Anti-communism

Anti-communism is a reactionary political position which rejects communism, communist ideology, and Marxism as a whole. Anti-communism is interlinked with support for the capitalist system. Further, anti-communism is often associated with far-right politics, conspiracy theories, and anti-Semitism.

Anti-communism is not relegated to being an ideology. It emerges as a real governmental activity directed at the often violent suppression of communist and other working class organizations. When capitalist countries develop into fascist states and an offensive is waged against democratic forces, these regressions are often initiated with fervent anti-communism.

Anti-communism is as old as communism itself, and has taken many forms throughout the history of capitalism. Examples of anti-communism include Jewish Bolshevism, the Red Scares, McCarthyism, and in the present, cultural Marxism.

"A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?"

See also

• Non-communist left
• Criticism of Marxism