Endokomuna

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Endokomuna or komunoendecja, translated as Endo-Communism, is a term used to describe an ideology within the Polish United Workers' Party, the dominant political party of the Polish People's Republic from 1948 to 1989. Initially used to describe a faction, it is now also used to denote the period during which it became the de facto ruling ideology of Poland. The term itself, endokomuna or komunoendecja, is a portmanteau of Endecja (National Democracy) and komuna ("commune", in the meaning of "communism"). Described as a "peculiar marriage of authoritarian Communism and chauvinist nationalist tendencies", it represented a dogmatic approach to Marxism–Leninism (i.e.: it opposed de-Stalinization) combined with the ultranationalism and social conservatism of the prewar Endecja movement in Poland. As an ideology, endokomuna was considered a Polish form of national communism that sought to augment real socialism with nationalism; it was known for its embrace of Roman Catholicism, fervent anti...

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