Talk:Communist revolution

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Question: Should we list only the most notable communist revolutions, or all communist revolutions? Some of the revolutions currently listed in this article are tiny and quite insignificant, even in the context of their own countries' history (let alone on the international stage!). I would suggest trimming the list down to the most important ones, but I'd like to hear IZAK's opinion first. -- Mihnea Tudoreanu 13:30, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mihnea: I have never heard of "tiny" communist revolutions (have you?) when all these were in fact important historical events on different continents and different geographical regions! I think the list is fine, including "tiny" communist revolutions, because even these "tiny" ones, such as in Cambodia, remain significant events and upheavals important to all students of history and the world. This page allows a casual reader to gain a sense of the "historical sweep" of the different types of communist revolutions that took place all over the world, and provides the necessary links to relevant article, that's all. There is lots of room on Wikipedia for all this. Thanks again. IZAK 06:14, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Now let's see... the Guinea-Bissauan Revolution or the events in Ethiopia were arguably insignificant (certainly not as significant as the Russian Revolution or the Vietnam War!). But you make a good point that we should present a wider view of communist revolutions throughout history, and this requires a long list such as the one we have now. Very well, I'll agree to it - but you should also agree that this article, being a disambig page, is no place to start writing about advocacy and criticism of communist revolutions. I replaced your last sentence in the intro with one pointing the reader to other articles where these matters are discussed more extensively. -- Mihnea Tudoreanu 11:16, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mihnea: Had you lived in Africa you would not have looked at the African Communist-led revolutions as "insignificant" I assure you! So I think this list is pretty comprehensive (after all, there were not many Communist revolutions in the last century) so it's important that they all be mentioned (large or small) because even the "minor" ones involved the deaths of large numbers of humans, often in the hundreds of thousands at least. To only have a "glowing" introduction about Communism is in itself the self-same advocacy you deplore. It is not academically or factually incorrect to present the most widely-held critical interpretation of Communism. IZAK 07:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Armed conflicts (including revolutions) tend to kill people, of course - that's why they're armed conflicts. I was talking about significance in a historical and geopolitical sense. But it doesn't matter, I've conceded this point to you. Now, regarding the intro: It is not "glowing" - it merely states a fact acknowledged by communists and anti-communists alike (that a communist revolution is a revolution which aims to establish communism - what could be more simple than that?). A "glowing" introduction would sound something like this: "A communist revolution is a proletarian revolution that is inspired by the noble ideas of Marxism and aims to liberate the working class by replacing the unjust system of capitalism with socialism, as the first step towards reaching the final long-term goal of ending the exploitation of man by man and building a communist society, with freedom, equality and prosperity for all." Remember, this is a disambig page. If we start presenting criticisms (or advocacy!) of communism, we're going off-topic. There are other articles for discussing that - and I gave links to them right below the intro. -- Mihnea Tudoreanu 09:35, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a disambig

I don't think this is a disambig page - it's an article. I'll remove the tag soon if there are no objections.--Commander Keane 18:45, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Small changes

Changed the first paragraph to be more all-inclusive. Also added the spanish revolution on the list of communist revolutions.--STREETasmyCanvas 21:09, 26 June 2006 (EDT)

Merge from Proletarian revolution

It appears that Proletarian revolution is no different from communist revolution. The concept is nearly identical, and it has no citations - the main difference I can see is that that article has 'socialism' template, and this one 'communism'. Much of the text is shared by both articles both seem to refer to each other interchangingly.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk} 05:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The concept is not at all identical; a proletarian revolution is any generic working-class revolution. It might be communist, but it might also be anarchist, social democratic, or even liberal. A communist revolution is a specific subtype of proletarian revolution. -- Nikodemos 07:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is this wrong?

"aims to replace capitalism with communism"

Do communist revolutions only ever seek to replace capitalism?

-Mark- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.113.57.163 (talk) 13:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

why?

Why were my references to the Shining Path and Tupac Amaru Revolutionary movement removed? They both led communist revolutions? Some factions of the Shining Path are still trying.