communist revolution
Proletarian seizure power
A communist revolution is a seizure of political power aimed at abolishing capitalism and establishing collective ownership of production.
The term evokes the Russian Revolution of 1917 and similar uprisings inspired by Marxist ideology.
It may describe actual historical events or serve as a rallying cry—or warning—depending on political perspective: They feared the labor movement would spark a communist revolution.
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- seize powerTake control by force
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- StalinismTotalitarian Communist doctrine
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
Vladimir Lenin · Bolsheviks · rebellion · class struggle · class enemy · agrarian reform · land reform · proletariat · workers unite · Soviet · iron curtain · Ho Chi Minh · collectivization · civil war · red flag · Maoism · Marxist ideology · planned economy
- Laos historyFrench Indochina, independence movement, French colonialism, French rule, Geneva Accords
communist revolutioncapitalism
Private profit-based economy
free market · free enterprise · market economy · liberal democracy · private enterprise
communist revolutioncounterrevolution
Reversal of political upheaval
democratic reform · restoration · evolutionary change · reformism · gradualism
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