Left Opposition

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communist opposition current political faction

The Left Opposition was a faction within the Soviet and international communist movement led by Leon Trotsky that criticized Stalin’s policies and advocated for international revolution and inner-party democracy.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Left Opposition canonical 9
Left opposition 2
International Left Opposition 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist opposition current ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
advocatedFor defense of the Soviet Union against imperialism ⓘ
inner‑party democracy ⓘ
international revolution ⓘ
permanent revolution ⓘ
planned industrialization ⓘ
workers’ democracy ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
criticized New Economic Policy ⓘ
growing privileges of the party bureaucracy ⓘ
socialism in one country ⓘ
suppression of party factions ⓘ
endTime late 1920s ⓘ
foundedBy Adolf Joffe ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ
Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form: Grigori Zinoviev

Karl Radek ⓘ
Leon Trotsky ⓘ
Lev Kamenev ⓘ
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
methodOfDissolution exile of leaders ⓘ
expulsions from the Communist Party ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
notableMember Adolf Joffe ⓘ
Alexander Beloborodov ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ
Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ
surface form: Grigori Zinoviev

Ivan Smirnov ⓘ
Karl Radek ⓘ
Leon Trotsky ⓘ
Lev Kamenev ⓘ
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky ⓘ
opposedTo Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form: Stalinism

bureaucratization of the Soviet state ⓘ
one‑party dictatorship within the Communist Party ⓘ
organizedIn Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: All‑Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Comintern ⓘ
surface form: Communist International
partOf international communist movement ⓘ
position far‑left ⓘ
repressedBy Joseph Stalin ⓘ
NKVD ⓘ
surface form: Soviet secret police
startTime 1923 ⓘ
successor Fourth International ⓘ
Left Opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: International Left Opposition
timePeriod 1923–1927 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leon Trotsky → movement → Left Opposition ⓘ
Left Opposition → successor → Left Opposition self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: International Left Opposition
Fourth International → hasIdeologicalPredecessor → Left Opposition ⓘ
Natalia Sedova → memberOf → Left Opposition ⓘ
Zinaida Volkova → politicalAlignment → Left Opposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Left opposition
Sergei Mrachkovsky → politicalAlignment → Left Opposition ⓘ
Lev Sedov → politicalAlignment → Left Opposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: Left opposition
Ivan Smirnov → affiliation → Left Opposition ⓘ
Heinrich Blücher → memberOf → Left Opposition ⓘ
this entity surface form: KPD opposition (anti-Stalinist)
Christian Rakovsky → politicalAlignment → Left Opposition ⓘ
Bolshevik Party debates of the 1920s → hasParticipant → Left Opposition ⓘ
Bolshevik Party debates of the 1920s → opposedBy → Left Opposition ⓘ
Rudolf Klement → movement → Left Opposition ⓘ