Comintern

In March 1919, the founding of the Communist International (Comintern) took place in Russia, with Otto Grimlund representing the Swedish Socialist Left. Zeth Höglund worked hard to convince his comrades that the Swedish Party should join the Comintern. During the second congress of the Comintern, which took place in Russia the summer of 1920, Zinoviev spooke: “Unfortunately Comrade Höglund and others who took part along with us in the founding of the Communist International are not here.” Instead Kata Dalström was ...

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Zeth Höglund, Zeth Höglund - Background, Zeth Höglund - Political Awakening, Zeth Höglund - In Paris, Zeth Höglund - Anti-Militarism, Zeth Höglund - World War I and the Zimmerwald Movement, Zeth Höglund - The Birth of the Swedish Communist Movement, Zeth Höglund - Comintern, Zeth Höglund - Works

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The origins of the Communist International are to be found in the split in the workers' movement that surfaced in 1914 with the beginning of the First World War, although divisions between revolutionary and reformist minded elements had been developing for some considerable time. For example, as far back as 1899, reformist or right wing elements in the socialist movement had supported the entry of French socialist Millerand into the government of the day. On the other hand, revolutionary or left wing elements were fiercely opposed to this de ...

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Comintern, Comintern - Origins of the Communist International, Comintern - The First Four World Congresses of the Communist International, Comintern - From the Fifth to the Seventh World Congress, Comintern - From the Last Congress to Dissolution, Comintern - Alleged Independence, Comintern - After the Comintern

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Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, northwestern Croatia, in an area called Zagorje, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the seventh child in the family of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father Franjo Broz was a Croat, while his mother Marija (née Javeršek) was Slovenian. After spending part of his childhood years with his maternal grandfather in Podsreda, he entered the primary school in Kumrovec, and ...

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Josip Broz Tito, Josip Broz Tito - Early years, Josip Broz Tito - Origin of the name Tito, Josip Broz Tito - World War II, Josip Broz Tito - Post-war, Josip Broz Tito - Aftermath, Josip Broz Tito - Personal

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Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Croatia), in an area called Zagorje. He was the seventh child in the family of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father Franjo Broz was a Croat, while his mother Marija (née Javeršek) was Slovenian. After spending part of his childhood years with his maternal grandfather in Podsreda, he entered the primary school in Kumrovec, and ...

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Josip Broz Tito, Josip Broz Tito - Early years, Josip Broz Tito - Origin of the name Tito, Josip Broz Tito - World War II, Josip Broz Tito - Post-war, Josip Broz Tito - Aftermath, Josip Broz Tito - Personal

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Puppet state - World War II. The Allies in World War II accused their enemies, the Axis powers, of setting up puppet states in their conquered territories. The fascist-leaning European governments under the domination of Nazi Germany during World War II are now and then called puppet régimes, particularly in Allied literature. These included: Belgium (1939-1945) - The violent Rexist movement had achieved some electoral success in the 1930s and many of its members assisted the N ...

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Puppet state, Puppet state - Accusations of puppet states since 1900, Puppet state - World War II, Puppet state - Cold War, Puppet state - The War on Terrorism, Puppet state - Zionism and Israel, Puppet state - Seperatist entities as puppet states, Puppet state - Former unrecognized puppet states of South Africa, Puppet state - Historic puppet states

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Tito was born Josip Broz in Kumrovec, northwestern Croatia, in an area called Zagorje, which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the seventh child in the family of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father Franjo Broz was a Croat, while his mother Marija (née Javeršek) was Slovenian. After spending part of his childhood years with his maternal grandfather in Podsreda, he entered the primary school in Kumrovec, and ...

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Josip Broz Tito, Josip Broz Tito - Early years, Josip Broz Tito - World War II, Josip Broz Tito - Post-war, Josip Broz Tito - Aftermath, Josip Broz Tito - Family

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Technically, its first incarnation was as the Internationale, based on a journal of that name which was swiftly suppressed by the authorities. The faction became known as the Spartacus League after a series of letters written by Luxemburg, its preeminent theoretician, which she signed "Spartacus". When the tide of popularity turned against the First World War, sections of the SPD turned leftwards and broke away to form the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD). The Spartacus League joined the new party as an aut ...

