Unstable utopias. Global spread of socialism

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At the end of the 19th century, socialism was an idyllic dream among intellectuals. Sixty years later it had become a reality for much of the world. This program describes the expansion of socialist and Communist rule into Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and western Europe-showing the weaknesses that developed in the practice of socialism even as it reached the apex of its popularity. Documenting the ascendancy of Clement Atlee in Britain and the challenges of democratic socialism, the program also surveys Mao's brutal reign in China, Julius Nyerere's slide into dictatorship in Tanzania, and a problematic socialist experiment in Israel.

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58 min

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Date of Publication

[2007], c2005

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Films on Demand

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