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I think we need to split these into official communist parties and those that are 'unoffical' such as the revolutionary communists etc. Of course what constitutes offical post 1991 is an interesting point.
We then need to think about what constitutes a communist party - is it anything with communist in its name? Some of the 57 varieties of leftist have communist in their name and some don't. Should there be a separate list of trotskyist parties? Should reformed communists like the Party of Democratic Socialism be in here?
As for Maoists, what I've said in the intro is that "parties on this list are mostly those that were aligned with either Moscow or Beijing during the Cold War and their offshoots". I think a seperate list for Trotskyist parties would make more sense given their number (there is a list of international Trotskyist movements already, that may be sufficient)AndyL 17:29, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Since the Progressive Party of the Working People in Cyprus has been added, which rules in coalition as well as the Moldovan Communists, who rule through their victory in Democratic elections, I thought it would be fair to add all Communist Parties in ruling coalition governments. Similarly, there are many countries whose ruling Party is described as Marxist/Communist on their Wikipedia pages but which are not listed here, namely SWAPO, PFDJ and ZANU-PF and CPP so I also thought it would be appropriate to add them. The coalition Communist Parties I have noticed have all been posted, they all are currently in the ruling coalition of these governments, as is the AKEL in Cyprus.
Why are the communist parties not listed there from these areas, present or past? That-Vela-Fella 13:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
What about the parties that were once Marxist-Leninist (MPLA, FRELIMO and ZANU-PF) but have since backed away from these ideologies in favour of others. Should they be included? Also is the Korean Worker's Party even officially "communist" any more? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.239.32.173 (talk) 01:01, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
The current ruling party in Mozambique is Marxist-Leninist, it says on Mozambique's page. Should Mozambique be added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.210.133.3 (talk) 07:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I think a minimum criteria for being listed as being in government must be having members of the national cabinet. For example, PCV in Venezuela is part of the broader Chavista movement, but doesn't not have government presence at the moment. --Soman (talk) 19:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
A few facts: When spelled with a lower-case "c," the word "communism" has a broad meaning which includes anarchism, Marxism, and utopian socialism. When used with an upper-case "C," the word "Communism" specifically refers to parties with "Communist" in their name. The same goes for Socialism/socialism and Social-Democracy/social-democracy; lower case refers to the ideology, upper case refers to the name. Only a sectarian clown would declare that "Only the Juche-Hoxhaist 5th Internationalist Communist Parties can be truly considered Communist."
If Trotskyist parties (even ones that were/are "Communist" something) are not included, then this should be retitled "List of Stalinist Parties" or to appease the Stalinists, "List of Marxist-Leninist Parties."
To sum up: "Communism" does not refer to a particular trend of Marxism; when capitalized, it merely refers to parties which have "Communist" in their name. When uncapitalized, it refers to any political philosophy which advocates the establishment of a classless society - whether by revolutionary or any other means! If this list is "List of Communist Parties," then any party with Communist in the name should be on the list. If it is "List of communist parties," then even the Russian SR's and the early German SPD should be included because they advocated a classless society (communism) even if they completely failed to chart a way there. Ahuitzotl (talk) 06:55, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
How is it that so many communist parties are allowed to exist? The communists and their ideology are responsible for hundreds of millions of murders worldwide. For balance, there should be an equal number of National Socialist parties, ruling and non-ruling, in place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.61.238.40 (talk) 16:33, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Soman, communism is a lot older than Marxism, and Marxism is older than Leninism. There are reformist socialists who consider themselves Marxists and communists, but are firmly opposed to the Leninist conception of a "vanguard party." There are anarchists who consider themselves communists (because they advocate a classless society), yet are firmly opposed to both Marxism and Leninism. There are also many religious organizations (early Christianity for example) that advocate or have advocated some form of utopian communism. All Leninists are Marxists and all Marxists are communists but not all communists are Marxists and not all Marxists are Leninists. To confuse the three terms in such a philistine manner, as if you might reinvent the definitions of words according to your own prejudices, is atrocious.
