When Communist Overthrew Communist

[chegitz guevara]

What are all the examples of communists overthrowing other communists? Off the top of my head, I can think of two examples: the Vietnamese and factions of the Communist Party of Cambodia overthrowing the Communist Party of Cambodia. The other example is the groups that overthrew Menghistu in Ethiopia. Now, various communist factions have fought, for example in Peru where the Sendero Luminoso fought with the Tupamarus, but as neither ever achieved state power, it doesn't really count.

Are there any other examples of communists ousting communists? I think coups should count, but I won't list those.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

I wouldn't count Cambodia, since the Khmer Rouge was anything but communist.

I also wouldn't consider the counterrevolution in Ethiopia as something lead by communists, since it was carried out by the social-democratic EPRDF.

In Grenada, Maurice Bishop was overthrown by Bernard Coard, giving the U.S. an opportunity to invade.

In Afghanistan, Nur Muhammad Taraki was overthrown by Hafizullah Amin in 1979.

[Ismail]

Let's stick to whoever labeled themselves as Communists. This includes the Khmer Rouge.

In this case, pro-Soviet People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia which claimed socialism was overthrown by various groups, one of the main ones was the pro-Albanian Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray, which led the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, which was in the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

[OI OI OI]

Stalin and his clique of bureaucrats overthrowed the Bolsheviks

[spartan]

East Germany 1953, Hungary 1956 and Czechoslovakia 1969.

[Random Precision]

Let's stick to whoever labeled themselves as Communists. This includes the Khmer Rouge.

In this case, pro-Soviet People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia which claimed socialism was overthrown by various groups, one of the main ones was the pro-Albanian Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray, which led the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, which was in the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

I don't think that really counts, seeing as they only remained "Marxist-Leninists" for about 10 minutes after winning power. I suppose that makes them "revisionists", no?

[Ismail]

No, they abandoned Marxism-Leninism and openly embraced capitalism. That makes them capitalists.

[Dros]

Stalin and his clique of bureaucrats overthrowed the Bolsheviks

:lol:

Trot=fail

Stalin and his "clique" were the Bolsheviks. Your guy lost in the Central Committee. Get over it already.