Potencial Exam Question

List and explain the working class political movements in the 2nd half of the 19th century.

It were:

  Marxism & Anarchism

-The emergence of new left-wing ideologies.

-These ideologies promoted the interests of the working class, as well as...

-Offering alternatives

-The most important of theses ideologies were Marxism and Anarchism.

Marxism (developed by Karl Marx and Friederich Engels)

-Class struggle: the oppressed proletariat would organize itself and fight its capitalist oppressor.

-The dictatorship of the proletariat: the proletariat would seize political power.

-Communism: there would be a new communist society.

Anarchism ('s father was Mikhail Bakunin)

-Individual freedom: People had to fight to defend their freedom.

-Communes: Small, independent groups in which all decisions would be taken by popular assemblies.

-Direct Action: People had to defend their interests through their own actions

Inés González 4º ESO C