National liberation has been a theme withinMarxism, and especially after the influence ofanti-imperialism andself-determination of all peoples became prevalent incommunist movements, especially in advocating freedom fromcolonial rule in theThird World. National liberation has been promoted by Marxists out of aninternational-socialist perspective rather than abourgeois nationalist perspective.[1][2][3][4][5]
After theRussian Revolution, revolutionaries declared that all peoples had the right to self-determination. While communism is critical ofnationalism, communists claimed that the cause of national liberation was not a matter ofchauvinism, but a matter ofradical democracy.[1]
