Tag: Marxism

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9th October 1967: Execution of Marxist revolutionary icon Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara in Bolivia

9th October 2022
Tagged as: Bolivia, Castro, Che Guevara, Communism, Cuba, Execution, Marxism, Revolution

Guevara was shot nine times in a way designed to make the injuries look like they had been caused during a battle with the Bolivian army.

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21st February 1848: The Communist Manifesto anonymously published in London by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

21st February 2022
Tagged as: Book, Communism, Communist Manifesto, Ideology, Karl Marx, Marxism, Politics

Officially called The Manifesto of the Communist Party, the original pamphlet was just 23 pages long but went on to become a highly influential political document alongside Marx’s more substantial Das Kapital.

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17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

17th November 2021
Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Lenin, Marxism, Menshevik, Russia, Russian Revolution

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions.

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9th October 1967: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara executed in Bolivia

9th October 2020
Tagged as: Bolivia, Castro, CIA, Cuba, Guerrilla Warfare, Marxism, Revolution, USA

On the 9^th October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary icon, Ernesto “Che” Guevara was executed in Bolivia after being caught by CIA-assisted forces during his attempt to provoke a revolution.