In March 1919, the Third International, more commonly known as the Communist International or Comintern, was founded in Moscow. An organisation dedicated to directing the activities of communists ...

The Comintern, or Communist International, also known as the Third International, was the 1919 creation of Vladimir Lenin. Its declared purpose: Fight "by all available means, including armed force, ...

During those five days the meeting became the First Congress of the Third International1, also known as the Communist International, abbreviated to Comintern. That event marked a key point in the ...

A wave of revolutionary optimism swept across Europe after World War I, as Communists and the independent revolutionary left ...

In his March 23 Global View column "Is the Left Making a Comeback? Don't Bet on It," George Melloan translated the shorthand "Comintern" to identify the once-notorious Communist International, the ...

That old Sleeping Beauty, the Communist International,* came back to life last week. At a secret meeting “somewhere in Poland,” delegates from nine European Communist Parties met to reorganize “the ...

This compilation of historical documents on the Communist International (Comintern), the Soviet tool for controlling foreign communist parties, represents the latest contribution to Yale University ...

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. In the years following the revolution, its leaders initiated the formation of the Communist (Third) International (Comintern), an ...

Duncan Hallas wrote this article as part of a series on the Communist International and revolutionary strategy and tactics. This installment focused on the period of the early 1920s, when it had ...