communism: Early Years
Early Years
The modern form of Communism (written with a capital
Meanwhile World War I had shaken the socialist movement as a whole by splitting those who cooperated with the governments in waging the war from those who maintained a stand for revolution against all capitalist governments. Chief among the stalwart revolutionists were the Communist party in Russia and the Spartacus party (later the Communist party) in Germany. The establishment of a working socialist state in Russia tended to give that country leadership, and Leninism grew stronger. Communist revolts immediately after the war failed in Germany, and the briefly successful Communist state under Béla Kun in Hungary was also repressed with great bloodshed.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- The Collapse of Communism
- Cold War Years
- Under the Comintern
- Early Years
- The Communist Manifesto
- First Responses to Capitalism
- Early Forms and Theories
- Bibliography
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