This hour describes Robert Owen and early utopian socialism before discussing the development of the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engles. Attention turns Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution, the American labor movement, and finishes with an examination of Canadian socialism.
This hour focuses on revolutions in the 20th century, including the rise of Mussolini and the spread of communism in China. Focus turns to democratic socialism in Great Britain, the Kibbutz movement in Israel, and socialism in Tanzania. The hour ends with discussion about perceived failure of many of these movements.
This hour focuses on showing setbacks in established socialist/communist states, specifically in showing how capitalism has gained favoritism as the economic philosophy of formerly socialist states. The documentary ends with a return to the Kibbutz and discussion about how market forces have transformed the community.