Third Communist International
 Flag
 Emblem
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| Headquarters |  Pyongyang |
| Official languages | English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese |
| Type | International organization |
| Members | see members |
| Leaders | |
| Rafael Guillén Vicente | |
• Chairman of the Presidium | Qasem Soleimani |
| Legislature | World Congress |
| Establishment | |
• Founding Congress | 2 March 1919 |
| 30 September 1934 | |
• Present Charter | 22 May 1982 |
| Currency | Various, TCI Notes common legal tender |
The Communist International (Chinese language: 共產國際 gòngchǎnguójì, German: Kommunistische Internationale, Russian: Коммунистический интернационал Kommunističeskij internacional, Spanish: Internacional Comunista), usually shortened to Comintern, is a political, economic and military alliance of Socialist states and political parties spanning 5 continents. The common appelation "Third" is based on the fact that it is the direct successor of two historic socialist and worker's internationals, the Geneva International (1864–1876) and the Paris International (1889–1916).
Originally formed as a forum for Communist Parties, the Leningrad Treaty in 1934 expanded the role of the Comintern into an international governing body.
Along with the capitalist Alliance of Free States, the Comintern represents one of the two major factions in the global Cold War.
Objectives
According to the TCI, the long term goals of the organization are the liberation of all people, from all forms of oppression, in order to foster an environment that can best encourage the greatest amount of human development, all over the world. The methods used to achieve these goals from the present day forward into the future are a matter of great debate amongst the nations comprising the Comintern. The TCI also supports the overthrow of international capitalist governments (including the Alliance of Free States) through popular revolt from the states' native populations; yet again, how to best achieve this goal is a contentious issue of TCI's contemporary political bodies and councils.
However, there are several general principles most, if not all, member nations agree with as steps towards this ideal that can be worked on in the short term:
- The abolition of capitalism, or indeed, any economic system determined to be exploitative or oppressive, and promoting socialism to liberate the working class.
- Full and free participatory democracy. In other words, no monarchies, no leaders given power without the people's consent, and the ability to remove those in power easily should they abuse their trust, with full and free suffrage to all people and regular elections.
- Fighting back against pseudoscience and the systemic causes of various bigotries, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia etc.
- Educating the population in agitation and promoting revolutionary praxis against oppressive behaviors and societies.
History
Russian Revolution
The Third Communist International was formed in Moskva in 1919 by the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) following the Russian Revolution, which had seen the overthrow of the monarchy of the Russian Empire. Three years prior, the TCI's predecessor, the social democratic Second International, had collapsed as several national parties had moved to support their country's respective war efforts in World War I, undermining principles of internationalism and class solidarity. The devastating effect of the war internationally would itself lead to the global revolutionary wave of 1917-20 that saw the Russian Revolution take place. The early Third International was initially dominated by the explicitly revolutionary line of the Bolsheviks, and excluded the extant reformist social democratic parties of the time that had grown in the decades prior.
Second American Revolution
Global Antifascist Struggle
Cold War to present
Structure
Secretariat of the Comintern
Sub-agencies and organizations
Until 1934, the Comintern sponsored key international organizations aligned to the its cause. In agreement to the Leningrad Treaty of 1934, these institutions were reorganized into formal specialized agencies in order to facilitate development and advancement of the TCI and its member-states.
| Acronym | Agency | Headquarters | Established in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RILPU | Red International of Labor and Peasant Unions | 1945 | |
| RAR | International Red Aid and Relief | 1927 | |
| YCI | Communist Youth International | 1919 | |
| CMED | International Council for Economic Development | 193X | |
| AFO | International Agricultural and Food Organization | 193X | |
| ARSGA | International Association of Red Sports and Gymnastics Associations | 1921 | |
| REICO | International Red Educational, Intellectual and Cultural Organization | 193X | |
| HSO | International Health and Safety Organization | 193X | |
| COMIN | International Congress of Minorities | 193X | |
| ISB | International Standardization Bureau | 193X |
World Congress
Originally founded as a coordinating conference of various communist parties around the world, the World Congress after the Leningrad Treaty became an international forum and deliberating assembly consisting of all the the TCI's member-states and parties. According to the treaty, they are "something something revolution", and can pass international-spanning policy guidelines, appoint people and institute subcomittees for specific international concerns.
The World Congress is formally grouped between regional divisions (sections)...
Membership
Member states
- United Republics
- Soviet Union
- China
- Chosun
- Nippon
- East Germany
- Mexico
- Indochina
- Turkey
- Iran
- Congo
- Poland
- Greece
- Yugoslavia
- Hungary
- Romania
- Albania
- Argentina
- Chile
- Liberia
- Palestine
- North Philippines
- North Italy
- Somalia
- Azania
- Czechoslovakia
- Kurdistan
- Nicaragua
- Peru
- Nusantara
Member parties
| Country | Name | Abbr | Government | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australasia |
Australasian Section of the Communist International | ASCI | ||
 Brazil |
Communist Party of Brazil | PCdB | In opposition | |
 China |
Communist Party of China | CPC | In government | |
 Franco-British Union |
Entente Section of the Communist International | ESCI | In opposition | |
 East Germany |
Communist League | BdK | Senior member of coalition | |
 West Germany |
Communist Party of Germany | KPD | In opposition | |
 India |
League of Communists of India | LCI | In opposition | |
 Soviet Union |
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | VKP(b) | Senior member of coalition | |
| Soviet Union |
Soviet United Labor Front | SULF | In opposition | |
 United Republics |
Communist Labor Party | CLP | Junior member of coalition | |
| United Republics |
Liberation Communist Party | L | Senior member of coalition | |
| United Republics |
Social Ecology Union | SEU | In opposition |