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Internal debates on the Soviet Union
| Tendency | Year of political degeneration in Russia | Year of capitalist restoration/installation in Russia | Cause of Russia degeneration and subsequent restoration | USSR's political economy (circa 1933) | Vanguardism | Organisational form | Parliamentary participation | National liberation | Trade unions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anarchism | 1917 or 1918 | N/A or 1917 or 1918 | Bourgeois revolution, Authoritarianism | State-capitalism or state-socialism | No | Federalism | Abstentionism | No | Strategic(tactical) |
| Impossibilism | 1917 or 1918 | N/A | Bourgeois revolution | Capitalism | No | Direct democracy | Strategic or principled | No | ? |
| Marxism–Leninism | 1953–1956 | around 1990 | Revisionism | Socialism | Yes | Democratic centralism | Strategic | Yes | Strategic |
| Left Communism | 1918 to early 1920s | N/A | Failure to expand to other countries, Counter-revolution | Capitalism | Yes (Italian Left)
No (Dutch-German Left) |
Organic centralism or centralism | Abstentionism | No | Varied, often no |
| Neo-Kautskyists | 1918 to early 1920s | 1990 | Socially non-viable economy | Non-mode of production | No | Democracy | Tactical | ? | Tactical |
| Trotskyism | 1926 | around 1990 | Socialism in One Country | Degenerated Workers' State (state-capitalism) | Yes | Democratic centralism | Yes | Yes | Strategic |
| Maoism | 1953 | 1956 | Revisionism, supposed lack of "mass line" | Socialism | Yes | Democratic centralism | Abstentionism | Yes | No |
| Euro-communism | 1920s | N/A | Authoritarianism, revolutionism | Capitalism | No | Democracy | Yes | No | Yes |
| Council communism | N/A | N/A | Bourgeois revolution | State-capitalism | No | Federalism | Abstentionism | No | Strategic (tactical) |
Internal debates on the People's Republic of China
| Tendency | Year of political degeneration in China | Year of capitalist restoration/installation in China | Cause of China degeneration and subsequent restoration | PRC's political economy (circa 1975) | Vanguardism | Organisational form | Parliamentary participation | National liberation | Trade unions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anarchism | 1949 | N/A or 1978 | Bourgeois revolution, Authoritarianism | State-capitalism or state-socialism | No | Federalism | Abstentionism | No | Strategic(tactical) |
| Impossibilism | 1949 | N/A | Bourgeois revolution | Capitalism | No | Direct democracy | Strategic or principled | No | ? |
| Marxism-Leninism | 1976 or N/A | 1978 or N/A | Market reforms | Socialism | Yes | Democratic centralism | Strategic | Yes | Yes |
| Left Communism | 1949 | N/A | Failure to expand to other countries, Counter-revolution | Capitalism | Yes (Italian Left)
No (Dutch-German Left) |
Organic centralism or centralism | Abstentionism | No | Varied, often no |
| Maoism | 1976 | 1978 | Revisionism | Socialism | Yes | Democratic centralism | Abstentionism | Yes | No |
| Euro-communism | 1949 | N/A | Authoritarianism, revolutionism | Capitalism | No | Democracy | Yes | No | Yes |
| Council communism | N/A | N/A | Bourgeois revolution | State-capitalism | No | Federalism | Abstentionism | No | Strategic (tactical) |