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Communist Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany - Early period, Communist Party of Germany - Stalinism, Communist Party of Germany - The Nazi era, Communist Party of Germany - Post-World War II, Communist Party of Germany - In East Germany, Communist Party of Germany - In West Germany

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Antonio Gramsci (January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937) was an Italian writer, politician, leader and theorist of Socialism, Communism and Anti-Fascism. Antonio Gramsci - Life. Gramsci was born in Ales, Italy, on the island of Sardinia, a relatively remote region of Italy that was mostly ignored by the Italian government in favor of the industrialized North. He was the fourth of seven sons of Francesco Gramsci. His father's family was Arbëreshë and probably the family name was related to Gramsh, an Albanian ...

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• Antonio Gramsci - Life
• Antonio Gramsci - Thought
• Antonio Gramsci - Hegemony
• Antonio Gramsci - Intellectuals and Education
• Antonio Gramsci - State and Civil Society
• Antonio Gramsci - Historicism
• Antonio Gramsci - Critique of 'Economism'
• Antonio Gramsci - Critique of Materialism
• Antonio Gramsci - Influence
• Antonio Gramsci - Sources

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Black propaganda is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side. It is typically used to vilify, embarrass or misrepresent the enemy. It contrasts with grey propaganda, the source of which is not identified, and white propaganda, in which the real source is declared. The term is also sometimes used as a synonym for particularly malicious wartime propaganda or fal ...

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• Black propaganda - An example of black propaganda
• Black propaganda - World War II black propaganda
• Black propaganda - British black propaganda
• Black propaganda - German black propaganda
• Black propaganda - Japanese black propaganda
• Black propaganda - The Zinoviev letter
• Black propaganda - The Mon Cher Mustapha letter
• Black propaganda - The Muskie letter

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Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. Bertolt Brecht - Life and career. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Brecht studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a hospital in Munich during World War I. After the war he moved to Berlin where an influential critic, Herbert Ihering, brought him to the attention of a public longing for modern theater. Brecht's first two plays, Baal and Drums in the Night< ...

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• Bertolt Brecht - Life and career
• Bertolt Brecht - Nazi Germany and World War II
• Bertolt Brecht - Cold War and East Germany
• Bertolt Brecht - Later life
• Bertolt Brecht - Impact
• Bertolt Brecht - Theory of theatre
• Bertolt Brecht - Major works
• Bertolt Brecht - Links

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Arthur Koestler (Hungarian: Kösztler Artur; September 5, 1905 – March 3, 1983) was a journalist, novelist, political activist, social philosopher, and science writer. Born Hungarian and a naturalized British subject, he wrote a number of popular books, including Arrow in the Blue (the first volume of his autobiography); The Yogi and the Commissar (a collection of essays, many dealing with Communism); The Sleepwalkers (A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe); The Act of Creation; and Including:

• Arthur Koestler - Life
• Arthur Koestler - Multilingualism
• Arthur Koestler - Women
• Arthur Koestler - Mixed legacy
• Arthur Koestler - Politics
• Arthur Koestler - Journalism
• Arthur Koestler - Science
• Arthur Koestler - Judaism
• Arthur Koestler - Cultural influence
• Arthur Koestler - Bibliography
• Arthur Koestler - Autobiography
• Arthur Koestler - Biographies
• Arthur Koestler - Books by Koestler excluding autobiography
• Arthur Koestler - Writings as a contributor

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Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 – May 27, 1942) played many different roles in Chinese history. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Communist Party of China in 1921. He was its first Chairman, first General Secretary and an educator, philosopher, and politician. His ancestral home was in Anqing (安慶), Anhui, where he established the vernacular Chinese newspaper New Youth. Chen Duxiu - Biography. Chen Duxiu - Chronological life. Oct 1879 to Oct 1901: ...

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• Chen Duxiu - Biography
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• Chen Duxiu - Early Life.
• Chen Duxiu - The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
• Chen Duxiu - A Party in Turmoil.
• Chen Duxiu - Literary Work
• Chen Duxiu - Media Experience
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Cai Yuanpei
• Chen Duxiu - Crisis with Hu Shih
• Chen Duxiu - Anti-Confucianism
• Chen Duxiu - Chen's contribution to Chinese journalism
• Chen Duxiu - Reference

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The Communist Party of Germany (in German, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands – KPD) was formed in December of 1918 from the Spartacist League, which originated as a small factional grouping within the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the International Communists of Germany (IKD). Both factions were opposed to the First World War on the grounds that it was an imperialist war in which the working class had no interest. The Spartacist League was led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht who were murdered in January 191 ...

