anti-communism
thumb|Polish anti-communist activists with a banner reading "Out with Communism" during a Śląsk Wrocław football match in March 2012
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Anti-communism refers to opposition to communist political systems and ideologies, which has been expressed by various groups and activists across different countries and time periods. It matters because anti-communist movements have significantly shaped political history, influencing international relations, domestic policies, and social movements in regions like Eastern Europe.
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- Anti-communist movements
- Left-wing anti-communism
- Liberalism
- Former communists
- Counter-revolutionary movements
- White movement in Russia
- Fascism
- Nazism
- Religions
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Sikhism
- Falun Gong
- Unification Church
- Islam
- Paganism
- Literature
- Evasion of censorship
- By region
- Africa
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- South Africa
- Asia
- Armenia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan and Manchukuo
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- Middle East
- Iran
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia
- Turkey
- Europe
- Council of Europe and European Union
- Albania
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Moldova
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Spain
- <big>Pre-Francoist Spain</big>
- <big>Francoist Spain</big>
- Ukraine
- North America
- United States
- 1920s and 1930s
- Cold War era, 1947–1991
- Post-Cold War era developments
- South America
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Criticism
- In art
- Fine arts
- Music
- Architecture
- Literature
- Cinema
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|Polish anti-communist activists with a banner reading "Out with Communism" during a Śląsk Wrocław football match in March 2012
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an intense rivalry. Anti-communism has been an element of many movements with different political positions across the political spectrum, including anarchism, centrism, conservatism, fascism, liberalism, nationalism, social democracy, socialism, leftism, and libertarianism, as well as broad movements resisting communist governance. Anti-communism has also been expressed by several religious groups, and in art and literature.