Cmrdrm: if this list isn't ideologically homogeneous, why leave out some "Communist Parties?" Either it should include all parties with Communist in the name, or all parties that advocate a classless society (communism), even if some sections are simply a link to other lists. To pick and choose which "Communist Parties" are really Communist, and arbitrarily throw in a few communist parties without Communist in the name, is subjective, ridiculous, demonstrates confusion over the definition of the terms, and will serve to further confuse others (like our Nazi clown friend 166.61.238.40 here) instead of educating them. Ahuitzotl (talk) 17:29, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
There is an error about Brazilian Communist Party and PPS (Socialist People's Party). BCP didnt became SPP, some people of BCP left it and created SPP but Brazilian Communist Party still exists they only lose their number but they legacy is recognized by Electoral Justice.
Lobei (talk) 20:01, 21 Mar 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.17.13.93 (talk)
A political party described as a communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government. The name originates from the 1848 tract Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.[1]
A communist party is, at least according to Leninist theory, the vanguard party of the working class, whether ruling or non-ruling, but when such a party is in power in a specific country, the party is said to be the highest authority of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Lenin's theories on the role of a communist party were developed as the early 20th-century Russian social democracy divided into Bolshevik (meaning "majority") and Menshevik (meaning "minority") factions.
Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks, argued that a revolutionary party should be a well-knit vanguard party with a centralized political command and a strict cadre policy; the Menshevik faction, however, argued that the party should be a broad-based mass movement. The Bolshevik party, which eventually became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, took power in Russia after the October Revolution in 1917. With the creation of the Communist International, the Leninist concept of party building was copied by emerging communist parties worldwide.
There currently exist hundreds of communist parties throughout the world. Their success rates vary widely: some are growing; others are in decline. In three countries, Republic of Cuba; People's Republic of China; and Socialist Republic of Vietnam, communist parties retain dominance over the state. See the List of communist parties for details on the communist parties of today.
The Chinese Communist Party is the world's largest political party,[2] claiming nearly 78 million members[3] at the end of 2009 which constitutes about 5.6% of the total population of mainland China.
As the membership of a communist party was to be limited to active cadres, there was a need for networks of separate organizations to mobilize mass support for the party. Typically communist parties have built up various front organizations, whose membership is often open to non-communists. In many countries the single most important front organization of the communist parties has been its youth wing. During the time of the Communist International the youth leagues were explicit communist organizations, using the name 'Young Communist League'. Later the youth league concept was broadened in many countries, and names like 'Democratic Youth League' were adopted.
Other organizations often connected to communist parties includes trade unions, student, women's, peasant's and cultural organizations. Traditionally these mass organizations were politically subordinated to the political leadership of the party. However, in many contemporary cases mass organizations founded by communists have acquired a certain degree of independence. In some cases mass organizations have outlived the communist parties in question.
At the international level, the Communist International organized various international front organizations (linking national mass organizations with each other), such as the Young Communist International, Profintern, Krestintern, International Red Aid, Sportintern, etc.. These organizations were dissolved in the process of deconstruction of the Communist International. After the Second World War new international coordination bodies were created, such as the World Federation of Democratic Youth, International Union of Students, World Federation of Trade Unions, Women's International Democratic Federation and the World Peace Council.
Historically, in countries where Communist Parties were struggling to attain state power, the formation of wartime alliances with non-communist parties and wartime groups was enacted (such as the National Liberation Front of Albania). Upon attaining state power these Fronts were often transformed into nominal (and usually electoral) "National" or "Fatherland" Fronts in which non-communist parties and organizations were given token representation (a practice known as Blockpartei), the most popular examples of these being the National Front of East Germany (as a historical example) and the United Front of the People's Republic of China (as a modern-day example). Other times the formation of such Fronts were undertaken without the participation of other parties, such as the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia and the National Front of Afghanistan, though the purpose was the same: to promote the Communist Party line to generally non-communist audiences and to mobilize them to carry out tasks within the country under the aegis of the Front.
A uniform naming scheme for communist parties was adopted by the Communist International. All parties were required to use the name 'Communist Party of (name of country)'. Today, there are plenty of cases where the old sections of the Communist International have retained those names. In other cases names have been changed. Common causes for the shift in naming were either moves to avoid state repression[1] or as measures to indicate a broader political acceptance.
A typical example of the latter was the renamings of various East European communist parties after the Second World War, as staged 'mergers' of the local Social Democratic parties occurred.[2] New names in the post-war era included 'Socialist Party', 'Socialist Unity Party', 'Popular Party', 'Workers Party' and 'Party of Labour'.
