Insurrectionalism

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Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that insurrection is the best way to achieve a communist or socialist revolution. uncountable

    "For a short time, insurrectionalism stood on the pedestal previously occupied in Latin America by the foquismo of Che, the people's war of Mao, and the electoral road of Allende."

  2. 2
    A branch within the anarchist movement that eschews formal organizations such as political parties or labor unions and emphasizes insurrection. uncountable

    "Some saw in the Malatesta-Monatte clash nothing but the re-emergence of traditional insurrectionalism over the general strike."

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"For a short time, insurrectionalism stood on the pedestal previously occupied in Latin America by the foquismo of Che, the people's war of Mao, and the electoral road of Allende."

Etymology

From insurrectional + -ism.

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