Communist revolution

A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution inspired by the ideas of Marxism that aims to replace capitalism with communism, normally with socialism (public ownership over the means of production) as an intermediate stage.

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Proletarian revolution - Marxism - Capitalism - Communism - Socialism - Public ownership - Means of production

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See the articles on communism and 'communist states' for further discussion regarding the goals and results of some of these revolutions.

Related Topics:
Communism - Communist state

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There have been a number of communist revolutions in history, including:

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• The creation of the Paris Commune in 1871, considered by Karl Marx to be the first attempt by the working class to establish a communist society.
• The 1917 communist revolution in Russia, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution or October Revolution and (a part of) the Russian Revolution. It resulted in the victory of the Bolsheviks and the creation of Soviet Russia (the predecessor of the Soviet Union).
• The German Revolution of 1918-1919, led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, which ended in defeat for the communists.
• The Hungarian revolution of 1919, led by Béla Kun, which was also eventually defeated.
• The communist revolution in China, part of the Chinese Civil War (1926-1949), that resulted in the victory of the Communist Party of China on mainland China in 1949.
• The Proclamation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, when the Soviet-backed Workers Party of Korea, led by Kim Il-sung, announced the formation of the state of North Korea.
• The Cuban Revolution of 1959, in which Fidel Castro and the Communist Party of Cuba overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista.
• The Indonesian revolution and Communist Party of Indonesia support for President Sukarno, which ended when Indonesian General Suharto removed President Sukarno from power and defeated the Communist Party of Indonesia, in 1965-1966.
• The that resulted in the defeat of the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 1954, and brought the Communist Party of Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh to power in North Vietnam. This was followed by the defeat of South Vietnam in 1975, the unification of North and South in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
• The Malayan Emergency when the Malayan Communist Party and communist guerillas fought against, and were defeated by, British and Malayan forces, 1948-1960.
• The 1970 Coup d'Etat in Cambodia that brought Lon Nol and the self-proclaimed communist Khmer Rouge to power in Cambodia, whereupon they renamed the country Democratic Kampuchea. The Khmer Rouge were soon defeated by the Vietnamese.
• The Marxist led Guinea-Bissauan Revolution in Guinea-Bissau, Africa, against Portugal, 1959-1974.
• The election of the Popular Unity coalition headed by Marxist Salvador Allende in the Chilean presidential election, 1970. President Allende was overthrown and killed in the Chilean coup of 1973.
• The victory of the communist Pathet Lao of the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party in Laos by 1975 and the establishment of the communist Lao People's Democratic Republic.
• The victory of the communist-linked and armed Mozambican Liberation Front in Mozambique, 1964-1975.
• The victory of the communist-linked and armed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola in Angola, 1975-2002, under Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos.
• The overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia by Mengistu Haile Mariam who then set up one-party Marxist-Leninist rule in Ethiopia by the communist Workers' Party of Ethiopia, 1977-1991, until they were defeated and expelled by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front during a subsequent civil war.
 
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