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The Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, who headed the Marxist faction of the Nazi Party, stated, "We really are Communists. That is why we call ourselves a ‘worker’s party’."{{fact}}  He also wrote a letter to the ''[[New York Times]]'' titled "Hitlerite Riot" in Berlin on November 28, 1925, shortly after Lenin died saying, "On the speaker’s assertion that Lenin was the greatest man, second only to Hitler, and that the difference between communism and the Hitler faith was very slight."<ref>[https://libquotes.com/joseph-goebbels/quote/lbl7j6n Quote in The New York Times, Hitlerite Riot in Berlin: Beer Glasses Fly When Speaker Compares Hitler to Lenin, November 28, 1925 (Goebbels' speech Nov. 27, 1925)]</ref>  The difference he was referring to was Nazism's opposition to internationalism, something that Hitler believed was un-German.  Communism in theory is internationalist, but in reality, it is nationalist.  Except for international socialists Lenin and his right-hand man Leon Trotsky, all other Communist heads of state were nationalistic socialists because nationalism helped them promote loyalty to their government/state.  That is why nationalism and socialism are allies, not rivals, and also defines the difference between Trotskyism, which is internationalist, and Stalinism, which is patriotic and has the idea of socialism in one country.  In addition, the Nazi flag's predominantly red color was due to them being reused from the red flags of the Communist Party of Germany.

The Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, who headed the Marxist faction of the Nazi Party, stated, "We really are Communists. That is why we call ourselves a ‘worker’s party’."{{fact}}  He also wrote a letter to the ''[[New York Times]]'' titled "Hitlerite Riot" in Berlin on November 28, 1925, shortly after Lenin died saying, "On the speaker’s assertion that Lenin was the greatest man, second only to Hitler, and that the difference between communism and the Hitler faith was very slight."<ref>[https://libquotes.com/joseph-goebbels/quote/lbl7j6n Quote in The New York Times, Hitlerite Riot in Berlin: Beer Glasses Fly When Speaker Compares Hitler to Lenin, November 28, 1925 (Goebbels' speech Nov. 27, 1925)]</ref>  The difference he was referring to was Nazism's opposition to internationalism, something that Hitler believed was un-German.  Communism in theory is internationalist, but in reality, it is nationalist.  Except for international socialists Lenin and his right-hand man Leon Trotsky, all other Communist heads of state were nationalistic socialists because nationalism helped them promote loyalty to their government/state.  That is why nationalism and socialism are allies, not rivals, and also defines the difference between Trotskyism, which is internationalist, and Stalinism, which is patriotic and has the idea of socialism in one country.  In addition, the Nazi flag's predominantly red color was due to them being reused from the red flags of the Communist Party of Germany.

Although Communists insist that they are anti-Nazi, during the 1932 [[Berlin transport strike]], their paramilitary and working-class forces formed an alliance with that of Nazis,<ref name=suvorov>[[Viktor Suvorov|Suvorov, Viktor]] (2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chief_Culprit/EYA4AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT15&printsec=frontcover The Chief Culprit: Stalin's Grand Design to Start World War II]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> often holding hands and resisting police officers side-by-side.<ref name=clrjames>James, C. L. R. (1937). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_Revolution_1917_1936/NXMtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT344&printsec=frontcover World Revolution, 1917–1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> The strike carried the effect of drawing working-class blocs in Berlin, which usually supported the Social Democratic Party (SPD), towards the Communist Party, in the November election (the SPD leadership denounced the strike).<ref>Seton-Watson, Hugh (1953). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Pattern_of_Communist_Revolution/-DJVEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT113&printsec=frontcover The Pattern of Communist Revolution: An Historical Analysis]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> The Social Democrats lost their coalition control of the Weimar government, and the Nazis soon harassed and intimidated their way to power.<ref>Moncure, Billy (September 28, 2018). [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/communists-allied-with-nazis.html How Communists in Germany Allied with Nazis to Destroy Democracy]. ''War History Online''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> In the wake of the transport strike, the bourgeois press designated the Nazis, who participated alongside the Communists, as "Bolsheviks."<ref>Bullock, Alan (1962). [https://archive.org/details/hitlerstudyintyr0000bull Hitler: A Study in Tyranny], pp. 229–32. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref><ref>McKenzie, John Richard Philip (1971). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Weimar_Germany_1918_1933/6RFoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=nazis+transport+strike+bolsheviks+bourgeoisie&dq=nazis+transport+strike+bolsheviks+bourgeoisie&printsec=frontcover Weimar Germany, 1918-1933], p. 238. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref>

Although Communists insist that they are anti-Nazi, during the 1932 [[Berlin transport strike]], their paramilitary and working-class forces formed an alliance with that of Nazis,<ref name=suvorov>[[Viktor Suvorov|Suvorov, Viktor]] (2013). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Chief_Culprit/EYA4AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT15&printsec=frontcover The Chief Culprit: Stalin's Grand Design to Start World War II]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> often holding hands and resisting police officers side-by-side.<ref name=clrjames>James, C. L. R. (1937). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/World_Revolution_1917_1936/NXMtDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT344&printsec=frontcover World Revolution, 1917–1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> The strike carried the effect of drawing working-class blocs in Berlin, which usually supported the Social Democratic Party (SPD), towards the Communist Party, in the November election (the SPD leadership denounced the strike).<ref>Seton-Watson, Hugh (1953). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Pattern_of_Communist_Revolution/-DJVEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT113&printsec=frontcover The Pattern of Communist Revolution: An Historical Analysis]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> The Social Democrats lost their coalition control of the Weimar government, and the Nazis soon harassed and intimidated their way to power.<ref>Moncure, Billy (September 28, 2018). [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/communists-allied-with-nazis.html How Communists in Germany Allied with Nazis to Destroy Democracy]. ''War History Online''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref> In the wake of the transport strike, the bourgeois-aligned press designated the Nazis, who participated in the strike and picketing alongside the Communists, as "Bolsheviks."<ref>Bullock, Alan (1962). [https://archive.org/details/hitlerstudyintyr0000bull Hitler: A Study in Tyranny], pp. 229–32. ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref><ref>McKenzie, John Richard Philip (1971). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Weimar_Germany_1918_1933/6RFoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=nazis+transport+strike+bolsheviks+bourgeoisie&dq=nazis+transport+strike+bolsheviks+bourgeoisie&printsec=frontcover Weimar Germany, 1918-1933], p. 238. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 15, 2022.</ref>

Liberals regard these as opposites of left and right, though conservatives agree with [[Hannah Arendt]] that they belong at the same end of the [[political spectrum]].

Liberals regard these as opposites of left and right, though conservatives agree with [[Hannah Arendt]] that they belong at the same end of the [[political spectrum]].