Terrorism and Communism
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Terrorism and Communism is a 1920 political treatise by Leon Trotsky defending Bolshevik methods and policies during the Russian Civil War against socialist and liberal critics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terrorism and Communism canonical | 2 |
| Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky | 1 |
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Target entity: Terrorism and Communism Context triple: [Leon Trotsky, notableWork, Terrorism and Communism]
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A.
communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
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B.
Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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C.
Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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D.
Titoism
Titoism is a form of socialist ideology associated with Josip Broz Tito that emphasized workers’ self-management, non-alignment in foreign policy, and independence from Soviet control.
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E.
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Terrorism and Communism Target entity description: Terrorism and Communism is a 1920 political treatise by Leon Trotsky defending Bolshevik methods and policies during the Russian Civil War against socialist and liberal critics.
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A.
communism
Communism is a socio-economic and political ideology advocating a classless, stateless society in which the means of production are collectively owned and controlled.
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B.
Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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C.
Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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D.
Titoism
Titoism is a form of socialist ideology associated with Josip Broz Tito that emphasized workers’ self-management, non-alignment in foreign policy, and independence from Soviet control.
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E.
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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political treatise ⓘ |
| argues |
bourgeois democracy is incompatible with proletarian revolution
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proletarian dictatorship is a transitional phase to socialism ⓘ revolutionary terror can be necessary to defend the revolution ⓘ |
| author | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russian SFSR
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surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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| criticizes |
Karl Kautsky
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liberal critics ⓘ social-democratic critics ⓘ |
| defends |
Bolshevik methods
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Red Terror ⓘ one-party rule ⓘ revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist literature
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
Terrorism and Communism
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surface form:
Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky
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| hasEnglishTitle | Terrorism and Communism self-link ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
bourgeois democracy
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civil war ⓘ class struggle ⓘ proletarian democracy ⓘ revolutionary necessity ⓘ state power ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important text in Trotskyist political theory
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major defense of Bolshevik policies during Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Leninism
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Marxism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bolshevism
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Russian Civil War ⓘ communism ⓘ dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ revolutionary violence ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| movement |
Bolshevism
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communist movement ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
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surface form:
Bolshevik
Marxist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| responseTo | The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky) ⓘ |
| supports |
suppression of counterrevolution
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use of coercion in revolutionary period ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Russian Civil War
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Russian Revolution ⓘ |
| writtenInContextOf |
Russian Civil War
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War Communism ⓘ |
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Subject: Terrorism and Communism Description of subject: Terrorism and Communism is a 1920 political treatise by Leon Trotsky defending Bolshevik methods and policies during the Russian Civil War against socialist and liberal critics.
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