Revolutionary Union
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The Revolutionary Union was a U.S. Maoist organization of the late 1960s and early 1970s that became one of the main predecessors to the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revolutionary Union canonical | 2 |
| Revolutionary Union (United States) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13443760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revolutionary Union Context triple: [Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, precededBy, Revolutionary Union]
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A.
Revolutionary Alliance
The Revolutionary Alliance was a key early 20th-century Chinese revolutionary organization led by Sun Yat-sen that sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish a republic.
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B.
Freedom Union
Freedom Union was a Polish liberal-conservative political party active in the 1990s and early 2000s, known for its pro-democratic, pro-market reforms and participation in coalition governments after the fall of communism.
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C.
Patriotic Union
Patriotic Union is a political party in Liechtenstein that competes with the Progressive Citizens' Party as one of the country's two major parties.
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D.
Union of Salvation
The Union of Salvation was a secret early 19th-century Russian revolutionary society formed by young army officers advocating political reform and the limitation or abolition of autocratic rule.
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E.
United Front
The United Front, more commonly known as the Northern Alliance, was a coalition of Afghan militias that opposed the Taliban regime and later allied with U.S.-led forces after 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Revolutionary Union Target entity description: The Revolutionary Union was a U.S. Maoist organization of the late 1960s and early 1970s that became one of the main predecessors to the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.
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A.
Revolutionary Alliance
The Revolutionary Alliance was a key early 20th-century Chinese revolutionary organization led by Sun Yat-sen that sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish a republic.
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B.
Freedom Union
Freedom Union was a Polish liberal-conservative political party active in the 1990s and early 2000s, known for its pro-democratic, pro-market reforms and participation in coalition governments after the fall of communism.
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C.
Patriotic Union
Patriotic Union is a political party in Liechtenstein that competes with the Progressive Citizens' Party as one of the country's two major parties.
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D.
Union of Salvation
The Union of Salvation was a secret early 19th-century Russian revolutionary society formed by young army officers advocating political reform and the limitation or abolition of autocratic rule.
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E.
United Front
The United Front, more commonly known as the Northern Alliance, was a coalition of Afghan militias that opposed the Taliban regime and later allied with U.S.-led forces after 2001.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maoist organization
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communist organization ⓘ far-left political organization ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| historicalContext |
1960s social movements in the United States
ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ |
| ideology |
Maoism
ⓘ
Marxism-Leninism ⓘ
linked to:
Marxism–Leninism
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | New Communist Movement (United States) ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a main predecessor of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA ⓘ |
| opposedIdeology | Soviet revisionism ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | U.S. imperialism ⓘ |
| opposedWar | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| organizationalForm | democratic centralism ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat
ⓘ
socialist revolution in the United States ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation | anti-revisionist ⓘ |
| politicalSpectrum | communist left ⓘ |
| position | far-left ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Revolutionary Communist Party, USA ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
anti-war movement
ⓘ
labor organizing ⓘ student movements ⓘ |
| supportedClass | working class ⓘ |
| supportedFigure | Mao Zedong ⓘ |
| supportedMovement | anti-imperialist movements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Revolutionary Union Description of subject: The Revolutionary Union was a U.S. Maoist organization of the late 1960s and early 1970s that became one of the main predecessors to the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA.
Referenced by (3)
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