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A '''revolution''' refers to any [[social]], economic, or political upheaval and change. Revolutions may be violent ([[French Revolution]]), or peaceful ([[Glorious Revolution]]). Revolutions sometimes consist of independence movements ([[American Revolution]]), at other times civil wars ([[February Revolution]]), or dominance by a minority [[clique]] ([[October Revolution]]).
A '''revolution''' refers to any [[social]], economic, or political upheaval and change. Revolutions may be violent ([[French Revolution]]), or peaceful ([[Glorious Revolution]]). Revolutions sometimes consist of independence movements ([[American Revolution]]), at other times civil wars ([[February Revolution]]), or dominance by a minority [[clique]] ([[October Revolution]]).
In [[astronomy]], a revolution refers to a planetary object completing a full [[orbit]]. Because the word "revolution" comes from the [[Latin]] ''revolutio'', meaning "''turnaround''", it can be seen to make sense in both contexts.
==Marxist revolution==
:{{See also|Community organizing|Revolutionary vanguard}}
[[Karl Marx]], the father of modern [[communism]], believed that revolutions were inevitable and that an "underclass" [[dialectical materialism|would revolt against a ruling class]]. The revolutionary language Marx uses itself belies any notion of [[equality]], [[justice]], [[citizenship]], or [[democracy]] and appeals to the baser instincts of [[envy]] and [[hatred]]. Marx's ideas fell out of favor in [[Russia]] and [[Eastern Europe]] with the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] and a general rise in living conditions due to [[capitalism]].<ref>http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria19_2a.htm</ref>
[[Karl Marx]], the father of modern [[communism]], believed that revolutions were inevitable and that an "underclass" [[dialectical materialism|would revolt against a ruling class]]. The revolutionary language Marx uses itself belies any notion of [[equality]], [[justice]], [[citizenship]], or [[democracy]] and appeals to the baser instincts of [[envy]] and [[hatred]]. Marx's ideas fell out of favor in [[Russia]] and [[Eastern Europe]] with the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] and a general rise in living conditions due to [[capitalism]].<ref>http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria19_2a.htm</ref>
Marxist revolutionary thought provides a theoretical basis among its adherents for all sorts of [[criminal]]ity, from [[riot]]ing, looting, [[arson]], assault on "non-believers", theft, destruction of private and public property, lawlessness and [[murder]].
Marxist revolutionary thought provides a theoretical basis among its adherents for all sorts of [[criminal]]ity, from [[riot]]ing, looting, [[arson]], assault on "non-believers", theft, destruction of private and public property, lawlessness and [[murder]].
==See also==
==See also==