How Socialism Came to Canada as an American Import

Damn Yankees!

Like the Free State Project in reverse, in the early 1900's American farmers' organizations headed north with their socialist politics, leading to the creation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.) which swept provincial elections in Saskatchewan in 1944 to become the first socialist government in North America. In 1961 the C.C.F. became the New Democratic Party (NDP) which still exists in the modern day.

This sample clip is from the film "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism" which explores Socialism's meteoric rise and spectacular fall in a three-hour PBS documentary miniseries. The film traces socialism's evolution through a series of compelling profiles of the movement's most important figures: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Eduard Bernstein, Samuel Gompers, Clement Attlee, Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, Deng Xiaoping, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair and the man who first coined the term "socialism," Robert Owen.

A summary of the chapters within the 3 hours:

HOUR 1: THE RISE

ROBERT OWEN & UTOPIAN SOCIALISM IN NEW HARMONY INDIANA
In 1825 a progressive British industrialist travels to America to create a utopian community. Owen believes that abolishing private property will liberate mankind.

MARX AND ENGELS: BIRTH OF A MANIFESTO
Two young Germans forge a friendship that gives birth to the Communist Manifesto. Their analysis of history as a struggle between classes and their prophecy of the inevitable overthrow of capitalism define the movement.

EDUARD BERNSTEIN & A CRISIS OF FAITH
At the end of the 19th century, the intellectual heir of Marxism tries to reconcile the prediction of labor's revolt with the reality of improved working conditions. The movement splits, Communism and Social Democracy part ways.

LENIN & THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION
Vladimir Lenin responds to Bernstein's critique by igniting a violent revolution and creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

SAMUEL GOMPERS & AMERICAN LABOR
While Europe faces revolution, American workers are organized by a former cigar-maker. Gompers rejects socialism and helps give birth to the American Federation of Labor.

CANADIAN SOCIALISM
See above.


HOUR 2: REVOLUTIONS

MUSSOLINI & FASCISM
Inspired by Lenin's Russian revolution, Italy's Benito Mussolini embraces socialism and joins forces with Adolf Hitler to create National Socialism, or fascism.

CHINA & THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM
Following World War II, Mao Zedong reforms China through nationalized industry, collectivized agriculture and complete state control over every aspect of daily life.

CLEMENT ATTLEE & SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
In Britain, a different kind of socialism takes hold after the Second World War, democratic socialism. Attlee's Labour Party creates a comprehensive social welfare system and nationalizes major British industries.

THE KIBBUTZ
The Zionist movement in Israel creates collective socialist villages called kibbutzim. Residents of Kibbutz Ginosar describe the early years of this communal experiment.

JULIUS NYERERE & THIRD WORLD SOCIALISM
With the end of British colonial rule, Julius "Mwalimu" Nyerere turns to socialism to reshape Tanzania. He blends the teachings of Marx with African traditions to create what is heralded as the developing world's alternative to Soviet-style communism.

GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1970s
Economic stagnation challenges the Labour Party's hold on British politics and opens the door for Margaret Thatcher's conservative government.

THE KIBBUTZ PART II
As the second generation comes of age on the kibbutz, these socialist communities gradually move away from collectivism.

TANZANIA'S UJAMAA VILLAGES
Impatient with the lack of socialist progress, Nyerere begins to force Tanzanian's to adopt his vision of the ideal collective society.


HOUR 3: THE COLLAPSE

GORBACHEV & REFORM
Mikhail Gorbachev confronts the violent past of Stalinism, but his efforts to bring a new openness to Soviet life have unintended consequences.

DENG XIAOPING & MODERNIZATION
In the 1980s, Deng de-collectivizes the communes that formed the soul of the Chinese Communist revolution. His reforms look suspiciously like capitalism.

GORBACHEV & REVOLUTION
Gorbachev's efforts to reform socialism in the Soviet Union unleash forces that unravel the State's control and lead to a complete transformation of the Communist world.

TONY BLAIR & NEW LABOUR
Blair transforms Attlee's socialist Labour Party into "the party of business."

THE FUTURE OF SOCIALISM
Socialists and capitalists debate the impact of the collapse of communism and the political reversals of Social Democratic parties across Europe. Some ask whether the very definition of socialism is changing.

THE KIBBUTZ PART III
Residents of Kibbutz Ginosar observe how market forces are transforming their community.


For more information or to purchase the DVD or companion book, visit: http://www.pbs.org/heavenonearth/

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[CelticAngloPress]

@Zalbeon

The Americas are two continents, Canada and America are two seperate nations, cultures, seperate history, couldn't be more different if you tried.

Ones a Republic, the others a Constitutional Monarchy, both with their own ethnic/religious/national identitys and make-ups.

So no...Canada is not 'in' America...Americans just got lazy and named themselves after the continent one would suppose.

Both share the same fate and future chaos though, called third world immigration. :)

[Zalbeon]

@CelticAngloPress But Canada is not in America? I saw a map of the continent and it looks like Canada is part of America, as well as Colombia, Argentina or the US

[CelticAngloPress]

Also the CCF was the invention of Thomas Clement Douglas, Americans did fuck all, this is simply more Kike propaganda trying to convert America toward Marxist brand of Socialism.

Fact is after Tommy's death, they destroyed socialism in Canada and now the nation used it as a stepping stone to ethnically cleans the population, stock, whom founded the nation via third world immigration and welfare state benefits and went on toe destroy the educational centres and healthcare.

[CelticAngloPress]

@Zalbeon

Actually both are seperate, however both are the same in the sense that they are being ethnically cleansed of the British/French people whom founded their nations.

And already bankrupted and third wrold nations with third world populations.

As for socialism being a "American" important, their was no America then, their was the colony's and the Catholics stayed loyal to the crown and went north where the southern protestant rebeled.

Both however are dead third world nations

[Zalbeon]

Canadá is not in America? Where is Canada? In Asia, Europe, Asia or Oceania? Why they talk about "Canada" and "America"????

[trident343lives]

Pretty good Slanted propaganda this video is. Who the hell would want to give Healthcare to the poor? What a horrible idea!

[fizzypopism]

But wasn't socialism a European import to America?

[MsTsarbomba]

Dont know where its roots came from or whether it was an import from American but Canada is absolutely fucked up and Drab whether too and I would never go back there

[Eldeecue]

Give it back, Canada!

[JagjeetMann]

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