What is communism? By definition communism is a classless political movement by which all property and wealth would be equal distributed within the members of that society. Well unless you go with the Marxist theory that “the superabundance of material wealth that allows for distribution based on need and social relations based on freely associated individuals.” Who decides on the “need” of these people if we are all equal? We cannot forget the Leninists who wanted their invention of the “vanguard party” to hold all political power after the revolution that of course would be in the name of the workers and that these “workers” would also be involved.

Communism in England is in small segmented groups. Communism is not running rampant throughout England. There are indeed political parties that consider themselves communist supporters and/or sympathizers. Look at the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (used to be Communist Party of England) this political parties thinking is based upon that of Hardial Bains who passed away in 1997. He was the founder of the Communist Party in Canada, and has helped form communist political societies worldwide. In 1967 he held a conference in London where it was hoped the future of the anti-revisionist movement would be determined. Bain himself was often identified as a Maoist but after the death of Mao Zedong’s in 1976 those views apparently changed and the Mao Zedong Thought’s were later rejected.

Communist thought in England can be traced back to the 16th century and a writer named Thomas More. In 1516 his “Utopia” he based the society on the common ownership of property and that the “rulers” distributed it through the “application of reason.” Again in the 17th century communism again popped its head up in the form of the Puritan religious party calling themselves the “Diggers.” The Diggers wanted to abolish the owning of land by individuals.

If you truly are interested in communist societies than a visit would be needed to North Korea, China, Cuba, Vietnam or Laos, these are the only remaining true communist countries. Communist can be found in many countries, some communist party members have even been elected into political positions around the world, but the communist influence is not what it once was and while it is still there it is not “mainstream” and is not something the common person thinks about. All societies have their own political beliefs and run their governments to follow along those ideals. Communism has been around longer then some governments (such as the United States) and will continue to hang around the outer fringes of society.