Communist Party (Opposition) in the United States
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The Communist Party (Opposition) in the United States was a dissident communist organization that broke with the main Communist Party over ideological and strategic differences, aligning with the international Right Opposition in the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communist organization
ⓘ
political party ⓘ |
| aimedAt | organizing the working class ⓘ |
| alignedWith | Right Opposition currents in the Communist International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissentedFrom |
ideological line of the Communist Party USA
ⓘ
strategic line of the Communist Party USA ⓘ |
| follows | Right Opposition line in the Communist movement ⓘ |
| goal |
building a mass workers’ party
ⓘ
socialist transformation of the United States ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
aligned with Bukharinist tendencies
ⓘ
anti-Stalinist ⓘ anti-Trotskyist ⓘ dissident faction ⓘ fraction of former Communist Party USA members ⓘ minority current within U.S. communism ⓘ non-ruling party ⓘ |
| hasOppositionType | intra-communist opposition ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalForm | party ⓘ |
| hasOrientation |
legal political activity
ⓘ
trade-union oriented ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| historicalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
Right Opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ communism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nikolai Bukharin’s policies
ⓘ
Right Opposition leaders in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | American communist movement ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Comintern majority line under Joseph Stalin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ Stalinist policies in the Communist International ⓘ Trotskyist Left Opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ ultra-left tactics in the labor movement ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American communism
ⓘ
history of the international communist movement ⓘ international Right Opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalSpectrumPosition | communist left ⓘ |
| positionInCommunistMovement | Right oppositionist ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Communist Party USA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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