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The Five Heads of Communism refer to Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong and their importance in developing Marxism-Leninism and communism. Alternative versions known as the Three Heads and the Four Heads of Marxism exclude Stalin and/or Mao.[1][2]
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Hoxhaism[edit | edit source]

Alternatively, the Five Classics of Marxism–Leninism replaces Mao with Enver Hoxha.[3]
Maoism[edit | edit source]

Maoists often add Chairman Gonzalo after Mao.
Trotskyism[edit | edit source]
Trotskyists include Leon Trotsky and exclude Stalin and Mao.
Use In Ireland[edit | edit source]

Irish Socialist Republicans often include James Connolly after Marx, Engels, Lenin and sometimes Stalin and Mao depending on the user's ideological leanings.