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PRIMARY SOURCES

Beloved Chairman Mao, we are loyal to you forever. 1967. Poster.


Primary Source. Poster of Mao Zedong era China propaganda.
Industrialization Propaganda. poshlo.su. Web. 14 Jan. 2015.
<http://poshlo.su/main/11096-Sovetsko_ukrainskie_plakaty_20_h_godov.html>.
This is a primary source, as it is a real propaganda poster pushing for the
industrialization of the Soviet Union.
Mao Zedong. The Famous People. Web. 14 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/mao-zedong.jpg>.
Photo of Mao Zedong. Illustration of a modern leader of communism.
Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. 1848. Print.
The communist manifesto is the book Marx wrote in order to publish the idea of
Marxism. It is a primary source that was very helpful to us in understanding his
ideas and talking about how his ideas were viewed compared to what they actually
were.
Marx, Karl. Das Kapital. Verlag von Otto Meisner, 1867. Print.
This is a primary source, as it is a book written by Karl Marx in which he talked
about political economics, such as capitalism, creation and distribution of
commodities, and the structure of a capitalist society. We used this to help
understand Marxs motivations, and his ideals.
Stalin Propaganda. flickr. Web. 14 Jan. 2015. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/xray_delta_one/3813607388/?rb=1>.

This is a primary source, as it is a real propaganda poster from a the communist


country of the Former Soviet Union.
Vladimir Lenin. pikabu.ru. Web. 14 Jan. 2015.
<http://pikabu.ru/story/zato_poryadok_byil_2100907>.
This is a primary source, since it is a headshot of a leader that adopted the legacy of
Marxism.

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