Socialist/Communist Societies in history

[Dharma]

Have there been any successful ones?

[Mindtoaster]

The Paris Commune and Catalonia are the first that come to mind. Anarchists will argue that the Free Territory of the Ukraine was a success.

[Drace]

Theres lots that at first are very sucessfull but fail for different reasons which are unknown to me.

Eg, the Knights of Labors.

[Q]

Humanity has never reached communism as of yet (unless you count primitive communism ;) ).
As for socialism, I would say that while the Paris Commune was an interesting experiment, Russia would have been the first socialist state although it degenerated into totalitarianism (although on the basis of a planned and socialised economy, which is a progressive thing) after only a few years as a result of isolation, starvation and 7 years of war.

[gla22]

There are many successful communes like Christiana but they often rely on capitalist countries.

[graaaaaagh]

Anarchist Catalonia, Whiteway Colony, the Paris Commune, the Russian Tolstoyan Communes, etc.

[Forward Union]

The Shinmin province in Korea was managed by the Korean Anarchist Federation for a few years until the soviet union assasinated key figures.