Communist terminology

thumb|World War I [[American Red Cross poster by Harrison Fisher, 1918]] In political contexts, comrade means a fellow party member. The political use was inspired by the French Revolution, after which it grew into a form of address between socialists and workers. Since the Russian Revolution, popular culture in the West has often associated it with communism. As such, it can also be used as a reference to leftists, akin to "". In particular, the Russian word () may be used as a reference to communists.

leadership method among socialist parties

designation for political or class opponents of a state; term used in Antique Rome, Revolutionary France, Nazi Germany, Stalin-era Soviet Union, Communist China and The United States

Marxist concept of overthrowing capitalism in all countries

Political coalition proposed by the international communist movement following a shift away from the social fascism theory, involving liberal and social democratic forces

common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties

an unofficial title of the de facto head of state in China, usually the General Secretary or Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

thumb|310px|Raul Castro|Raúl Castro (left) and [[Che Guevara (right) in their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold south of Havana, in 1958. It was during this time as a guerrilla commander in the Cuban Revolution, that Guevara would base his theory of a foco-centered revolution.]]

ruling coalition in communist states, consisting of a communist party and block parties

governments that engage in imperialism meant to preserve the domestic social peace

situation after the February Revolution in which two powers competed for legitimacy: the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Provisional Government

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Liquidationism () was the ideology among some members of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) who argued for the abandonment of the underground party work and transition to exclusively legal political activities.

process of a politician fallen from grace returning to public life

polemic term for the ruling class of Soviet-type states

Vanguardism, a core concept of Leninism, is the idea that a revolutionary vanguard party, composed of the most conscious and disciplined workers, must lead the proletariat in overthrowing capitalism and establishing socialism, ultimately progressing to communism.

political notion

civilian Cambodians exploited by the Khmer Rouge

Marxist-Leninist concept

committee chief and de facto leader of Chinese Communist Party organs

theme within Marxism

Lumpenbourgeoisie is a term used in colonial sociology to describe members of the middle class and upper class (merchants, lawyers, industrialists, etc.) who have little collective self-awareness or economic base and who support the colonial masters. It is often attributed to Andre Gunder Frank in 1972, although the term is already present in several texts by Lukács (1943), Koestler (1945), C. Wright Mills (1951) and also in Paul Baran's The Political Economy of Growth (1957). Nonetheless, the term was popularized by Frank's book Lumpenbourgeoisie and Lumpendevelopment: Dependency, Class and P

sometimes called the "Red Terror", a period in Yugoslavia (1941–42) during World War II

strategy of building skills and counterinstitutions

West Germanic standard of language, based on High German dialects, was the literary language in the German Democratic Republic