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- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Socialism_Capitalism_and_Alternatives_(Duncan_and_Schimpfossl)/1%3A_IntroductionIn Russia and Ukraine, businessmen with close connections to the state created private banks and bought much of the state-owned oil, gas and metals assets cheaply, creating a class of 'oligarchs'. In ...In Russia and Ukraine, businessmen with close connections to the state created private banks and bought much of the state-owned oil, gas and metals assets cheaply, creating a class of 'oligarchs'. In Russia, from 2000 onwards, Putin moved against some of these oligarchs to deprive them of their influence on the media and to increase the role of the state in the ownership and control of the economy, to the benefit of his former KGB colleagues, other personal cronies and himself.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Socialism_Capitalism_and_Alternatives_(Duncan_and_Schimpfossl)/4%3A_Part_III_-_Alternatives_in_the_West/9%3A_Political_alternatives_on_the_Western_Left%3A_Podemos_Syriza_Sanders_and_CorbynConcerning the historical memory of the new movements, it was important that both Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos (born in 1978), and Alexis Tsipras (born in 1974), who became the leader of Syri...Concerning the historical memory of the new movements, it was important that both Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos (born in 1978), and Alexis Tsipras (born in 1974), who became the leader of Syriza, began their political careers within the Moscow-oriented communist movement, in the youth organisations of the Eurocommunist Spanish Communist Party (PCE) and the more traditional, vanguardist Greek Communist Party (KKE), respectively.
- https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Political_Science_and_Civics/Socialism_Capitalism_and_Alternatives_(Duncan_and_Schimpfossl)/5%3A_ConclusionRevolving around China and the West, the alternatives raised in Parts Two and Three of the book also have relevance for the rest of the world, including the former Soviet bloc and the global South. In...Revolving around China and the West, the alternatives raised in Parts Two and Three of the book also have relevance for the rest of the world, including the former Soviet bloc and the global South. In classic populist style, while they pretend to represent the interests of the people against the elite and the establishment, in reality they seek to stir up conflict and splits within the population on the basis of identity and ethnicity.
