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'''Left communism''', also known as '''left-wing communism''',{{Efn|[[Leninism|Leninists]] put the "left" in left communism in scare quotes as they oppose the view that it represents a left-wing tendency, and is instead effectively rightist in content.}} composes a number of separate tendencies which emerged in the 20th century as a "leftist" opposition to the line of the [[Comintern]] and [[Marxism–Leninism]]. | '''Left communism''', also known as '''left-wing communism''' or the '''communist left''',{{Efn|[[Leninism|Leninists]] put the "left" in left communism in scare quotes as they oppose the view that it represents a left-wing tendency, and is instead effectively rightist in content.}} composes a number of separate tendencies which emerged in the 20th century as a "leftist" opposition to the line of the [[Comintern]] and [[Marxism–Leninism]]. | ||
Left communism is composed of two main schools of thought — '''German-Dutch left''' communism, also known as [[council communism]], and '''Italian left''' communism, also known as [[Bordigism]]. These tendencies share common features like opposition to [[bourgeois democracy|bourgeois democratic]] elections, [[United front|united fronts]], and rejection of the notion of a [[lower stage of socialism]]. | Left communism is composed of two main schools of thought — '''German-Dutch left''' communism, also known as [[council communism]], and '''Italian left''' communism, also known as [[Bordigism]]. These tendencies share common features like opposition to [[bourgeois democracy|bourgeois democratic]] elections, [[United front|united fronts]], and rejection of the notion of a [[lower stage of socialism]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 28 April 2026
Left communism, also known as left-wing communism or the communist left,[a] composes a number of separate tendencies which emerged in the 20th century as a "leftist" opposition to the line of the Comintern and Marxism–Leninism.
Left communism is composed of two main schools of thought — German-Dutch left communism, also known as council communism, and Italian left communism, also known as Bordigism. These tendencies share common features like opposition to bourgeois democratic elections, united fronts, and rejection of the notion of a lower stage of socialism.