Communist Party

The Communist Party is a political party that is based on the principles of the The Communist Mannifesto (but rarely applies them).

A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government. The name originates from the 1848 tract The Communist Mannifesto (formely Manifesto of the Communist Party) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Several countries that have embraced the communist doctrine:

Communist party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza; short: КПСС, KPSS) was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world. It lost its dominance in the wake of the failed August 1991 coup d'état attempt led by authoritarian hardliners.

It emerged from the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, under the leadership of Vladimir Ilici Lenin. The party led the 1917 October Revolution that overthrew the Russian Provisional Government and established the world's first socialist state. Given the central role under the Constitution of the Soviet Union, the party controlled all tiers of government in the Soviet Union and tolerated no opposition. Its organization was subdivided into communist parties of the constituent Soviet Republics as well as the mass youth organization, Komsomol. The party was also the driving force of the Third International (Comintern).

Notable Leaders: Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin.

Communist party of China
The Communist Party of China (CPC), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Although nominally it exists alongside the United Front, in practice, the CPC is the only party of the PRC, maintaining a unitary government centralizing the state, military, and media. The legal power of the Communist Party is guaranteed by the PRC constitution.

The party was founded in July, 1921 in Shanghai. After a lengthy civil war, the party defeated its primary rival, the Kuomintang (KMT), and expanded into all ofmainland China. by 1949. The Kuomintang retreated to the island of Taiwan, which it still retains to this day.

The party has fluctuated between periods of reform and political conservatism throughout its history. In the modern party, the topic of reform and liberalisation remains a contentious issue heavily debated among top officials.

Notable Leaders: Mao Zedong

Communist Party of Cuba
The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the governing political party in Cuba. It is a communist party of the Marxist-Leninist model. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the Party to be the "leading force of society and of the state". As of April 2011, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba] is Raúl Castro, the President of Cuba, younger brother of the previous First Secretary and President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, and the Second Secretary is José Ramón Machado Ventura.

Notable leaders: Fidel Castro

In Downfall Universe
The Soviet Union Communist Party is the setting of the Stalin Parodies.

The Chinese Communist Party is in the background of Mao Zedong in Hitler Phones Chairman Mao.

Fidel Castro and some communist party members appears in Hitler Assasinates Fidel Castro.