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Women and Marxism
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Theory
Theory 2
100
Which revolution in Latin America in 1959 led to the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime?
The Cuban Revolution
100
What event in 1989 symbolized the end of Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe and the beginning of the collapse of Marxist-Leninist states?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
100
Which Marxist revolutionary was a key figure in the German Communist Party and co-founded the Spartacus League?
Rosa Luxemburg
100
"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
100
According to Marx, what is the central dynamic that drives historical change?
Class Strugle
100
The tern for the process by which the capitalist class extracts surplus value from the labor of the working class.
Exploitation
200
Which African country was formerly known as Upper Volta before its name change during the revolution led by Thomas Sankara?
Burkina Faso
200
What slogan did the Bolsheviks adopt during the October Revolution?
"Peace, Land and Bread"
200
Who was the founder of International Women's Day and a leader in the German Social Democratic Party?
Clara Zetkin
200
“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
Lenin, State and Revolution
200
What is the term for the stage of social development predicted by Marx where the state withers away and class divisions disappear?
Comunism!
200
Trotsky criticized Stalin's "Revolution in One Country," claiming only a __________ revolution would overthrow Capitalism's international nature.
Global
300
Which communist-led group in Vietnam successfully defeated the United States and its allies in the Vietnam War?
Viet Cong (National Liberation Front)
300
What were the name of the Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922
Bolshevik; Red Army
Anti- Bolshevik; White Army
300
Who was the Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first woman to become a member of the Bolshevik Central Committee?
Alexandra Kollontai
300
“The historical crisis of mankind is reduced to the crisis of the revolutionary leadership.”
Leon Trotsky, 1938
300
What is the methodological approach in Marxism that views societal changes as driven by contradictions?
Dialectical Materialism
300
What term refers to the awareness of one's social and economic position and interests within the class structure, particularly among the proletariat, leading to collective action.
Class Conciousness
400
What was the name of the revolutionary socialist government that briefly controlled the French capital in 1871?
The Paris Commune
400
Which African country gained independence in 1975 and later became a socialist state under the leadership of Samora Machel and then Joaquim Chissano?
Mozambique
400
Which Black Panther Party member escaped to Cuba, where she was given political asylum after being wrongfully imprisoned?
Assata Shakur
400
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism."
Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution
400
What term do Marxists use to refer to the the physical and non-human inputs used in the production of goods and services, such as factories, machinery, and raw materials.
The 'Means of Production'
400
According to Trotsky, what are the immediate, concrete demands that bridge the gap between workers' current consciousness and the necessity of socialist revolution?
Transitional Demands
500
The February Revolution of 2017 in Russia was, according to Trotsky, "inaugurated" by what event?
Meetings and Actions related to International Women's Day.
500
What temporary retreat from full socialism, allowing for some private enterprise and market mechanisms to revive the Soviet economy, was instituted by Lenin in 1921.
The New Economic Policy
500
Which Cuban Marxist revolutionary was a close collaborator of Fidel Castro and played a key role in the Cuban Revolution?
Celia Sanchez
500
"The ultimate cause of all divorces is, perhaps, the fact that the marriage relation is in no sense a natural one, but is artificially created and maintained."
Engles; Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State
500
Which marxist theory claims that the value of a commodity is determined by the amount of socially necessary labor time required to produce it.
The 'Labour theory of Value'
500
A marxist term that describes feeling of separation and powerlessness that workers experience due to their lack of control over the products of their labor and their own working conditions.
Alienation