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Founded after the dissolution of the Second International in 1916, following the 1915 Zimmerwald Conference in which Vladimir Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported the "national union" Governments in war with each other
The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International. Founded after dissolving the Second International in 1916. At the Zimmerwald Conference Lenin had led the "Zimmerwald Left" against those who supported "national union" Governments
"by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an international Soviet republic as a transition stage to the complete abolition of the State"
The Comintern holds seven World Congresses, the first in March 1919 and the last in 1935, until it was officially dissolved in May 1943. The Comintern becomes known as the "General Staff of the World Revolution".
The central policy of the Comintern under Lenins leadership was that Communist parties should be established across the world to aid the international proletarian revolution. Founds an international Communist organisation in the midst of the "war communism" period (1918-1921).
Becomes the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Comintern when it is created in March 1919
The first Chairman of the Cominterns Executive Committee is Grigory Zinoviev, from 1919 to 1926
An official "Terror Group of the Revolutionary Council of the Government" is formed, unofficially known as "Lenin Boys"
During this early period, known as the "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority is to export the October Revolution.
The Comintern was involved in the revolutions across Europe in this period, starting with the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. The Comintern is involved in the revolutions across Europe, starting with the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Zinoviev becomes the 1st President of Comintern. The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International
Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International
The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines
in which the party press and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.
Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International Lenin sends out a number of documents, including his Twenty-one Conditions to all socialist parties which the Congress adopts as prerequisites for any group wanting to become affiliated to the International.
The 21 Conditions call for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups and instruct the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states & call for the build-up of party organisations along democratic centralist lines, in which the party press
The 21 Conditions called for the demarcation between Communist parties and other socialist groups, and instructed the Comintern sections not to trust the legality of the bourgeois states. Ahead of the Second Congress of the Communist International, held in July-August 1920, Lenin sent out a number of documents, including his "21 Conditions" to all socialist parties
The second congress lays down the "Twenty-one Conditions" for membership, firmly establishing a differentiation between the socialist parties and the Communist parties. The Comintern sponsors the Red International of Labour Unions.
and Parliamentary factions would be under the direct control of the party leadership.
27 countries attend the 2nd meeting of the Comintern in Moscow
Third Congress, held in June-July 1921, talked about how the struggle could be transformed into "civil war" when the circumstances were favorable and "openly revolutionary uprisings". The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution
The "First Period" in Comintern history, with the Bolshevik revolution under attack in the Russian Civil War and a wave of revolutions across Europe, the Cominterns priority was exporting the October Revolution.
The Comintern is behind the "March Action" in Germany, including an attempt to dynamite the express train from Halle to Leipzig.
Third Congress, held in June-July 1921, talked about how the struggle could be transformed into "civil war" when the circumstances were favorable and "openly revolutionary uprisings."
World revolution is dismissed after the failures of the Spartacist uprising in Germany and of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and the reflux of all revolutionary movements in Europe, such as in Italy, where the fascist squadristi gains control
The Comintern sponsors the Red Peasant International. The Comintern is active during the Ruhr Crisis in Germany
At the Vth Comintern Congress Zinoviev condemns Marxist philosopher Georg Luk css History and Class Consciousness, published in 1923 after his involvement in B‚la Kuns Hungarian Soviet Republic, and Karl Korschs Marxism and Philosophy
The Mongolian Peoples Revolutionary Party joined Comintern. The Comintern is behind a failed coup in Estonia by the Estonian Communist Party
Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
After the death of Lenin there is a shift in the Cominterns focus from world revolution towards a defence of the Soviet state paerticularly when Joseph Stalin takes power and upholds "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin in his brochure "Can We Build Socialism in One Country in the Absence of the Victory of the West-European Proletariat?". 1st to use the expression, "socialism in one country"
Appointed Chairman of the Communist International, Comintern
The period up to 1928, is known as the "Second Period", mirroring the shift in the USSR from war communism to the New Economic Policy. Stalin upholds the thesis of "socialism in one country", detailed by Nikolai Bukharin
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev
Within weeks of the Congress, Stalin wrestled control of the Leningrad party organisation and Government from Zinoviev and had him dismissed from all regional posts, leaving only the Comintern as a potential power base for Zinoviev
The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism
The policy of Socialism in one country is finalized as e state policy after Stalins January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism
"Socialism In One Country" is finalized as the state policy after Stalin's January 1926 article On the Issues of Leninism
Stalin makes the party line clear: "An internationalist is one who is ready to defend the USSR without reservation, without wavering, unconditionally; for the USSR it is the base of the world revolutionary movement, and this revolutionary movement cannot be defended and promoted without defending
The dream of a world revolution is abandoned after the failures of the Spartacist uprising in Germany and of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, and the failure of all revolutionary movements in Europe, such as in Italy, where the fascist squadristi broke the strikes and quickly
assumed power following the 1922 March on Rome.
the USSR.
Zinoviev himself is dismissed in 1926 after falling out of favor with Stalin
Expels all opposition from the International during a Comintern Executive meeting
The 9th Plenum of the Executive Committee begins the so-called "Third Period" lasting until 1935 as the Comintern proclaims that the capitalist system is entering the period of final collapse and as such
The Comintern describes all moderate left-wing parties as "social fascists", and urges the Communists devote their energies to the destruction of the moderate left.
The Comintern proclaimed that the capitalist system was entering the period of final collapse, and that as such, the correct stance for all Communist parties was that of an highly aggressive, militant, ultra-left line.
The period, up to 1928, is known as the "Second Period", mirroring the shift in the USSR from war communism to the New Economic Policy.
and urges Communists to devote their energies to the destruction of the moderate left. In 1928, the 9th Plenum of the Executive Committee began the so-called "Third Period", which was to last until 1935
the correct stance for all Communist parties is that of a highly aggressive militant ultra-left line & in particular the Comintern describes all moderate left-wing parties as "social fascists"
Trotsky claimed that the 3rd Period policies of the Comintern had contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. The Trotskyists organised themselves into the International Left Opposition, which is intended to be a group of anti-Stalinist dissenters within the 3rd International. Stalins supporters, who dominated the International, would no longer tolerate dissent, all Trotskyists, and those suspected of being influenced by Trotskyism, are expelled
The seventh congress officially endorses the Popular Front against fascism. The seventh and last congress of the Comintern is held between July 25 and August 20 1935
The Comintern abandons the membership policies established under the "Twenty-one Conditions" and begins to form coalitions, or popular fronts, with bourgeois parties
Claims that the Comintern had fallen irredeemably into the hands of the Stalinist bureaucracy
Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the 3rd International
Trotsky and his supporters founded the 4th International, which was intended to be a revolutionary and internationalist alternative to the Stalinist Comintern
At the start of World War II, the Comintern supported a policy of non-intervention, arguing that the war was an imperialist war between various national ruling classes, much like World War I had been
When the Soviet Union is invaded on 22 June 1941, the Comintern changed its position to one of active support for the Allies
In order to allay the misgivings of its allies in World War II, the Soviet Union dissolves the Comintern
The Cominform is based on the Comintern which was dissolved in 1942, it co-ordinates European Communist Parties
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