Anti-communism

Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. Anti-communism is a catch-all phrase which defines any opposition to communism as a philosophical basis for a political and social alliance.

Background

A main critique of communism concerns the lack of individual freedom and democracy in communist states, democracy which is not denied by the communist theory itself (although interpretated in a very different way than that of liberal democracy), but which many feel is the natural result of a controlled economy.

Related Topics:
Communist state - Controlled economy

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After the Russian October Revolution in 1917, critics of communism were inspired to resist communist ideology from a conservative point of view. With the advent of Stalinism in the 1920s, many liberal communists, Trotskyists, and social democrats opposed the Soviet Union for its violations of human rights, thus anti-communism became common on both the Left and Right of the political spectrum.

Related Topics:
Russia - October Revolution - 1917 - Conservative - Stalinism - 1920s - Trotskyists - Social democrats - Soviet Union - Left - Right

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