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Internationalist Communist Left

Small left Communist Group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2021
Entity authorityQ12809415 ↗
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Internationalist Communist Left (Enternasyonalist Komünist Sol) was a small left communist group in Turkey. It held the following positions: The rejection of parliamentarianism and social democracy, the rejection of trade unionism, the rejection of all forms of nationalism, and the defense of internationalism. The group dissolved itself in January 2009 and has joined International Communist Current, forming the section of this organization in Turkey. The section publishes the bi-monthly newspaper Dünya Devrimi (World Revolution).

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