Chapter 22- The Rise and Fall of World Communism

For Friday's assignment is to read Collapse by Jared Diamond....which I will read later tonight and tomorrow afternoon (going to read half of the printed copy). In my midterm blog I mention how I am going to blog during my spring break. Being lazy and wanting break from school assignments, I didn't blog on Chapter 19 and 22. Late night I post CHAPTER 19, as promise Chapter 22 is for today.When I heard the word "communism" different figures come up in my mind; Karl Marx to Fidel Castro.

I found really interesting that communist feminism, the roots of this move was in Russia, a small group of women took shape in pre-world war 1 "the new communist government almost immediately issued a series of laws and decrees regarding women" (Strayer,p.669). A lot of rights were given to women; political equality to not taking the last name of their husbands. It was a huge change in Russia, that I bet it got the attention all over Europe to the States. A organization was created in 1919 called "Zhenotdel (Women's Department), all women and radical leaders, promoted a "feminist agenda in the 1920s." These women would promote their beliefs everywhere that their voices can be heard. Unfortunately, Stalin got rid of the Zhenotdel in the 1930. It's a fact that the men who were communist and weren't didn't like the idea of women having a voice in society. But, it was a great risk they all took, but at least women rights were given to all women, to have a choice, that others didn't have during that time. In China, the women seem to have heard the news of communism feminism, but it was unheard of to act that way. It took Chinese women at least 50 years to finally have a voice and encourage their women to have more rights. The slogan was "Women Can Do Anything" (Strayer, p.670).

Sadly, the limits of women being able to speak out during the communism era wasn't as fair. Even, men who are communists didn't like the women being part of the movement, it was a men ideas. Sorry for the blog being short this week, I am doing other assignments at are due next week. By, next week I can have longer blogs about whatever chapter is next.

-KMR