This channel serves to educate individuals about Militant Atheism, a form of atheism which is hostile towards religion. Militant atheists have a desire to propagate the doctrine, and differ from moderate atheists because they hold religion to be harmful. Militant atheism was an integral part of the materialism of Marxism-Leninism, and significant in the French Revolution, atheist states such as the Soviet Union, and Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The ideology also manifests itself in the teachings of the New Atheist authors, who believe that religion "should not simply be tolerated but should be countered, criticized and exposed by rational argument wherever its influence arises."