Talk:Third Period

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THis is a useful article. The popular font policy seems to be stated to have been implemented in 1934 in the first para, and 1935 in the second, unless I am missing something. Andysoh 20:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The third period ended in 1935; I changed it. bobanny 07:52, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm...might be more complicated that that. I date the shift to the seventh congress of the Comintern in August, 1935. However, one of the references in this article says popular front policies began in 1934. I know the TUUL in the US was dismantled before the WUL in Canada. Probaby just depends on the context, but if anyone else knows for sure, I'll gladly defer. bobanny 08:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ultra-left[edit]

An anonymous editor has deleted the two instances of the word "ultra-left" to describe the Third Period, as an "insult". It is commonly regarded as ultra-left, both within and outside the Communist movement. For example, the Marxist Internet Archive defines Third Period as "The ultra-left policy of the Comintern following the end of the New Economic Policy in 1928 up to the adoption of the Popular Front policies in 1934."[1] So, I don't think it is wrong to use the phrase in the article. Perhaps it is wrong to simply say the Third Period was ultra-left - perhaps better to say something like "generally considered to be ultra-leftist". BobFromBrockley 14:36, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Sources flag[edit]

I'm throwing up a citations needed flag on this one. Whole sections are unsourced, overly general and pretty iffy- ex: "Communist Parties did see increases in membership, but this continued to be a tiny fraction of the working class." Even a cursory lookup on wikipedia of this doesn't hold up- the German, French and Italian Communist parties were all mass parties and significant political forces during this period. Negatia (talk) 21:06, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]