Recent May Day protests around the globe received significant media attention as these marches prominently featured economic issues linked to an overall theme of social equality and justice. Coincidentally, but perhaps prophetically, this year also marks the hundredth anniversary of the communist revolution in Russia. Communists pledged to rid the world of injustice by uniting workers in a stateless society, devoid of cruel rulers, greedy capitalists and religion, which they concluded, all resulted in the exploitation of the masses. How the notion of communism came about, why it imploded, where we are now, and what the future portends is worth examining if we are to prevent its re occurrence.