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  2. Communism - Wikipedia

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    Communism (from Latin communis, 'common, universal') [1] [2] is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, [1] whose goal ...

  3. History of communism - Wikipedia

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    The history of communism encompasses a wide variety of ideologies and political movements sharing the core principles of common ownership of wealth, economic enterprise, and property. [1] Most modern forms of communism are grounded at least nominally in Marxism, a theory and method conceived by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels during the 19th ...

  4. List of communist ideologies - Wikipedia

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    Different communist schools of thought place a greater emphasis on certain aspects of classical Marxism while rejecting or modifying other aspects. Many communist schools of thought have sought to combine Marxian concepts and non-Marxian concepts which has then led to contradictory conclusions. [12]

  5. The Principles of Communism - Wikipedia

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    The first version, Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith, was discussed and approved at the first June congress; [7] Marx was not present at the June congress, but Engels was. [5] This first draft, unknown for many years, was rediscovered in 1968. [8] The second draft, Principles of Communism, was then used at the second November/December ...

  6. History of communism in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The Cold War period saw a global ideological struggle between the communist bloc, led by the Soviet Union, and the capitalist West, led by the United States. The eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked a significant decline in the global influence of communism, though the ideology persists in some countries and continues to ...

  7. Communist society - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Type of society and economic system This article is about the hypothetical stage of socioeconomic development. For the economic systems of the former Soviet and Eastern Bloc Communist states, see Soviet-type economic planning. For communistic society, see Intentional community. Part of a ...

  8. The Communist Manifesto - Wikipedia

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    The Communist Manifesto (German: Das Kommunistische Manifest), originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is a political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London in 1848.

  9. Eastern Bloc - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the collective term for an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).