Communist parties Communist parties The Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what was officially referred to as the "Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties". ...more on Wikipedia about "Cominform"
The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an "independent" international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight "by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State." The Comintern represented a split from the Second International in response to the latter's failure to form a unified coalition against the First World War, which the Third Internationalists regarded as a bourgeois imperialist war. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comintern"
In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. Communist parties today may or may not formally use the term "communist" in their name. Even if they do, not all follow a strict interpretation of any of the main 'schools' of communism (chiefly Leninism, Maoism, Stalinism or Trotskyism). ...more on Wikipedia about "Communist party"
The Communist Party of the Basque Homeland ( Spanish: Partido Comunista de las Tierras Vascas, Euskera: Euskal Herrialdeetako Alderdi Komunista, acronym: EHAK-PCTV) is a left nationalist party in the Basque Country, that had limited electoral activities prior to 2005, but rose to national prominence when its leadership adopted the program of the banned abertzale lists of Aukera Guztiak and, therefore it is alleged, Batasuna. EHAK registered for elections in 2002 at both the Basque Country and the Spanish level. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Communist Party of the Basque Homeland"
The Free People's Movement (FPM), known in Spanish as Movimiento de la Gente Libre (MGL), is an international Marxist Movement, with local branches in several countries across the globe ( New York, NY - Hartford, CT - Memphis, TN - United Kingdom - Philippines - Dominican Republic). ...more on Wikipedia about "Free People's Movement"
The following are groups that are (or historically were) considered to be anti-Revisionist, i.e. groups that uphold the opinion that the Soviet Union diverged from socialist practice in 1956, under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev. This category includes Maoists, Stalinists, Albanianists, and Kimilsungists. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Anti-Revisionist Groups"
The following foreign delegations attended the 24th Congress of the French Communist Party in 1982: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of foreign delegations at 24th PCF Congress (1982)" Who is www.shortopedia.com?
Below is the list of foreign delegations attending the 9th Congress of the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutchlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany), held in Berlin November 17-21 1986. Names of heads of delegations in brackets. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of foreign delegations at the 9th SED Congress"
The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of a group of organizations, each known as the Communist League, together with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States. The current is informally referred to as the Pathfinder tendency because the SWP and CLs operate Pathfinder Bookstores which sell the products of the SWP's publishing arm, Pathfinder Press. The current is also known as the International Communist League, although this term is not widely used, and can cause confusion with other organizations of the same name. The Communist Leagues, even those in non- English speaking countries, sell the publication of the SWP, The Militant which is published weekly in New York City. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pathfinder tendency"
The World Communist Movement is an informal community of certain Communist parties around the world. It evolved out of the Communist International, which was dissolved in 1943. The WCM does not consist of all parties claiming to be communist, and it excludes Trotskyist parties as well as many of the anti-revisonist Marxist-Leninist organizations (the latter generally refer to themselves as belonging to an uncentered International Communist Movement). ...more on Wikipedia about "World Communist Movement"
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