Communism: Timeline

1847   First communist Communism

Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a future classless [i], stateless [i] ... 

 congress in London London

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1940   In Sweden, a time bomb Time bomb

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 destroys the office of ''Norrskenflamman'' newspaper of Swedish Sweden

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 communists Communism

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 - 5 dead

1944   Civil war Civil war

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 breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece Greece

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, between Communists Communism

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 and royalists.

1945   Walter Ulbricht Walter Ulbricht

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 becomes the leader of German communists Communism

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 in Moscow Moscow

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1947   The House Un-American Activities Committee House Un-American Activities Committee

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 begin their investigations of communism in Hollywood.

1947   The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

1947   Cold War Cold War

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: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, President Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman

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 signs an act implementing the Truman Doctrine. The act granted $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey Turkey

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 and Greece Greece

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1947   Red Scare Red Scare

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: The United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

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 votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of U.S. Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after the 10 had refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee House Un-American Activities Committee

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 concerning allegations of Communist Communism

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 influence in the movie Film

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 industry, (the 10 were blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios the next day).

1950   Red scare Red Scare

The term "Red Scare" has been retroactively applied to two distinct periods of strong anti-Communism [i] ... 

: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator United States Senate

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 Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy

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 accuses the United States Department of State United States Department of State

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 of being filled with 205 Communists Communism

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1953   Cold War Cold War

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: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower

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 formally approves the top secret Top Secret

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 document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States United States

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' arsenal of nuclear weapon Nuclear weapon

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s must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist Communism

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 threat.

1954   Senator United States Senate

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 Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy

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 begins hearings investigating the United States Army United States Army

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 for being "soft" on Communism.

1954   McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army United States Army

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, lashes out at Senator United States Senate

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 Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy

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 during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army

1966   Lyndon Johnson states that the United States United States

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 should stay in South Vietnam South Vietnam

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 until Communist Communism

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 aggression there is ended.

1970   Vietnam War Vietnam War

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: In Paris Paris

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, a Communist Communism

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 delegation rejects U.S. President Richard Nixon Richard Nixon

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's October seven peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."

1989   Solidarity Solidarity

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's victory in the first partly free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland Poland

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 is the first of many anti-communist Communism

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 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe Eastern Europe

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 in 1989 (almost all of them peaceful).

1990   The first post-Communist Communism

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 presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania Romania

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