Terrorism and Communism

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book political treatise

Terrorism and Communism is a 1920 political treatise by Leon Trotsky defending Bolshevik methods and policies during the Russian Civil War against socialist and liberal critics.

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Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
argues bourgeois democracy is incompatible with proletarian revolution ⓘ
proletarian dictatorship is a transitional phase to socialism ⓘ
revolutionary terror can be necessary to defend the revolution ⓘ
author Leon Trotsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
criticizes Karl Kautsky ⓘ
liberal critics ⓘ
social-democratic critics ⓘ
defends Bolshevik methods ⓘ
Red Terror ⓘ
one-party rule ⓘ
revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ
genre Marxist literature ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Terrorism and Communism ⓘ
surface form: Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky
hasEnglishTitle Terrorism and Communism self-link ⓘ
hasKeyConcept bourgeois democracy ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
proletarian democracy ⓘ
revolutionary necessity ⓘ
state power ⓘ
historicalSignificance important text in Trotskyist political theory ⓘ
major defense of Bolshevik policies during Russian Civil War ⓘ
influencedBy Leninism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
mainSubject Bolshevism ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ
communism ⓘ
dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ
revolutionary violence ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
movement Bolshevism ⓘ
communist movement ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
politicalAlignment Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik

Marxist ⓘ
publicationYear 1920 ⓘ
responseTo The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky) ⓘ
supports suppression of counterrevolution ⓘ
use of coercion in revolutionary period ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed Russian Civil War ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
writtenInContextOf Russian Civil War ⓘ
War Communism ⓘ

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Terrorism and Communism → hasAlternativeTitle → Terrorism and Communism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky
Terrorism and Communism → hasEnglishTitle → Terrorism and Communism self-link ⓘ
Leon Trotsky → notableWork → Terrorism and Communism ⓘ