Hardial Bains (August 15, 1939 – August 24, 1997) was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) until his death. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar History and ideology Hardial Bains founded the Internationalists at the University of British Columbia on March 13 1963.
Born in India into a communist family in the Punjab, Bains became a member of the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI). India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Punjab (ਪੰਜਾਬ पंजाब pəɲdʒaːb is a state in northwest India. The Communist Party of India (CPI is a Political party in India. He was dismayed by the revisionism of Nikita Khrushchev following the death of Stalin, and he broke with the CPI when it supported Khrushchev's criticisms of Stalin. The term "revisionism" is also used to refer to other concepts Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party
In 1961, he founded the Internationalists, an anti-revisionist organisation that supported Mao Zedong's Communist Party of China in the Sino-Soviet split. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Marxist-Leninist movement an anti-revisionist is one who favors the line of theory and practice associated with Marx - Engels - Lenin Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the The Sino-Soviet split was a gradual divergence of diplomatic ties between the People's Republic of China (PRC and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR This organisation (in Canada) ultimately became the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (CPC-ML), of which Bains was the founding leader.
Bains was a leader of the anti-revisionist movement internationally, and assisted in establishing Marxist-Leninist parties around the world, such as the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist), and the Communist Ghadar Party of India. Marxism-Leninism is a Communist ideological stream that emerged as the mainstream tendency amongst the Communist parties in the 1920s as it was adopted The Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist (RCPB-ML is a British communist Political party. Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist was an Anti-revisionist Political party based in Ireland, it had strong links with Party of Labour of The Communist Ghadar Party of India was founded on December 25, 1980, as a continuation of the Hindustani Ghadar Party - Organisation of Indian Marxist-Leninists Bains was also responsible for the founding of the Hindustani Ghadar Party (Organisation of Indian Marxist-Leninists Abroad). The Communist Ghadar Party of India was founded on December 25, 1980, as a continuation of the Hindustani Ghadar Party - Organisation of Indian Marxist-Leninists He held a leading influence in the Marxist-Leninist Party, USA in the 1970s. The Marxist-Leninist Party ( MLP) was a communist Anti-revisionist and Marxist-Leninist group in the United States that published the This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. (This party was dissolved in 1993. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) )
Many of these parties originally held a "Maoist" position in the 1960s and 1970s, and Bains was often identified as a Maoist. Maoism, variably and officially known as Mao Zedong Thought ( is a variant of Marxism derived from the teachings of the late Chinese leader The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. More precisely, they were Marxist-Leninist, and held that "Mao Zedong Thought" was a development of Marxist-Leninist theory.
However, following Mao's death in 1976, they would later reject Mao Zedong Thought, particularly through the experience of the Sino-Albanian split. Mao Zedong ( 26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Military and political leader who led Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Sino-Albanian split ( Chinese: 中阿破裂 Pinyin: Zhōng-Ā pòliè in 1978 saw the parting of the People's Republic of China (PRC and Socialist Following the leadership of Enver Hoxha and the Albanian Party of Labour, Bains' anti-revisionism deepened in the sense of opposition both to the European revisionism (Khruschev, Tito and Eurocommunism) and to the Chinese revisionism. (ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa 16 October 1908 11 April 1985 was the leader of the People's Republic of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985 as the The Party of Labour of Albania ( Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh in Albanian was the sole legal Political party in Albania during In the Marxist-Leninist movement an anti-revisionist is one who favors the line of theory and practice associated with Marx - Engels - Lenin Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following Eurocommunism was a new trend in the 1970s and 1980s within various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that
A memorial was erected in the honour of Bains and other CPC-ML "fallen comrades" in Ottawa's Beechwood Cemetery. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality.
Bains wrote several books, including Necessity for Change!, Modern Communism, Visiting Cuba, If You Love Your Class and Thinking About the Sixties, as well as many more articles, pamphlets and speeches.
Sandra L. Smith, his widow, is the current leader of the CPC-ML. This article is about a Canadian politician For the Fox Business Network reporter named Sandra Smith see Sandra Smith (TV.
External links
- Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Website
- Article on Bains from the People's Voice, paper of the Communist Ghadar Party of India
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Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) leaders 1970-1997 |
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