PRAVDA

The Propoganda Machine of Communism **
 * //PRAVDA // 


 * __A Brief History of PRAVDA __**
 * PRAVDA was a newspaper started by Leon Trotsky in 1912
 * Pravda has withstood many incredible hardships and harassments and consolidated its positions through the support of the working class.
 * After the overthrow of Czar Nicholas II, the PRAVDA kicked into high gear and was selling almost 100,000 copies daily
 * Two types of PRAVDA: Trotsky's and the Bolshevik's, Trotsky's was the earlier version and headed by leon Trotsky, after Lenin took over he became the chief editor and the paper became known as the "Bolshevik's PRAVDA"
 * PRAVDA became the mouth of the Communist Party after Vladimir Lenin began exercising broad editing powers
 * The Communist party was able to spread it's influence and distort facts about the country and outside world because it alone had complete control over the paper
 * PRAVDA was used mainly to gather public support for Communist policies and condem any who opposed the party

__**Paralles Between "Animal Farm" **__
 * In the novel, PRAVDA represents the pig **Squealer** and the **Pigeons**


 * **__PRAVDA__** || __**Squealer & Pigeons**__ ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Circulated to far corners of the Soviet Union to gain support for Communism || <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Pigeons were sent to other farms to spread the beliefs of Animalism ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Stated that the government was supreme and that many of the governments policies were for the best || <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Squealer would convince the other animals that anything Napoleon said was right and that he always look out for the farm ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- The paper would often criticize and villainize any opposition to the government and would justify harsh actions such as exile || <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Squealer would tell the animals about how Snowball is sabotaging the farm to explain anything bad that happens, he also reassures the animals about the executions ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- The paper would often distort party ideals in order to make the government seem as though it was doing the right thing all along even when it would stray from original party beliefs || <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">- Squealer would change the Seven Commandments in order to allow the pigs to do what they wanted without technically "breaking the rules" ||

__ **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Useful Quotes From "Animal Farm" **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> __ <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font: 110% 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">  "Everyday Snowball and Napoleon...//Beasts of England//" (54) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "Suppose you had decided...no better than a criminal" (69) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "The animals were not certain...accepted his explanation without further question" (72) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "He assured them that the resolution...lies circulated by Snowball" (77) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "They had thought...drink alcohol to excess' " (113) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "Once again all rations...principles of Animalism" (115) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "Reading out the figures...suffered less from fleas" (115) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "Some of the animals...any animal could be so stupid" (125) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· "There was nothing there... ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" (133)  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 132%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoFareastFontFamily;">

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 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">For More Background Infromation on PRAVDA __**

Global Oneness, (n.d.), //Pravda- Origins// Retrieved November 8, 2009 from @http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/pravda_-_origins/id/5390708
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">Bibliography __**

Wallechinsky, David and Wallace, Irving, (1976-1981), //History of International Newspapers: Pravda in Russia// Retrived November 11, 2009 from []