does communism
emphasize?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Government ownership
Public ownership
National ownership
International ownership
Socialism believes in evolution.
What does communism believe in?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Constitution
Monarchy
Revolution
None of the above
Socialism believes in evolution.
What does communism believe in?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Constitution
Monarchy
Revolution
None of the above
Who formed One Big Union?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Industrialists
Workers
Communists
Soldiers
Who formed One Big Union?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Industrialists
Workers
Communists
Soldiers
On communism’s red flag, what
do the hammer and the sickle
symbolize?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dictator & Government
Communists & Socialists
Workers and Peasants
Classless society
On communism’s red flag, what
do the hammer and the sickle
symbolize?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dictator & Government
Communists & Socialists
Workers and Peasants
Classless society
What does CCF stand for?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Christian Children’s Fund
Canadian Communist Foundation
Co-op Course (not very) Fun
What does CCF stand for?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Christian Children’s Fund
Canadian Communist Foundation
Co-op Course (not very) Fun
Where were the strikers stopped
during On To Ottawa Trek?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Regina
Where were the strikers stopped
during On To Ottawa Trek?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Regina
When did On To Ottawa Trek
start and end in 1935?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sep. 2 ~ Dec. 1
March 4 ~ Oct. 4
June 3 ~ July 1
April 7 ~ May 17
When did On To Ottawa Trek
start and end in 1935?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sep. 2 ~ Dec. 1
March 4 ~ Oct. 4
June 3 ~ July 1
April 7 ~ May 17
Where was William Aberhart born?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Kippen, Ontario
Seaforth, Ontario
Zurich, Ontario
Hay, Ontario
Where was William Aberhart born?
CANDY
A.
B.
C.
D.
Kippen, Ontario
Seaforth, Ontario
Zurich, Ontario
Hay, Ontario
William Aberhart
Video
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