The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 founding program of the Fourth International, outlining a revolutionary socialist strategy based on transitional demands to overthrow capitalism.
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Target entity: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International Context triple: [The Transitional Program, alternativeTitle, The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International]
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Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder
Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder is a 1920 pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that critiques ultra-left tendencies within the communist movement and defends a pragmatic, strategic approach to revolutionary politics.
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The Appeals of Communism
The Appeals of Communism is a political science work by Gabriel A. Almond analyzing the ideological, psychological, and social factors that make communist movements attractive to their adherents.
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The Revolution Betrayed
The Revolution Betrayed is Leon Trotsky’s seminal 1936 analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union under Stalin and a foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism.
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The Role of the Proletariat
"The Role of the Proletariat" is a section of Friedrich Engels’ work *Socialism: Utopian and Scientific* that explains the revolutionary function of the working class in overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.
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On the Syndicalist and Anarchist Deviation in Our Party
"On the Syndicalist and Anarchist Deviation in Our Party" is a 1921 Bolshevik Party resolution, largely associated with Lenin, that condemned syndicalist and anarchist tendencies within the Russian Communist Party and reaffirmed strict party centralism and discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International Target entity description: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 founding program of the Fourth International, outlining a revolutionary socialist strategy based on transitional demands to overthrow capitalism.
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A.
Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder
Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder is a 1920 pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that critiques ultra-left tendencies within the communist movement and defends a pragmatic, strategic approach to revolutionary politics.
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B.
The Appeals of Communism
The Appeals of Communism is a political science work by Gabriel A. Almond analyzing the ideological, psychological, and social factors that make communist movements attractive to their adherents.
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C.
The Revolution Betrayed
The Revolution Betrayed is Leon Trotsky’s seminal 1936 analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union under Stalin and a foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism.
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D.
The Role of the Proletariat
"The Role of the Proletariat" is a section of Friedrich Engels’ work *Socialism: Utopian and Scientific* that explains the revolutionary function of the working class in overthrowing capitalism and building socialism.
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E.
On the Syndicalist and Anarchist Deviation in Our Party
"On the Syndicalist and Anarchist Deviation in Our Party" is a 1921 Bolshevik Party resolution, largely associated with Lenin, that condemned syndicalist and anarchist tendencies within the Russian Communist Party and reaffirmed strict party centralism and discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Trotskyist text
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political manifesto ⓘ programmatic document ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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surface form:
The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International: The Transitional Program
The Transitional Program ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Fourth International ⓘ |
| author | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| callsFor |
building revolutionary parties
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establishment of workers’ power ⓘ overthrow of capitalism ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
crisis of leadership
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defense of the Soviet Union ⓘ permanent revolution ⓘ proletarian internationalism ⓘ sliding scale of wages and hours ⓘ transitional demands ⓘ united front ⓘ workers’ control of production ⓘ workers’ government ⓘ |
| genre |
political theory
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revolutionary program ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
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interwar period ⓘ prelude to World War II ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
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communism ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| influenced | Trotskyist parties worldwide ⓘ |
| keyTerm |
factory committees
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minimum and maximum demands ⓘ transitional program ⓘ workers’ militia ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| movement | Trotskyism ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Transitional Program
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surface form:
Переходная программа
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| politicalPosition |
anti-Stalinist
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anti-capitalist ⓘ anti-fascist ⓘ far-left ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to found the Fourth International
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to provide a program for world socialist revolution ⓘ |
| subject |
approach of world war
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betrayal by Social Democracy ⓘ betrayal by Stalinism ⓘ crisis of world capitalism ⓘ rise of fascism ⓘ |
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Subject: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International Description of subject: The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International is Leon Trotsky’s 1938 founding program of the Fourth International, outlining a revolutionary socialist strategy based on transitional demands to overthrow capitalism.
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The Transitional Program
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alternativeTitle
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The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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Fourth International
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programDocument
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The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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alternativeTitle
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The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International
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this entity surface form:
The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International: The Transitional Program