Marxist-Leninists
Vanguard party advocates
Marxist-Leninists are adherents of the political ideology combining Marx's theories of class struggle and capitalism's overthrow with Lenin's emphasis on a revolutionary vanguard party and centralized state control.
The term describes both historical communist movements and contemporary parties that follow this doctrine: The Marxist-Leninists seized power in 1917.
Often used by critics to distinguish Soviet-style communism from other socialist traditions.
Fellow member, shared cause
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class enemyAntagonist by social position
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
counterrevolutionary · imperialism · capitalism · exploitation · oppressor · vanguard · masses · solidarity
Conflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- surplus valueProduction minus wages paid
false consciousness · praxis · alienation · commodity fetishism
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
- CominternSoviet-led communist alliance
Cheka · Stalin · Mao · Ho Chi Minh · Castro · Russian Civil War · Chinese Revolution · Cuban Revolution
Totalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
- sectarianRigidly devoted to faction
Marxist-Leninist political organization
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- party disciplineLegislators following leadership's position
- party lineOfficial political position
ideological purity · self-criticism · purge · collectivization · central planning · state ownership · planned economy · nationalization
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- EngelsGerman socialist theorist
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
- Fidel CastroCuban revolutionary dictator
- TitoYugoslav communist president
Mao Zedong · Kim Il-sung · Gramsci · Che Guevara · Zhou Enlai · Brezhnev
comrade
Fellow member, shared cause
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- class enemyAntagonist by social position
reactionary · counterrevolutionary · imperialism · capitalism · exploitation · oppressor · vanguard · masses · solidarity · liberation
class struggle
Conflict between economic groups
- dictatorship of the proletariatLaboring class governing authority
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
surplus value · false consciousness · praxis · alienation · commodity fetishism
Bolsheviks
Lenin's revolutionary party
- October RevolutionSoviet founding coup
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- Red ArmySoviet ground forces
Comintern · Cheka · Stalin · Mao · Ho Chi Minh · Castro · Russian Civil War · Chinese Revolution · Cuban Revolution · Great Purge
Stalinism
Totalitarian Communist doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- TrotskyismRevolutionary socialist theory opposing bureaucracy
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
communist party
Marxist-Leninist political organization
- central committeeExecutive governing body
- cadreCore of trained personnel
- party disciplineLegislators following leadership's position
party line · ideological purity · self-criticism · purge · collectivization · central planning · state ownership · planned economy · nationalization · one-party state
Stalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- EngelsGerman socialist theorist
- Ho Chi MinhVietnamese nationalist leader
- Fidel CastroCuban revolutionary dictator
Mao Zedong · Kim Il-sung · Tito · Gramsci · Che Guevara · Zhou Enlai · Brezhnev
- BolshevismBolsheviks, Bolshevik, Bolshevism, Bolshevik Party, Bolshevik Revolution
Marxist-Leninistscapitalists
Owners of productive wealth
neoliberals · libertarians · fascists · Nazis · monarchists
Marxist-Leninistssocial democrats
Advocates of welfare capitalism
reformists · democratic socialists · gradualists · Fabians · revisionists
Marxist-Leninistsanarchists
Opponents of state authority
anarcho-communists · anti-authoritarians · Trotskyists · autonomists · Mensheviks
Marxist, Leninist, Marx, Lenin, Marxism, Leninism, Marxist-Leninist, Marxists