Historical Background To "Animal Farm"

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of the worl unite!" he wrote. "You have nothing to
lose but your chains."

Another thing Marx taught was that organized religion, the churches,
help capitalists to keep the workers quiet and obedient. Religion,
according to Mar 'the opiate of the masses'. The church tells working
people to forget about th injustice they meet in their lives and to think
instead of how wonderful it wi in the after- life when they go to heaven.

Marx, with his colleague, Engels, spread his ideas in two famous books,
Capital' and 'The Communist Manifesto'.

In the early years of the twentieth century, Russia was ready for the
ide Marx. The Russian people were extremely discontented with their ruler,
Tsar Nicholas II, who had little interest in governing and was neglecting
the count badly. Making conditions even more miserable for the people were
the hardships the First World War and a particularly cold winter.

By 1917, the Russian people were desperate enough to accept a
revolution. ...

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