The naming conventions of communist parties became more diverse as the international communist movement was fragmented due to the Sino-Soviet split in the 1960s. Those who sided with China and/or Albania in their criticism of the Soviet leadership, often added words like 'Revolutionary' or 'Marxist-Leninist' to distinguish themselves from the pro-Soviet parties.
Why is not Congolese Party of Labour at the lists? It was a ruling marxist-leninist party in Republic of Congo until 1990, but today it is a socialist party working in opposition. --31.147.30.155 (talk) 21:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
It says in the lead section that Trotskyist parties are not included in the listing, but why is that? Trotskyists are communists too, and they have communist parties so they should be included. Charles Essie (talk) 19:39, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Is Movement of Popular Participation in Uruguay belong to communist party? 南天星斗 (talk) 15:45, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
I find this list somewhat chaotic. It does not seem to consist a logical system. Not every organization listed is actually a party (such as some "leagues" or "unions"), so a change of lemma might be advisable. Also it may be useful to add a sorting by ideological tendencies and international affiliations by inserting the information into a sortable table. --Partisan1917 20:05, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Does these parties still exist, include CP of Estonia, CP of Latvia and CP of Lithuania? 南天星斗 (talk) 03:13, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
DPRK's state ideology is not altogether a repudiation of Communism and does not differ much from Stalinist Russia and pre-1979 China in matters of policy. If anything, it can be considered a further evolution of the Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist tradition. Each successive development in this line of quasi-religious ideologies saw the elevation of the newer prophet to greater heights, along with the increasing marginalization of his predecessors, where they were successively whittled down to ensure that nothing in Leninism contradicting Stalinism be allowed,and nothing in Stalinism contradicting Maoism be allowed, and so forth. During the cultural revolution it was said that the study of "Mao Zedong thought" should amount to 95% of the study of the Marxist Canon as a whole. Juche just raises its own quota to 100%.
To be sure, purist Trotskyist sects (and equally purist "Anti-Revisionist" cults) will refuse to accept that the WPK is Communist. But, if the issue of who is to be considered "Communist" were left to them, then they would exclude everybody but themselves. Political organizations are rightly categorized by what their ideology amounts to, rather than by self-identification (and in this case even judgment by self-identification is less than conclusive as the WPK has not explicitly declared itself non-communist). If we were to go solely by self-identification, then the DPRK would be "democratic" and a "republic" as well.
The efforts by the first-world radical left to disown North Korea, and even label it "right-wing" is cute- but quite dishonest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.242.12 (talk) 21:35, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
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Perhaps a map, such as one in the Pirate Parties International article, showing where a communist party is registered, won elected posts, etc., would be a nice addition to this article. --94.253.204.88 (talk) 07:31, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
The article title says "communist", the article text says "Communist party" but it also says "communist Third International". I think most instanced of "Communist" should be changed to "communist" when they don't refer to a particular political party. I know my communist comrades maintain that "Communist" must refer to a specific vanguard organization and "communist" must refer to our general political theory. The article also says "Left communist", shouldn't this be changed to "left communist"? It also says "Modern (Non ruling)" but later "Defunct (non-ruling)" shouldn't we change "Non ruling" to "non-ruling"? It also refers to the Soviet CP in the lead while linking to Soviet Union, and also refers to the Chinese CP without linking anywhere. So, it looks like there is potential for improvement here. I'll make some changes, if you disagree just discuss ok? Χρυσάνθη Λυκούση (talk) 02:12, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
The party provided for North Cyprus is actually a social democratic party in the Republic of Cyprus. As far as i know it has no participation in politics in the north. There is a communist party in the North but im 100% sure its not EDEK. Lefterisg9 (talk) 19:55, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
I've noticed that User:南天星斗 appears to be engaging in edit-warring behavior, removing and reclassifying certain parties in the list and persistently undoing other editors' reversions. In the interest of assuming good faith, following the three-revert rule and attempting to achieve consensus on this issue I'd like to invite them to justify their recent edits here and discuss the issues they attempted to boldly address regarding the inclusion or classification of certain parties in the list. Anarkinsey (talk) 16:15, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
The topic (discussed already here) may be a bit controversial, because there's no clear statement what communism is and some groups like anarcho-communism, juche or even social-democracy have a lot in common and belong to wide family of communist and far left movement. Because of that it should be at least mentionned here with corresponding links.
