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.

Aliases (2)

International Left Opposition ×1
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 → Grigori Zinoviev → Karl Radek → Leon Trotsky → Lev Kamenev → Yevgeni Preobrazhensky NERFINISHED →
ideology	Marxism → Trotskyism →
language	Russian →
methodOfDissolution	exile of leaders → expulsions from the Communist Party → political repression →
notableMember	Adolf Joffe → Alexander Beloborodov NERFINISHED → Christian Rakovsky → Grigori Zinoviev → Ivan Smirnov NERFINISHED → Karl Radek → Leon Trotsky → Lev Kamenev → Yevgeni Preobrazhensky NERFINISHED →
opposedTo	Joseph Stalin → Stalinism → bureaucratization of the Soviet state → one‑party dictatorship within the Communist Party →
organizedIn	All‑Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) → Communist International →
partOf	international communist movement →
position	far‑left →
repressedBy	Joseph Stalin → Soviet secret police →
startTime	1923 →
successor	Fourth International → International Left Opposition →
timePeriod	1923–1927 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fourth International →	hasIdeologicalPredecessor
Natalia Sedova →	memberOf
Leon Trotsky →	movement
Zinaida Volkova ("Left opposition") →	politicalAlignment
Left Opposition ("International Left Opposition") →	successor