Communist Politics

Communist politics is the direct adaptation of the policies stated by the beliefs of communism which is a sociopolitical movement. The objective of the movement is to bring about a classless society based on communal ownership of means of production by ending the concept of labors working for wages and banning private property acquisition. At times, people confuse communism with socialism as the definition of communism varies from country to country while believers declare socialism is the first stages of becoming a communist. In modern times, it is a form of revolutionary organization which fights against government or power influenced owners to gain decent rights in wage labor and required rights to live a life of liberty.

The baseline of communist politics is based on the ideologies and beliefs imparted by great leaders Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Communism usually varies according to belief of individual leaders and their way of approaching things but it is Marxism and Leninism that is widely followed even when adaptation differs according to situational issues. The leaders’ way determined the rules and norms to lead a revolutionary party. In Asia, Leon Trotsky’s aimed Marxism while Mao Tse Tung improvised the idea.

The origins of communism can be put under severe criticism for it never had one single leader or a set of ideologies that was followed till date. Every other revolutionary took up communist politics to lead a group of under privileged people while some organizations that were formed went against the government usually stamped as anti-social organizations, banned to exist in the society. Even though, it is normal for voicing rights to be banned by legal powers, communism adopted by many made it a wavering concept that pro governmental believers strongly detest to accept its methods.

Organizations are split into state communism based on one party system named the communist party that exists in all democracies including the U.S. democratic system. Compared to the power of communism and its related parties in twentieth century, its power and influence had considerably deteriorated but sensing the economic depression that plunged the world into near darkness, slowly Karl Marx policies had started gaining public interest for the welfare of the global community.

The word ism is such a popular phrase in the communist politics as they have a lot of such like Stalinism, Trotskyism, Maoism, Hoxhaism, Titoism, Eurocommunism and so on. Based on the Marxist Leninist ideologies, the communist party of U.S. established in 1919 engages itself in issues of national interest.

Questions:

• What are the ideologies followed in communist politics?
• How does communism influence world’s viewpoint?