Leninists
Vanguard party advocates
Leninists are followers of Vladimir Lenin's political theory, which adapted Marxism to advocate revolution led by a disciplined vanguard party rather than spontaneous worker uprising.
The term describes communists who emphasize centralized party organization and revolutionary seizure of state power: The Leninists argued that reform through elections was impossible.
Often used broadly for authoritarian leftists.
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- TrotskyExiled Soviet revolutionary leader
Red Army · Kremlin · Politburo · Central Committee · Comintern · collectivization · Cheka · purges
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
exploitation · alienation · political economy · Karl Marx · Friedrich Engels · Das Kapital · surplus value · commodity fetishism
Political art for causes
- cadresCore trained personnel
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- propagandaBiased information for influence
demonstrations · solidarity · strikes · unions · collectives · grassroots · rallies · leaflets
Legislators following leadership's position
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- political consciousnessUnderstanding of governance dynamics
- ideological purityUncompromising commitment to doctrine
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- seizure of powerForcible assumption of authority
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- general strikeCross-industry work refusal
barricades · provisional government · class war · expropriate · radical transformation
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
Trotsky · Red Army · Kremlin · Politburo · Central Committee · Comintern · collectivization · Cheka · purges · show trials
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
means of production · exploitation · alienation · political economy · Karl Marx · Friedrich Engels · Das Kapital · surplus value · commodity fetishism · class consciousness
agitprop
Political art for causes
- cadresCore trained personnel
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
propaganda · demonstrations · solidarity · strikes · unions · collectives · grassroots · rallies · leaflets · banners
party discipline
Legislators following leadership's position
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- political consciousnessUnderstanding of governance dynamics
ideological purity · self-criticism · party line · revisionism
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- seizure of powerForcible assumption of authority
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
general strike · barricades · provisional government · class war · expropriate · radical transformation
Leninistsreformists
Advocates for gradual improvement
Mensheviks · gradualists · social democrats · democratic socialists · Fabians
Leninistscapitalists
Owners of productive wealth
anti-communists · neoliberals · objectivists · fascists · Nazis
Leninistsanarchists
Opponents of state authority
anarcho-communists · autonomists · syndicalists · anti-authoritarians · Zapatistas