Third Period strategy of the Communist International
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The Third Period strategy of the Communist International was a late-1920s to early-1930s ultra-left line that rejected alliances with social democrats as “social fascists” and emphasized revolutionary confrontation and class-against-class tactics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Comintern policy line
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political strategy ⓘ ultra-left line ⓘ |
| appliedBy |
Comintern
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Communist International NERFINISHED ⓘ Communist parties affiliated to the Comintern ⓘ |
| appliedInCountry |
France
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Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Comintern theory of three periods of capitalism ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Leon Trotsky
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Trotskyists NERFINISHED ⓘ many social democrats ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
mischaracterization of social democracy as fascist
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sectarianism ⓘ undermining united working-class resistance to fascism ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1930s ⓘ |
| follows | Second Period strategy of the Communist International ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | leadership of the Communist International under Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| goal |
overthrow of capitalism
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preparation for imminent proletarian revolution ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacteristic |
class-against-class tactics
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denunciation of coalition governments with social democrats ⓘ designation of social democracy as social fascism ⓘ emphasis on building separate red unions ⓘ emphasis on independent communist trade-union work ⓘ emphasis on revolutionary confrontation ⓘ expectation of imminent revolutionary crisis ⓘ rejection of alliances with social democrats ⓘ rejection of united fronts with reformist parties ⓘ sectarian attitude toward non-communist workers’ parties ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Depression
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rise of fascist movements in Europe ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism-Leninism
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Stalinism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Communist Party of Germany
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Communist Party of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Communist Party of the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ French Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labeledAs | social fascists ⓘ |
| opposed | parliamentary reformism ⓘ |
| rejectedAllianceWith |
reformist labor parties
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social democratic parties ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Popular Front strategy of the Communist International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | late 1920s ⓘ |
| timePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
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Popular Front strategy of the Communist International
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Third Period strategy of the Communist International
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