Taistolaisuus

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Taistolaisuus (after the Finnish first name 'Taisto', sometimes translated as "Taistoism" in English) was a name for the orthodox pro-Soviet tendency in the Finnish communist movement in 1970s and 1980s. The taistoists were an interior opposition group in the Communist Party of Finland. They were named after their leader Taisto Sinisalo whose first name means "a battle", "a fight" or "a struggle". Sinisalo's supporters constituted a party within a party, but pressure from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union prevented the party from formally splitting.

Many former taistoists have since abandoned Communism altogether.

[edit] Notable former taistoists

• Satu Hassi, MEP
• Jaakko Laakso, MP
• Taisto Sinisalo, movement leader
• Esko-Juhani Tennilä, MP
• Björn Wahlroos, investor and CEO

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