Presentation Notes

Left wing/ Right wing-

Left wing-
Left wing is the political ideology's on the left side of the spectrum who believe in looking towards the future and supporting others. Political parties on the left are Labour and Green. Left ideologies are anarchy, socialism, communism. They make laws that protect and save the planet.

Right wing-
Right wing is the term used to describe people whose political views are on the right side of the spectrum who believe in tradition and economic freedom. Parties on this side are UKIP and Conservative. The right view is more likely to be pro Brexit and NHS and prison privatisation. They believe in the rich getting richer and want security.

The two sides were formed during the French Revolution.

Newspapers have a biast opinion depending on what political view they have. The guardian is left wing and will have a different perspective on a political issue to the Daily Mail which us right wing.

Housing- 

250,000 homes a week are needed for British citizens

The average home costs 8x the average earnings

1.8 million people are looking for housing

38% of 30/40 year olds own their own home, it used to be 59%

200,000 empty homes in london

8,000 classified homeless

The main causes of homelessness are bad conditions and a lack of money

There are lots of issues with claiming housing benefits, the govenment has put wierd laws into place that can cause people to go without essential benefits such as if you have looked after a minor (child) from a young age and you now have your own child you are not counted as priority for benefits. 

Private landlords don't like benefits so its harder to get a home. 

Karl Marx and communism-

Born- 5th May 1818

Died- 14th March 1883

He was home schooled till he was 12 and had 8 siblings.

He studied law

In 1843 he moved to Paris with his wife Jenny but because he was a communist he was expelled from France to Brussels. 

He published a communist manifesto in 1848 with a group of communists in London as a set of guidelines for the UK but it didn't catch on.

He lived in poverty in London

He published books about politics edited by Engels such as 'Das Capital' 

He believed there were two types of people haves- the capitalist bourgeoisie, and the have not's- proletariat's/ working class. 

He believed in socialism, that wealth should be distributed equally and there should be a fair wage. 

He was ahead of his time because people didn't care about equality. He opened conversations that we are still having today changing the way we view class.