Communism

https://www.worldatlas.com/which-countries-are-still-communist.html Apr 12, 2021 "Communist countries of the world. There are now just 5 communist countries left in the world: China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Laos. China has the largest communist party in the world. At one time, all of Eastern Europe was controlled by communist regimes. All currently communist countries have introduced capitalist market reforms into their economies. In all communist countries, the country's national communist party has a monopoly on power, and does not tolerate challenges to its rule." WorldAtlas

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57303592 May 31, 2021 "China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in cities has deterred many Chinese couples. The latest move was approved by President Xi Jinping at a meeting of top Communist Party officials." BBC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBQvKXIDiuc May 18, 2020 On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivers a speech that electrifies a crowd gathered in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. The crowd roars with approval upon hearing the President's dramatic pronouncement, "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner). NBC News Learn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch5eYO3pePg Apr 17, 2024 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1264 on the 63rd anniversary of the “Bay of Pigs” which will now require Florida public schools to educate students on the history and “evil accuracies” of communism and socialism. WPLG Local 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fhNIEycHcI Oct 20, 2015 William Morgan held out hope that the Cuban revolution would follow through on the ideals he had fought for. But more and more he saw things he didn't like or agree with: former comrades being arrested for speaking out against the government, the nationalization of newspapers and banks, jails filling up with prisoners. "American Comandante" premieres Nov. 17 at 9/8c on PBS American Experience. American Experience | PBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mUZRP-fpo Oct 26, 2015 In Cuba, cab drivers are the one percent. Cuba’s economy works as a central planning model, where government ministries dole out resources and set everything from prices to inventories to salaries. The fact that a taxi driver can make so much more than a physician is a reflection of the Cuban government’s heavy focus on tourism. For years, the central planning apparatus has valued tourism as a key mechanism for both bringing in revenue as well as propagating the idea that Cuba is thriving. Many pesos are collected by the high prices on everything related to the tourism industry. Vox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbfS99N6jY&t Mar 19, 2019 In 1990, Moscow got a McDonald's restaurant. Inside, customers lined up again for Big Macs, fries and shakes. The reviews were mixed. One man felt the food itself was wanting, while some wanted more. One woman, speaking in Russian, confessed to not knowing what it was she ate. But she did pronounce it "unusual and delicious," adding that "we need more of these places, there's nothing in our stores or restaurants." But the revelation of the cost of a meal under the arches was not a happy one for some. At the price of half a day's average wages, the cost of trying out this new style of food was steep. Outside the city, some of the $50 million spent by McDonald's went to build a processing plant dedicated to turning out 14,000 buns per hour, and where 3,000 tons of potatoes per day became fries and 10,000 patties per hour were made and frozen. ➤ Read more on CBC Digital Archives: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/when-a-canadian-brought-mcdonald-s-fast-food-to-moscow-1.4980247 CBC