communism
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Wałęsa famously wore a Virgin Mary pin badge while campaigning and credited his Catholic faith as playing a major role in his fight against communism.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among the attendees on Saturday was Lech Wałęsa, who led the movement to end communism in Poland and would go on to become the country's first democratically elected president.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
His fanaticism, and his late-career defense of communism after the Soviet collapse in 1991, were nothing if not eccentric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The characterization departs from how political scientists typically define communism, which is generally understood as an ideology centered on collective ownership of the means of production and the elimination of private ownership of productive assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
I had these same discussions with Moses Kotane and Yusuf Dadoo, both of whom believed, like Marks, that communism had to be adapted to the African situation.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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