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...that the
Russian
Party of Revolutionary Communism
was dissolved in 1920 after a decision of the 2nd
Comintern
congress, which ordered there could only be one
communist party
in each country?
...that the 36 members of the first
Central Committee
of the
Portuguese Communist Party
elected after the
Carnation Revolution
had, in the aggregate, experienced more than 300 years in jail.
...that
Charles Nqakula
, the Minister of Safety and Security of
South Africa
and chairperson of the
SACP
underwent military training in
Angola
,
East Germany
, and the
Soviet Union
in order to fight in
Umkhonto we Sizwe
, the armed wing of the
ANC
?
...that
Wogan Philipps
was the only member of the
Communist Party of Great Britain
to sit in the
House of Lords
?
...that the
Communist League of America
was formed after some members of the
Communist Party USA
were expelled for
Trotskyism
?
...that the
U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
supported the
Chushi Gangdruk
guerilla fighters in their attempts to overthrow the
Communist Party of China
in
Tibet
in the 1950s?
...that
Moscow City Hall
, built in the 1890s to the tastes of the Russian
bourgeoisie
, was converted by
Communists
into the Central
Lenin
Museum after its rich interior decoration had been plastered over?