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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * People's democracy (Marxism–Leninism)


 * Article Evaluation
 * Large sections of the article lack any citations. The article also draws from one source.


 * Sources
 * https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1950/05/peoples-democracy.htm
 * Rosa, Ruth Amende (1949-07). "The Soviet Theory of "People's Democracy"". World Politics. 1 (4): 489–510. doi:10.2307/2008834. ISSN 0043-8871.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Deformed workers' state


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article is about a Trotskyist theory, yet uses no sources from Trotsky, and only uses one source for the entire article.


 * Sources
 * https://www.marxist.com/theory-deformed-workers-states.htm

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Barracks Communism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article does a good job of explaining the Marxist Formulation of the term, however, it lacks explanation about what it means in the Soviet historiographical context.


 * Sources
 * http://web.stanford.edu/~gfreidin/Publications/columns/how_communist.htm

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Sewer Socialism


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article fails to adress legacy of municipalities where so-called "Sewer Socialists" were elected


 * Sources
 * http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/legacy-milwaukees-redlining-continues-shape-racial-segregation/

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Anti-austerity movement


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is well written, however, the only specific example it cites is Ireland, and lacks other examples.


 * Sources
 * https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0001699315605622?journalCode=asja