Third Period strategy of the Communist International

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The Third Period strategy of the Communist International was a late-1920s to early-1930s ultra-left line that rejected alliances with social democrats as “social fascists” and emphasized revolutionary confrontation and class-against-class tactics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Comintern policy line ⓘ
political strategy ⓘ
ultra-left line ⓘ
appliedBy Comintern ⓘ
Communist International ⓘ
linked to: Comintern

Communist parties affiliated to the Comintern ⓘ
appliedInCountry France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
basedOn Comintern theory of three periods of capitalism ⓘ
criticizedBy Leon Trotsky ⓘ
Trotskyists ⓘ
linked to: Trotskyism

many social democrats ⓘ
criticizedFor mischaracterization of social democracy as fascist ⓘ
sectarianism ⓘ
undermining united working-class resistance to fascism ⓘ
endTime early 1930s ⓘ
follows Second Period strategy of the Communist International ⓘ
formulatedBy leadership of the Communist International under Joseph Stalin ⓘ
goal overthrow of capitalism ⓘ
preparation for imminent proletarian revolution ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic class-against-class tactics ⓘ
denunciation of coalition governments with social democrats ⓘ
designation of social democracy as social fascism ⓘ
emphasis on building separate red unions ⓘ
emphasis on independent communist trade-union work ⓘ
emphasis on revolutionary confrontation ⓘ
expectation of imminent revolutionary crisis ⓘ
rejection of alliances with social democrats ⓘ
rejection of united fronts with reformist parties ⓘ
sectarian attitude toward non-communist workers’ parties ⓘ
historicalContext Great Depression ⓘ
rise of fascist movements in Europe ⓘ
ideology Marxism-Leninism ⓘ
linked to: Marxism–Leninism

Stalinism ⓘ
influenced Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
Communist Party of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to: Communist Party USA

French Communist Party ⓘ
labeledAs social fascists ⓘ
opposed parliamentary reformism ⓘ
rejectedAllianceWith reformist labor parties ⓘ
social democratic parties ⓘ
replacedBy Popular Front strategy of the Communist International ⓘ
startTime late 1920s ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Popular Front strategy of the Communist International → precededBy → Third Period strategy of the Communist International ⓘ