Left Opposition
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The Left Opposition was a faction within the Soviet and international communist movement led by Leon Trotsky that criticized Stalin’s policies and advocated for international revolution and inner-party democracy.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Left Opposition canonical | 9 |
| Left opposition | 2 |
| International Left Opposition | 1 |
| KPD opposition (anti-Stalinist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Left Opposition Context triple: [Leon Trotsky, movement, Left Opposition]
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New Left
The New Left was a broad 1960s–1970s political movement, especially among students and intellectuals in the United States and Western Europe, that emphasized civil rights, participatory democracy, and opposition to the Vietnam War and traditional establishment politics.
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Left Powerhouse
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Democratic Left Alliance
The Democratic Left Alliance was a major post-communist social-democratic political party in Poland that played a leading role in the country’s politics during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Progressive Alliance
The Progressive Alliance is an international network of social-democratic, socialist, and progressive political parties and organizations that collaborate to promote democracy, social justice, and sustainable development worldwide.
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New Democracy
New Democracy is a major center-right political party in Greece known for its pro-European, liberal-conservative policies and frequent leadership of the Greek government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Left Opposition Target entity description: The Left Opposition was a faction within the Soviet and international communist movement led by Leon Trotsky that criticized Stalin’s policies and advocated for international revolution and inner-party democracy.
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A.
New Left
The New Left was a broad 1960s–1970s political movement, especially among students and intellectuals in the United States and Western Europe, that emphasized civil rights, participatory democracy, and opposition to the Vietnam War and traditional establishment politics.
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B.
Left Powerhouse
Left Powerhouse is one of the major hydroelectric generating stations within the Grand Coulee Dam complex on the Columbia River in Washington State.
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C.
Democratic Left Alliance
The Democratic Left Alliance was a major post-communist social-democratic political party in Poland that played a leading role in the country’s politics during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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D.
Progressive Alliance
The Progressive Alliance is an international network of social-democratic, socialist, and progressive political parties and organizations that collaborate to promote democracy, social justice, and sustainable development worldwide.
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E.
New Democracy
New Democracy is a major center-right political party in Greece known for its pro-European, liberal-conservative policies and frequent leadership of the Greek government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist opposition current
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
defense of the Soviet Union against imperialism
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inner‑party democracy ⓘ international revolution ⓘ permanent revolution ⓘ planned industrialization ⓘ workers’ democracy ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticized |
New Economic Policy
ⓘ
growing privileges of the party bureaucracy ⓘ socialism in one country ⓘ suppression of party factions ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1920s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Adolf Joffe
ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form:
Grigori Zinoviev
Karl Radek ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Lev Kamenev ⓘ Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| methodOfDissolution |
exile of leaders
ⓘ
expulsions from the Communist Party ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Adolf Joffe
ⓘ
Alexander Beloborodov ⓘ Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form:
Grigori Zinoviev
Ivan Smirnov ⓘ Karl Radek ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Lev Kamenev ⓘ Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
bureaucratization of the Soviet state ⓘ one‑party dictatorship within the Communist Party ⓘ |
| organizedIn |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All‑Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Comintern ⓘ
surface form:
Communist International
|
| partOf | international communist movement ⓘ |
| position | far‑left ⓘ |
| repressedBy |
Joseph Stalin
ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet secret police
|
| startTime | 1923 ⓘ |
| successor |
Fourth International
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Left Opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Left Opposition
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| timePeriod | 1923–1927 ⓘ |
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Subject: Left Opposition Description of subject: The Left Opposition was a faction within the Soviet and international communist movement led by Leon Trotsky that criticized Stalin’s policies and advocated for international revolution and inner-party democracy.
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