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• Communist Party of Germany - Early period
• Communist Party of Germany - Stalinism
• Communist Party of Germany - The Nazi era
• Communist Party of Germany - Post-World War II
• Communist Party of Germany - In East Germany
• Communist Party of Germany - In West Germany

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In Leninist theory, a united front is a coalition of left-wing working class forces which put forward a common set of demands and share a common plan of action, but which do not subordinate themselves to the front, retaining their abilities for independent political action and continuing to hold different political programmes. The related concept of a popular front refers to a broader coalition, which can even include bourgeois forces like liberals, and wh ...

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• United front - United States
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History of communism Schools of communism Marxism · Leninism Trotskyism · Maoism Council communism Religious communism Communist parties Communist International World Communist Movement Communist revolution World revolution Communist states The Soviet Union People's Republic of Chin ...

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Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. He commanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang at ...

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• Chiang Kai-shek - Rise to power
• Chiang Kai-shek - Tutelage over China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Wartime leader of China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Losing China
• Chiang Kai-shek - Presidency in Taiwan
• Chiang Kai-shek - Death and legacy
• Chiang Kai-shek - Names
• Chiang Kai-shek - Notes

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The Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and Japan on November 25, 1936. The pact was directed against the Communist International (Comintern) in general, and the Soviet Union in particular. "recognizing that the aim of the Communist International, known as the Comintern, is to disintegrate and subdue existing States by all the means at its command; convinced that the toleration of interference by the Communist International in the internal affairs of the nations not only endangers their internal peac ...

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• Anti-Comintern Pact - External link

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Zheng Feng (整风运动), or Cheng Feng, more commonly known as the "Rectification", was a mass movement initiated by Mao Zedong in the 1940’s with deep influence in modern history of China. Image:Zheng Feng1.jpg Zheng Feng - Orthodox Interpretation from CCP. According to the orthodox interpretation of Chinese Communist Party, the purpose of the program was to give a basic grounding in Marxist theory, and Leninist principles of party organization, to the thousands of new members who had joi ...

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• Zheng Feng - Orthodox Interpretation from CCP
• Zheng Feng - New Findings
• Zheng Feng - Legacy
• Zheng Feng - Reference
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The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was a political party in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1920 to 1991. Communist Party of Great Britain - Formation. The party was founded in 1920 after the Third International decided that greater attempts should be made to establish communist parties across the world. The CPGB was formed by the merger of several smaller Marxist parties: the British Socialist Party, the Communist Unity Group of the Socialist Labour Party and the South Wales Socialist Socie ...

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• Communist Party of Great Britain - Formation
• Communist Party of Great Britain - The 1920s and 30s
• Communist Party of Great Britain - The 1940s and 50s
• Communist Party of Great Britain - 1960s and 1970s: Decline of the party
• Communist Party of Great Britain - 1977-1991: breakup of the party

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The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK; Korean chosŏn'gŭl: 조선로동당; hanja: 朝鮮勞動黨; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn Rodong-dang; revised: Joseon Rodong-dang) is the ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It is also called the Korean Workers' Party (KWP). The WPK has been the ruling party in the DPRK since 1946, and has had only two leaders, Kim Il-sung (1946–1994) and his son, Kim Jong-il (since 1994). The party is widely viewed by foreigner ...

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• Workers' Party of Korea - History
• Workers' Party of Korea - Origins
• Workers' Party of Korea - Factions in the WPK
• Workers' Party of Korea - Purge of the Domestic faction
• Workers' Party of Korea - The August Incident and aftermath
• Workers' Party of Korea - Sino-Soviet Split and North Korea
• Workers' Party of Korea - Juche and Kim Il-sung as supreme leader
• Workers' Party of Korea - The rise of Kim Jong-il
• Workers' Party of Korea - Structure
• Workers' Party of Korea - Symbol
• Workers' Party of Korea - External link

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