| | List of Communist Parties - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | There are, at present, a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world, and a number who used to be active. |
 | | The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the formation of the communist Third International by the Russian Bolsheviks. |
 | | Some Communist parties have names such as Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Party, etc. The parties on this list are mostly those that were aligned with either Moscow or Beijing during the Cold War and their offshoots. |
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