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Comintern

Acronym for Communist International.

The Comintern is a coordinating body established by labour and socialist organizations, including: First International or International Working Men's Association 1864–72, formed in London under Karl Marx. Second International 1889–1940, founded in Paris. Third (Socialist) International or Comintern 1919–43, formed in Moscow by the Soviet leader Lenin, advocating from 1933 a popular front (communist, socialist, liberal) against the German dictator Hitler. Fourth International or Trotskyist International 1938, somewhat indeterminate, anti-Stalinist. Revived Socialist International 1951, formed in Frankfurt, Germany, a largely anticommunist association of social democrats.
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