These are the single-party, socialist, police-state, preserve-the-empire types we have always called "orthodox Communists."

Most hard-line orthodox Communists left the party at the end of the 1980's.

But its success generated enemies among the more orthodox Communists.

On the left there would be, for a time, the obstinate rump of the orthodox Communists, flat-earthers to a man (say, 3%).

It wasn't a proper revolution, argued disgruntled, orthodox Communists, it had been a bunch of rich kids.

Sharkey was an orthodox Communist throughout his political career, closely following the prevailing Soviet line in each major turn of policy.

But the rejection may only be temporary, as he fends off the orthodox Communists and the standpatters.

And some of the orthodox Communists who took their places are being dismissed.

Disaffection among orthodox Communists had been expected.

They proposed policies that would have alienated more orthodox Communists.