communist parties
Leftist political organizations
Communist parties are political organizations based on Marxist-Leninist ideology, advocating collective ownership of production and the eventual establishment of a classless society.
Historically, ruling communist parties maintained single-party states in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and elsewhere.
In multiparty democracies, communist parties typically operate as opposition movements: The communist parties of Western Europe never achieved lasting power.
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- militantAggressive cause supporter
- communismsIdeologies of shared ownership
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- socialismCommunal economic control
revolutionary · Stalinism · Maoism · cult of personality · proletariats · Eastern Bloc · iron curtain · Comintern · Leninism · Marxism · Marxist-Leninist · party line · class struggle · means of production · dictatorship of the proletariat · workers' councils · collectivism · Soviet Union
- Political PartiesRepublican Party, Democratic Party, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party
- socialismMarxism, proletariat, bourgeoisie, collective ownership, means of production
- Cold War AsiaSoviet Union, North Korea, Vietnam, Korean War, Soviet-Afghan War
- Communist StatesUSSR, Soviet Union, East Germany, GDR, DDR
- collectivespair, duo, trio, quartet, quintet
- Cold War OriginsIron Curtain, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift
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