To: epicure who wrote (213293 ) 1/1/2013 12:19:52 PM From: bentway Read Replies (1) | Respond to In most countries, the "hard left" are actual communists. Here, Republicans only CALL them communists and socialists. Bernie Sanders is about as "hard left" as we've got, the ONLY admitted socialist, and he's a pussycat.en.wikipedia.org ( click link for nicer formatting! )Workers Party of Bangladesh – participates in the ruling coalition Communist Party of Belarus – participates in the Government of Belarus Communist Party of Brazil – participates in the ruling coalition Progressive Party of Working People – leads the ruling coalition. Malian Party of Labour – involved with the Alliance for Democracy in Mali Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) , Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Communist Party of Nepal (United) – lead the governing coalition. Peruvian Communist Party – participates in the ruling coalition South African Communist Party – participates in the ruling coalition Communist Party of Sri Lanka – participates in the ruling coalition Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash) , Syrian Communist Party (Faisal) – participates in the ruling coalition Communist Party of Ukraine – participates in the ruling coalition Communist Party of Uruguay – participates in the ruling coalition Communist Party of Venezuela – participates in the ruling coalition [ edit ]Formerly ruling Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of (1978–1992) - People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Albania, People's Socialist Republic of (1944–1992) - Albanian Party of Labour Angola, People's Republic of (1975–1992) - abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Benin, People's Republic of (1975–1990) - People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Bulgaria, People's Republic of (1944–1990) - Bulgarian Communist Party (known from 1938 to 1948 as the Bulgarian Workers Party) Chile (1970–1973) - 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