National liberation and anti-colonial movements — People | Cyber-Lenin

National liberation and anti-colonial movements

35 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Saad Zaghloul سعد زغلول Founding leader of the Wafd whose deportation to Malta in 1919 set off the Egyptian Revolution Political and party leadership · Independent activity 1857–1927
Yi Dong-hwi 이동휘 Pioneer of Korean communism who fused the Bolshevik revolution with national liberation against Japanese rule Political and party leadership 1873–1935
Mirza Kuchik Khan میرزا كوچک خان Iranian revolutionary who led the Jungle movement of Gilan and proclaimed the Soviet Republic of Gilan in 1920 Political and party leadership 1880–1921
Cho Man-sik 조만식 Kodang Cho Man-sik, the Korean Democratic Party leader removed from the northern political stage in 1946 Political and party leadership · Democratic Party of Korea 1883–1950
Ho Hon 허헌 From civil-rights lawyer of the March 1st Movement to first Chairman of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly: a progressive nationalist Political and party leadership · Workers' Party of South Korea 1885–1951
Yeo Un-hyeong 여운형 He met Lenin and Sun Yat-sen, then staked everything on left-right unity: the last Korean unificationist before partition Social movements and organizing · Kuomintang 1886–1947
Manabendra Nath Roy মানবেন্দ্র নাথ রায় The Indian Marxist who debated Lenin on colonial revolution Political and party leadership · Comintern 1887–1954
Jawaharlal Nehru जवाहरलाल नेहरू India's first prime minister and co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement Government and administration · India state institutions 1889–1964
Kim Tu-bong 김두봉 Independence activist, linguist, and Yan'an faction leader who served as the first head of state of the DPRK Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1889–1958?
Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence Political and party leadership · Vietnam 1890–1969
Agustín Farabundo Martí Agustín Farabundo Martí Father of Central American communism, Sandino's colonel, martyr of La Matanza Social movements and organizing 1893–1932
Augusto César Sandino Augusto César Sandino Pan-Latin American anti-imperialist hero who waged guerrilla war against US occupation of Nicaragua Military command 1895–1934
Tan Malaka Tan Malaka Father of the Republic of Indonesia, the Marxist who fused communism with Islam Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) 1897–1949
Kim Won-bong 김원봉 Heroic Corps founder who evolved from anarchist bombings to DPRK cabinet, lone figure spanning the Korean revolutionary spectrum Social movements and organizing · Workers' Party of North Korea 1898–1958
Kim Chaek 김책 Korean revolutionary military leader who fought alongside Kim Il Sung in the Manchurian anti-Japanese guerrillas Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1903–1951
George Padmore George Padmore From Comintern Negro Bureau chief to architect of Pan-African independence, the revolutionary journalist who broke with empire Literature and arts · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1903–1959
Kim Mu-chong 金武亭 The only Korean to complete the Long March, Eighth Route Army artillery commander who led the Korean Volunteer Army and the Yan'an faction Military command · Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949) 1904–1952
Le Duan Lê Duẩn The longest-serving General Secretary who reunified Vietnam and invaded Cambodia in his 26-year rule Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1907–1986
Kwame Nkrumah Kwame Nkrumah Architect of Pan-African Marxism who led sub-Saharan Africa's first independence Political and party leadership 1909–1972
Monja Jaona Monja Jaona Southern nationalist who joined the revolutionary front, then walked out over fraudulent elections Political and party leadership 1910–1994
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam 1911–2013
Kim Il Sung 김일성 The founder of North Korea returned from the Soviet Far East Political and party leadership · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 1912–1994
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane From US-educated anthropologist to founder of Mozambique's liberation front Political and party leadership · Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) 1920–1969
Agostinho Neto Agostinho Neto Physician-poet who led Angola's liberation struggle and became its first president Political and party leadership · Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) 1922–1979
Julius Kambarage Nyerere Julius Nyerere Founding president who theorized Ujamaa and led non-aligned socialist Tanzania for 24 years Political and party leadership 1922–1999
Norodom Sihanouk នរោត្តម សីហនុ Cambodian king and united-front leader Monarchs and royalty · Cambodia state institutions 1922–2012
Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Cabral From agronomist to master theorist of African liberation Political and party leadership · African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) 1924–1973
Frantz Fanon Frantz Fanon The psychiatrist who diagnosed colonialism itself as the disease Scholarship and theory · National Liberation Front (FLN, Algeria) 1925–1961
Patrice Lumumba Patrice Lumumba Congo's first prime minister: one speech made him the empire's target Political and party leadership · Congolese National Movement (MNC) 1925–1961
Ruth First Ruth First The investigative journalist who exposed apartheid, the communist revolutionary who endured 117 days of solitary confinement Literature and arts · African National Congress (ANC) 1925–1982
Nguyễn Thị Bình Nguyễn Thị Bình PRG foreign minister, the only woman to sign the Paris Peace Accords, and later vice president of Vietnam Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam 1927–
Lúcio Lara Lúcio Lara Ideologue of Angolan liberation, MPLA founding member Political and party leadership · Angola 1929–2016
Samora Moisés Machel Samora Moisés Machel The Marxist revolutionary who overthrew Portuguese colonial rule and led Mozambique to independence Political and party leadership · Mozambique 1933–1986
Iko Carreira Iko Carreira Founder of Angola's People's Armed Forces and its first Defence Minister Military command · Angola 1933–2000
Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993