COMMUNISM

A GIANT WITH FEET OF CLAY

You could say that the Russian revolution was the highlight of the communist movement emerged in Europe during the French Revolution.

But the question is, what is it that there was communism in Russia and its satellite countries? Can we say that china is a communist country?, And the Cuban regime is communist? Could say that revolutions in these countries were communists and their leaders were also in favour of creating a communist society, but when it came to power and stopped the process broke down the dreams of creating a just and egalitarian society, either by external factors or by the greed of their leaders the reality is that not we have come to see never a communist society in full operation, if it could be said that as close to this type of society, collectively and was mainly in Catalonia and Aragon during the Spanish civil war, although these were dissolved in 1937 by the army of the republic.

We can say that communism is an ideological stream that advocates the elimination of social classes in order to create a society with a single class, self-reliant, which is supplying itself and living in peace and harmony wherever the first being treated attempt to create a communist society in Europe was in revolutionary France, between 1795 and 1796, called this "conspiracy of equals" and extols real equality of men who appeared in "the declaration of the rights of man and citizen of 1789 "among its leaders can find Francois-Noel Babeuf, who advocated the abolition of private property and the right to inherit land, was also a strong supporter of the collectivization of land Babeuf is considered one of the first theoreticians of communism as well as a pre anarchist.

The conspiracy of the same failed, however, this school of thought combined with other social economic and political factors, leading to Marxism embodied in the communist manifesto of 1848.

The communist manifestó, written by Marks and Engels, was published in 1848 and represents the cornerstone, around which revolve communism in the subsequent 69 years until the Russian Revolution of 1917, and comes to responding to the emerging working class living in deplorable conditions throughout the industrialized Europe communism is a clear condemnation of capital and capitalist society, which exploits the working class before the passivity of the authorities, for this reason, the manifesto calls between its top abolition of classes social and state to create a just and egalitarian society where there are no classes for this purpose it is necessary to make a revolution, this revolution will lead to the working class to power, and after a period of transition, in which an entity manager revolutionary lead society to the last and final phase of the revolution that is the disappearance of this managing body because society is already self-management.

It is also true that Marks was a visionary who believed that the Communist revolution would spread around the world easily, and this perhaps is the potential error, because no society was now ready for that change so radical that is why communism is not prospered because the construction of a communist society involved the destruction of the existing company to its foundations, and the creation of a single class in which there are no differences.

Communism also flourished within the working class because not all were consistent in how they should make this change and this was evident in the first international congress in 1872, where anarchists were expelled and Anarcho-syndicalism because they were not compliant with the transition period before the elimination of the state.

The need to create an egalitarian society was the driving force behind the changes represented a substantial improvement in the lives of the working class of Europe after a constant struggle, and acosta lives of many workers, even as the communist revolution did not come to consolidate However, the need to create a society like this is the end, the germ destroyer of the company itself, because if we analyze the results of the so-called communist revolutions, all revolutions have stalled in Phase 2, starting the basis that a Communist revolution consists of three distinct phases that would be;

First the revolution,

Secondly the creation of an organ manager revolutionary leading the revolution

Thirdly and finally the last phase, which would be the elimination of the state or the managing body of the revolution because society would have learned to self.

The failure of communism is illustrated by the Russian Revolution of 1917, where the people rose up against the Czar because they lived in a feudal state, where citizens was nothing more than mere instruments of the state, yes there that the revolution succeeded because The change meant the hegemony of the people, the collectivization of land for the benefit of the people, because finally be completed with the privileged classes of society Tsarist, to convert, faits accomplis, the theories of Marks and Engels's Communist manifesto and reach to create such a utopian society, where all were equal and where no one lacks for nothing.

For this the leaders of the revolution, Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin, among others, lead the Russian people through the various stages of Communism described in "Communist Manifesto" of Marks and Engels and this is where is the problem of communism itself said, in the inability of communist leaders moving to phase 3, in which Will will have disappeared from human nature, selfishness, lust for power, the desire for progress of the individual so staff and the desire to live differently? Will be willing to leave the ruling classes of caring for the revolutionary process because it has already reached its zenith?, does mean that they do not exceed mere instruments of the revolution?, does not accept that any longer revered for having led the revolution and become ordinary citizens like everyone else?, and I do not think this was evident after the untimely death Lenin, because at that moment that Stalin took the reins of the revolution, after struggling for power with Trosky, is when this becomes stagnant in final form, and since then, that communism is not progressing toward its third and decisive phase. Moreover, in addition to stall the revolution in Russia, also was devoted to prosecute, so ruthless, those who trumpeted the creation of a more egalitarian society based on communism good proof of this we have it in the assassination of Trotsky or Andreu Nin, among others, the latter founder, along with Juan Andrade of the POUM, (Workers' Party Marxist Unification) a cutting Marxist party, came from the union of the parties BOC (block workers and peasants) and ICE (left Spanish community) in 1935, in Spain, the POUM was against Marxism-Leninism and why their leaders were persecuted by the communist Russian agents abroad, this time from my point of view this is where Russian communism becomes a simple dictatorship.

