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'''Marxism-Leninism''' is | '''Marxism-Leninism''' is an ideological framework to explain the driving forces of history, particularly [[class struggle]]. It was codified by [[Joseph Stalin]] based on the writings of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and [[Karl Marx]]. | ||
It is based on [[dialectical materialism]], the materialist conception of history, and Marxist political economy including the Leninist conception of [[imperialism]]. | |||
After the success of the [[October Revolution|Russian Revolution of 1917]] and the establishment of the [[USSR|Soviet Union]] in 1922, many communist parties around the world began to adopt Marxism-Leninism as their political line, and Marxism-Leninism was the main theoretical framework which guided the Korean, Vietnamese, Cuban, Laotianand Chinese revolutions as well as other successful national liberation and revolutionary movements in Africa and Asia. | |||
Today, Marxism–Leninism is one of the theoretical foundations of governing communist parties in [[Communist Party of China|China]], [[Communist Party of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Workers' Party of Korea|Korea]], [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Laos]] and [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam]], and is the political line of many communist parties waging class struggle. | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Ideologies]] | [[Category:Ideologies]] | ||