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

Option 1

 * War Communism
 * This article is relevant to the course as it talks about a specific point in communist history in which the powers of the state were used by the Bolsheviks to deal with civil war. There are several interpretations to the subject, which need to be expanded on. For example, some people view it as an attempt to reach the "transitional stage" of communism, in which state powers were used to essentially eliminate the bourgeois. Others view it as simply an economic policy that was necessitated by war, regardless of the ideology of those who implemented it. The article is written extremely neutrally, partly because there is little information. There is a dearth of citations, as evidenced by the lead section having absolutely no citations. There needs to be expansive citation work. One of the citations themselves comes from a non-reputable source, called netronomics.com. This article does tackle one of wikipedia's equity gaps, as it is an academic article.
 * This article is relevant to the course as it talks about a specific point in communist history in which the powers of the state were used by the Bolsheviks to deal with civil war. There are several interpretations to the subject, which need to be expanded on. For example, some people view it as an attempt to reach the "transitional stage" of communism, in which state powers were used to essentially eliminate the bourgeois. Others view it as simply an economic policy that was necessitated by war, regardless of the ideology of those who implemented it. The article is written extremely neutrally, partly because there is little information. There is a dearth of citations, as evidenced by the lead section having absolutely no citations. There needs to be expansive citation work. One of the citations themselves comes from a non-reputable source, called netronomics.com. This article does tackle one of wikipedia's equity gaps, as it is an academic article.

Patenaude, Bertrand M. 1995. "Peasants into Russians: The Utopian Essence of War Communism." The Russian Review 54 (4) (10): 552. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/peasants-into-russians-utopian-essence-war/docview/211386283/se-2?accountid=14585.

Sokolov, Andrei. 2005. "Before Stalinism: The Defence Industry of Soviet Russia in the 1920s1." Comparative Economic Studies 47 (2) (06): 437-455. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100100. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/before-stalinism-defence-industry-soviet-russia/docview/201688644/se-2?accountid=14585.

Markevich, Andrei and Mark Harrison. 2011. "Great War, Civil War, and Recovery: Russia's National Income, 1913 to 1928." The Journal of Economic History 71 (3) (09): 672-703. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022050711001884. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/great-war-civil-recovery-russias-national-income/docview/889073647/se-2?accountid=14585.

Option 2

 * Anti Communism
 * This article is relevant to the course as it talks about the main response to the rise of communism in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It is written neutrally, but there needs to be expansion on some sections, such as the South America section of anti-communism. Also, it primarily talks about anti-communism post-WW2, but there definitely was anti-communism before then. There is no mention of Islamic relations to anti-communism. There needs to be massive citation work, as the lead section does not contain a single citation. However, the citations that are available seem to come from reputable sources. Further work is needed to analyze the accuracy of the information. The article does tackle one of wikipedia's equity gaps, because it is an academic article. Furthermore, since the topic is so broad, much room is available to add the perspectives of underrepresented groups.
 * This article is relevant to the course as it talks about the main response to the rise of communism in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It is written neutrally, but there needs to be expansion on some sections, such as the South America section of anti-communism. Also, it primarily talks about anti-communism post-WW2, but there definitely was anti-communism before then. There is no mention of Islamic relations to anti-communism. There needs to be massive citation work, as the lead section does not contain a single citation. However, the citations that are available seem to come from reputable sources. Further work is needed to analyze the accuracy of the information. The article does tackle one of wikipedia's equity gaps, because it is an academic article. Furthermore, since the topic is so broad, much room is available to add the perspectives of underrepresented groups.

Hudson, Michael C. 1996. "To Play the Hegemon: Fifty Years of US Policy Toward the Middle East." The Middle East Journal 50 (3) (Summer): 329. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/play-hegemon-fifty-years-us-policy-toward-middle/docview/218490709/se-2?accountid=14585.

Weeks, Gregory. 2018. "0RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2the Feathers of Condor: Transnational State Terrorism, Exiles and Civilian Anticommunism in South America1RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2." Journal of Cold War Studies 20 (4) (Fall): 264-264–266. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_00848. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/i-feathers-condor-transnational-state-terrorism/docview/2325081862/se-2?accountid=14585.

Bradbury, Edward. 2002. "The Origins of Anti-Communism." Contemporary Review, 02, 114-115. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/origins-anti-communism/docview/204850560/se-2?accountid=14585.

Option 3

 * Marxism and Religion
 * This article is relevant to the course as it deals with Karl Marx's views on religion. Furthermore, it talks about Marxism as an ideology and the relationship it has to religion. The article is written neutrally but needs to be massively expanded. There needs to be expansion on the Islam section, as well as several Marxist-Leninist countries that are not mentioned. There needs to be massive citation work, as there are hardly any citations in many of the sections. The citations themselves seem to come from reputable sources, but further examination is needed. This article does tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps as it is an academic article.
 * This article is relevant to the course as it deals with Karl Marx's views on religion. Furthermore, it talks about Marxism as an ideology and the relationship it has to religion. The article is written neutrally but needs to be massively expanded. There needs to be expansion on the Islam section, as well as several Marxist-Leninist countries that are not mentioned. There needs to be massive citation work, as there are hardly any citations in many of the sections. The citations themselves seem to come from reputable sources, but further examination is needed. This article does tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps as it is an academic article.

Hamzic, Vanja. 2016. "Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism: Empire, Third World(s) and Praxis." Third World Quarterly 37 (11) (11): 2047-2060. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1166048. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/mir-said-sultan-galiev-idea-muslim-marxism-empire/docview/1822486737/se-2?accountid=14585.

Mazrui, Ali A. 1975. "Eclecticism as an Ideological Alternative: An African Perspective." Alternatives 1 (4) (12): 465-486. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030437547500100401. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/eclecticism-as-ideological-alternative-african/docview/1980705168/se-2?accountid=14585.

Gellner, Ernest. 1991. "Islam and Marxism: Some Comparisons: Journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs." International Affairs 67 (1) (01): 1. http://access.library.miami.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/islam-marxism-some-comparisons/docview/222946766/se-2?accountid=14585.

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