Anti-Stalinist left

The anti-Stalinist left encompasses various kinds of left-wing political movements that oppose Joseph Stalin, Stalinism, neo-Stalinism and the system of governance that Stalin implemented as leader of the Soviet Union between 1924 and 1953. This term also refers to those that opposed Joseph Stalin and his leadership from within the Communist movement, such as Leon Trotsky and the party's Left Opposition. In recent years, the term may also refer to left and centre-left wing opposition to dictatorship, cult of personality, totalitarianism and police states, all being features commonly attributed to Marxist-Leninist regimes that took inspiration from Stalinism such as the regimes of Kim Il Sung, Enver Hoxha and others, including in the former Eastern Bloc.

Extends: [Anti-Stalinist left](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Anti-Stalinist left), Communism, [Eponymous political ideologies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Eponymous political ideologies), [History of socialism](https://wikipedia.org.ai/History of socialism), Marxism