Marxism-Leninism
Communist party doctrine
Marxism-Leninism is the political ideology that fused Marx's theories of class struggle and capitalism's inevitable collapse with Lenin's emphasis on a disciplined revolutionary party seizing state power.
It became the official doctrine of the Soviet Union and spread to China, Cuba, and other communist states.
The term often describes authoritarian one-party systems claiming to represent the working class: Marxism-Leninism guided Soviet policy for seven decades.
Legislators following leadership's position
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- party congressFormal political gathering
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
self-criticism · agitprop · propaganda · collectivization · central planning · planned economy · nationalization · five-year plan
Conflict between economic groups
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- alienationState of being isolated
- political economyPolicy-market interaction analysis
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
dictatorship of the proletariat · proletariat · bourgeoisie · class consciousness · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · praxis
Lenin's revolutionary communist ideology
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- CominternSoviet-led communist alliance
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
red flag · hammer and sickle · fellow traveler · revisionism · sectarianism
Conflict between economic groups
- proletarian revolutionWorkers overthrowing the ruling class
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
national liberation · anti-imperialism · world revolution · counterrevolutionary · class enemy · agitation · strike action · popular uprising
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- EngelsGerman socialist theorist
- MaoChinese family name
- CastroProminent Cuban surname
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
Tito · Che Guevara · Kim Il-sung · Gramsci · Luxembourg
party discipline
Legislators following leadership's position
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- party congressFormal political gathering
- cadreCore of trained personnel
purge · self-criticism · agitprop · propaganda · collectivization · central planning · planned economy · nationalization · five-year plan · workers' council
class struggle
Conflict between economic groups
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
- alienationState of being isolated
- political economyPolicy-market interaction analysis
means of production · dictatorship of the proletariat · proletariat · bourgeoisie · class consciousness · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · praxis
Bolshevism
Lenin's revolutionary communist ideology
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- CominternSoviet-led communist alliance
Communist Party · red flag · hammer and sickle · fellow traveler · revisionism · sectarianism
class struggle
Conflict between economic groups
- proletarian revolutionWorkers overthrowing the ruling class
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
guerrilla warfare · national liberation · anti-imperialism · world revolution · counterrevolutionary · class enemy · agitation · strike action · popular uprising · seizure of power
Stalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
Ho Chi Minh · Tito · Che Guevara · Kim Il-sung · Gramsci · Luxembourg
- Communist GroupsBolsheviks, Communist Party, Comintern, PCI, Mensheviks
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- communismproletariat, Engels, Stalinism, bourgeoisie, Stalin
- socialismcommunism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, communal ownership, collective ownership
- Soviet communismStalin, Bolsheviks, Stalinism, Soviet Union, Bolshevism
- Soviet UnionKremlin, Stalin, KGB, Sputnik, gulag
Marxism-Leninismcapitalism
Private profit-based economy
laissez-faire economics · neoliberalism · market economy · Austrian economics · supply-side economics
Marxism-Leninismliberal democracy
Rights-based elected governance
liberalism · anti-communism · individualism · conservatism · libertarianism
Marxism-LeninismAmerican exceptionalism
Belief U.S. is uniquely virtuous
Lenin, Marxism, Marx, Maoism, Leninism, Marxist, Maoist, Marxists, Leninist