Leftist politics and history - I - Statistics

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What country was Marxist theorist Antonio Francesco Gramsci from? Italy
94%
A famous Yugoslavian partisan who fought fascists and led Yugoslavia until his death in 1980, at the age of 87. Josip Tito
88%
In Marxist theory, the excess of value produced by the labour of workers over the wages they are paid. Surplus value
76%
Which of these is NOT an theory within Marxist doctrine? Syndicalism
71%
A famous leftist 60's black and white film which was banned for a time in France, for its accurate portrayal of urban guerilla forces fighting for Algerian independence against France. Battle of Algiers
65%
What's the name of the most well known male Zapatista leader? Subcomandante _______. Marcos
59%
What year did the Paris Commune take place? 1871
53%
In what state did the Zapatista uprising take place? Chiapas
53%
Who wrote the book "Orientalism", published in 1978. A book about how the representation of Asia is represented in the West in a stereotyped way that is regarded as embodying a colonialist attitude. Edward Said
47%
Fusako Shigenobu is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded terrorist group. She is currently in prison. Japanese Red Army
47%
What was the name of the British soldiers brought into Ireland to help suppress revolutionary independence efforts? Black N Tans
41%
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher, linguist, journalist, writer, and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. Imprisoned for 11 years, he wrote several prison journals. What Marxist theory is widely attributed to Gramsci? Hegemony
41%
Which of these people is an anarchist, NOT a socialist? Lucy Parsons
41%
What's the name of the most well know female Zapatista leader? Comandanta _______. Ramona
41%
A famous film by socialist filmmaker Ken Loach about the Irish fight for independence. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
41%
The leftist, indigenous Zapatista uprising took place in Southern Mexico in what year? 1994
35%
A German Marxist, philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, Theodor _____ Adorno
29%
Which of these people is an socialist, NOT an anarchist? Keir Hardie
24%
Easter Rising was a leftist uprising in Dublin in 1919. It was quickly suppressed by the British. Which of these people was NOT at easter rising? Robert Peel
24%
Which of these women did NOT fight in the Algerian war of Independence with the FLN? Marzieh Ahmadi
18%
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