Fascism -- The Last Stage of Social Democracy
In the late 19th century, the emergence of monopoly capitalism and the barbaric invasions of the European imperialists brought the whole world under the chains of imperialism – the highest stage of capitalism. The oppressed masses rose up throughout the colonies and dealt blow after blow to the imperialists and ended their pipe-dream of world domination. The world proletariat’s tremendous victory in the October Revolution spread Marxism-Leninism around the world and engulfed the imperialists with the tide of national liberation and proletarian revolutions. In response, the imperialist bourgeoisie too evolved their strategy of class struggle against the oppressed. By uniting with the opportunist sections of the oppressed classes, the imperialists made fascism and its moderate wing – Social-Democracy its new weapon.
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