With the WPK the situation is a bit more complicated, because of unclear statements of North Korean government over it. For example NK economy has more in common with communism than Chinese or Vietnamese. On the other hand Juche is often shown as a separate movement (to make the personality cult stronger), even if it is just a specific modification of marxism-leninism-stalinism-maoism. For majority it is still communist.
Saying that it's not communist but rather far-right feudal state is fake though. It depends on what perspective you have. For Trocki all communist states became nationalist and he didn't accepted them as communist. For some China is not communist in reality because of its quasi-capitalist economy and weak social support. What's more Marks and Engels already in their manifesto declared that there's only tiny difference between nationalism and communism. Racial and national policies were applied at some level in nearly every communist country. For example in Romania, Poland, Soviet Union, China (Tibet or Uyghur areas), Czechoslovakia, GDR.
The changes in NK's constitution and WPK's statute are recent, and many « demonisation » arguments are in this context just illusoric.
Bests
Ventic (talk) 14:02, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
In what regard do the communist parties of Israel, Russia and Palestine count as ruling parties, the links to the ruling coalition beside each of these parties brings up the national Legislatures of the nations. Also i think that the People's Victory Party in Uruguay should be added next to the communist party of Uruguay under (Communist parties as ruling parties or part of ruling coalition in multi-party states), altough it is aligned to some anarchist movements and may have been anarcho-communist in the past it isn't technically anarchist anymore and thus should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TURTLOS (talk • contribs) 10:51, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
Strollad Komunour Honduras https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strollad_Komunour_Honduras Communist Party of Honduras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Honduras Partido Comunista de Honduras https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Comunista_de_Honduras حزب کمونیست هندوراس https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A8_%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3 ჰონდურასის კომუნისტური პარტია https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90 Partito Comunista dell'Honduras https://it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partito_Comunista_dell'Honduras Komunistyczna Partia Hondurasu https://pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komunistyczna_Partia_Hondurasu Коммунистическая партия Гондураса https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%83 %D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0 ہونڈیورس کی کمیونسٹ پارٹی https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%88%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D9%BE%D8%A7 %D8%B1%D9%B9%DB%8C 洪都拉斯共产党 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E9%83%BD%E6%8B%89%E6%96%AF%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%A7%E5%85%9A — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.16.152.238 (talk) 05:54, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
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What is the difference between two these groups? I think they must be merged each other. JackHoang (talk) 11:48, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
That offers no logical consistency. Either the Trotskyist and left communist parties should be included or the anarcho-communist and Juche parties should be excluded and exported, while the article is renamed to "List of Marxist-Leninist parties". 87.70.155.185 (talk) 03:23, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
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There was a decision to merge the List of left communist organizations by country with this article; but, if trotskists are not included in this list, even less sense makes to include the left communists, who, if anything, are even more distant from the mainstream communism.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 14:08, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
full agree, that article was better if merged with Left communism
i've noted the miss of many parties also parties that ruled in one party state like the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.17.239.45 (talk) 17:23, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
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it holds about 10 seats and is very successful so the list is wrong 2600:1702:9F0:D140:4166:F132:5532:5970 (talk) 08:13, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
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Kosovo is glitched on the map! 177.76.22.139 (talk) 02:28, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
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During much time, Trotskysist parties were not supposed to be included in that list; that observation, meanwhile, was removed from the article, and now there are some Trotskyist parties included (but not the vast majority of them); what should be the rule? To include Trotskyist or not? In a way or another, the article need some changes (or including all Trotskyists, or removing the few Trotskyist parties mentioned). MiguelMadeira (talk) 17:06, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
The Greek Communist Party (KKE) is not listed under 'Opposition Parties in multi-party states' despite still being represented in the Greek parliament. It is listed under 'Formerly ruling,' but there the focus is on when they ruled during the Greek Civil War and were overthrown. Of the multiple parties that are listed under 'Formerly ruling,' the KKE is, as far as I can tell, the only existing party that is still openly communist and has parliamentary representation. So shouldn't it also be listed under 'Opposition Parties in multi-party states' with its current representation? That would give a better overview. ProfBigmouth (talk) 13:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)