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Pinko Records
''Pinko'' is a pejorative coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism, though not necessarily a Communist Party USA, Communist Party member. It has since come to be used to describe anyone perceived to have radical Left-wing politics, leftist or socialist sympathies.{{Citation needed, date=December 2021 The term has its origins in the notion that ''pink'' is a lighter shade of ''red,'' a color associated with communism. Thus ''pink'' could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters of Socialism (Marxism), socialism who were not themselves actual or Card-carrying Communist, "card carrying" communists. The term pinko has a pejorative sense, whereas "pink" in this definition can be used in a purely descriptive sense, such as in the term pink tide. History Politics One of the first recorded uses of ''pinko'' was in ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine in 1925 as a variant on the noun and adjectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communism
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange which allocates products to everyone in the society.: "One widespread distinction was that socialism socialised production only while communism socialised production and consumption." Communist society also involves the absence of private property, social classes, money, and the state. Communists often seek a voluntary state of self-governance, but disagree on the means to this end. This reflects a distinction between a more libertarian approach of communization, revolutionary spontaneity, and workers' self-management, and a more vanguardist or communist party-driven approach through the development of a constitutional socialist st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
