2006-08-14 02:53:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
It definately started with Marx.
2006-08-14 05:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by TB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socialism in Britain arose out of the fact that workers were oppressed, exploited etc. (early 1900's onward). Trade Unions were set up to try and improve conditions. I would say that from the 1970's onward the pendulum had swung too far the other way, with outrageous exploitative behaviour by the Trade Unions. Increasingly, Traditional Socialism has become an anachronism, past its sell by date and not needed. New Labour, although it still embraces the 'old left', has become a radical, if not revolutionery party, which is attacking traditions and replacing it with a woolly 'modernism', whatever that is.
2006-08-15 07:13:00 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The crisis of socialism was a questionaing of the viability of crucial socialist principles that began after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, at least according to some authors.
2006-08-14 10:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by forbidden_planet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reagan to Gorbachov:
"Mr. Gorbachov: Tear down that wall"
It fell in 1989.
The Cold War was over
2006-08-14 20:02:07 · answer #4 · answered by spyblitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell, I'd like to tell you but I'm fixing this scenery. Library's a good place to start.
2006-08-14 10:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