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'''Marxism-Leninism''' is an ideological framework to explain the driving forces of history, particularly [[class struggle]]. It was | '''Marxism-Leninism''' is an ideological framework to explain the driving forces of history, particularly [[class struggle]]. It was synthesized by [[Joseph Stalin]] based on the writings of [[Karl Marx|Karl Marx,]] [[Friedrich Engels|Friedrich Engels,]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]]. | ||
It is based on [[dialectical materialism]], the materialist conception of history, and Marxist political economy including the Leninist conception of [[imperialism]]. | It is based on [[dialectical materialism]], the materialist conception of history, and Marxist political economy including the Leninist conception of [[imperialism]]. | ||
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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, Laotian and Chinese revolutions as well as other successful national liberation and revolutionary movements in Africa and Asia. | 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, Laotian and 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 | 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 engaging in class struggle. | ||
== References == | Notable ideologists and adherents to Marxism-Leninism include: | ||
*[[Joseph Stalin]] | |||
*[[Mao Zedong]] | |||
*[[Kim Il-Sung]] | |||
*[[Ho Chi Minh]] | |||
*[[Enver Hoxha]] | |||
*[[William Z. Foster]] | |||
*[[Earl Browder]] | |||
*[[Fidel Castro]] | |||
*[[Che Guevara]] | |||
*[[Thomas Sankara]] | |||
*[[Gennady Zyuganov]] | |||
*[[Haz Al-Din]] | |||
*[[Alexander Lukshenko]] | |||
*[[Xi Jinping]] | |||
*[[Kim Jong-Un]] | |||
Non-Marxist contributors to Marxism-Leninism: | |||
* [[NIck Land]] | |||
* [[Alexander Dugin]] | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Ideologies]] | [[Category:Ideologies]] | ||