Other subsequent attempts to create a communist society failed for the same reason that the Russian revolution it did before, since the revolution china or the Cuban revolution, led respectively by Mao Zedong and Fidel Castro by the inability of their leaders go beyond the second phase of the revolution. And that is indeed the main obstacle to communist societies operate, are yearning for progress and improvement of individual persons who have to build these companies, because they will become the parent of revolution from the very moment to assume control of the revolution, will be judges and executioners of the revolution back in where they are, will be revered by some and denostar by others and that in essence is the germ of destructive communist society, creating a class leader who always can put everything into question, the lack of clear and concise deadlines for achieving the goals of the Communist manifesto, the total and absolute conformism of society regarding their status. That's because at heart, communism society preaches single thought and that goes against human nature.

Is it then communism, the solution to the problem of society? I do not think so, not because it is an unworkable idea, but because no society is willing to shoulder the high costs of destroying everything built so far, to quit in the hands of a few elected, the transition towards an egalitarian society, however it must be said that the idea is brilliant, that would be desirable, that society was so self-sufficient, self-government without us go without private ownership , A society where we have everything. An unattainable utopia, that's why I would call to communism as a "giant with feet of clay."

But peaceful society can improve Babeuf said at the end of "the manifesto of the commoners", "Come on, after a thousand years, to change these laws rude!" I say unto you, let us do what is a good start

Antonio Garcia Leal ®

The long and tedious road to the working class in Europe increasingly resembles a setback in the field of rights and freedoms, with increasing clarity is the way that politicians of the European Union wants to highlight the working class of This integrated Europe, but I refer to the evidence.
Based on the complaint made already in the article "The humanitarian crisis in Europe" I can only follow the trail of events that live in old Europe rights framework with initiatives such as increasing the workday from 48 hours per week to a maximum of 65 hours, this represents a harsh blow to the 35-hour day and reconciling family life with working life.
The question is why take such measures?, What can resolver these measures? According to European leaders such measures are to be competitive with products from emerging countries, in many cases where productivity is over workers' rights.
I believe that measures like this the only thing they do is divide the working class more vulnerable to employers, creating cracks between trade unions and workers, distancing views in a society in the economic strangulation to an employee who is charged with debts due to the high cost of living in this society we have created.
That's why I think we have a moral obligation as citizens of Europe not to allow this type of legislation, our heirs children, grandchildren, great grandchildren will not be remembered as the generation that Involución socially without saying anything. We must protest in a peaceful but firm in order to improve society we are creating, do a better tomorrow for all models by creating productive assimilated by third countries that guarantee some basic rights to workers and move towards improving working conditions , Social and productive.
Another clear proof that we are going back guarantees and rights is the new Italian legislation against illegal emigration such laws the only thing it does is check out even more to the already weak third world citizen fleeing hunger and misery of their countries where home is doomed to die of hunger because of some corrupt agents or endless wars that eternizan unresolved.
If they reach Europe, specifically Italy are treated as criminals for having reached an illegal, what ideas we are exporting to third world countries?, What can they think of us?, It is regrettable that this permit kind of legislation in a member country of the European Union, although it was clear that Italy follows in the footsteps leaving the European Union.

In conclusion I would like to refer to the FAO summit where there is neither came to a minimal agreement which is a hard blow to all those who are homeless in third world countries and a long increase in the mortality rate in these countries, this should make us reflect on what we are doing wrong and destructive if this pace is sustainable in the long term or is another clear sign of deterioration in modern societies that should change its priorities in order to achieve global solutions that affect us all if we let die of hunger so that they will be considered outlawed in Italy or the European directives regarding illegal emigration harden, will continue without more coming if we do not provide reasonable solutions from rich countries If not we give them alternatives in their home countries, but there we invest to create better societies. So I hope that later was extended earlier this situation, and the system change.