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Esperanto is an international auxiliary language developed by Ludwik Lazar Zamenhof in 1887 through the Unua Libro. It is the most popular IAL, with the estimated amount of speakers varying between 10,000 and 2,000,000 depending on the criteria of a speaker used. It is maintained by the Academy of Esperanto.

History

Oppression

The Kingdom of Hungary banned Esperanto in 1920 due to it's association with the Bolsheviks and to uphold bourgeois nationalism.

Esperanto was oppressed by fascists (Nazi Germany in Europe and Imperial Japan in Asia) during the 1930s, due to it's association with communism, anti-imperialism, and national liberation.

Socialism and Communism

USSR

Soviet Esperantists in the Red Army fought in the anti-fascist war against Nazi Germany.^[1]

China

If Esperanto is taken as a form and enshrined in the way of true internationalism and the way of true revolution, then Esperanto can be learned and should be learned.^[2]

— Mao Zedong, Letter, Yan'an Esperanto Association, 1939

Esperanto is supported by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, with the national liberation movement. El Popola Ĉinio, a state official Esperanto journal, was established in 1951.

China Radio International supported Esperanto starting from 1964.^[3]

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh learned Esperanto in 1915 and supported Esperanto during the Vietnamese Liberation War.^[4] He suggested to the director of Voice of Vietnam to utilize esperanto in the Declaration of Independence.

Cuba

Fidel Castro supported Esperantists in the UEA Congress to Havana, Cuba.^[5]

References

↑ Anatolo Sidorov (2022). Soviet Esperantists, which battled against the Nazis in the second world war (Esperanto: Esperantistoj de Sovetunio, kiuj batalis kontraŭ nazioj en la 2-a mondmilito). Russian Esperantist Union.
↑ "Esperanto, China’s Surprisingly Prominent Linguistic Subculture is Slowly Dying Out".
↑ "China Radio International".
↑ "Ho Chi Minh kaj Esperanto" (2006-12-27T14:53:21Z+08:00). China Radio International.
↑ "Fidel Castro & Esperanto" (2009-01-18). YouTube.

[1] Anatolo Sidorov (2022). Soviet Esperantists, which battled against the Nazis in the second world war (Esperanto: Esperantistoj de Sovetunio, kiuj batalis kontraŭ nazioj en la 2-a mondmilito). Russian Esperantist Union.

[2] "Esperanto, China’s Surprisingly Prominent Linguistic Subculture is Slowly Dying Out".

[3] "China Radio International".

[4] "Ho Chi Minh kaj Esperanto" (2006-12-27T14:53:21Z+08:00). China Radio International.

[5] "Fidel Castro & Esperanto" (2009-01-18). YouTube.

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 ====USSR====
-Bourgeois media and historians (prominently [[Liberalism|liberal]] Ulrich Lins) claim that the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|USSR]] oppressed Esperanto.<ref>{{Citation|title=Dangerous Language|trans-title=La Danĝera Lingvo|trans-lang=Esperanto|isbn=978-1-352-00019-1|year=2017}}</ref> However, there is not much evidence to support this claim, and the minority of Esperantists that were persecuted were often persecuted for being [[Trotskyism|trotskyists]], and class enemies of the Soviet Union.
 Soviet Esperantists in the [[Red Army]] fought in the anti-fascist war against [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Soviet Esperantists, which battled against the Nazis in the second world war|trans-title=Esperantistoj de Sovetunio, kiuj batalis kontraŭ nazioj en la 2-a mondmilito|trans-lang=Esperanto|title-url=https://reu.ru/prenu/ili_batalis_kontrau_nazioj_en_la_2a_mondmilito.pdf|year=2022|author=Anatolo Sidorov|publisher=Russian Esperantist Union}}</ref>