And here you are saying I am wrong for using the term communist to describe these countries But today you say those countries were communist. You also draw a distinction between communism and socialism. But now you claim they are the same .The first thing that shows you have no idea what u talk about is this, the usage of the term communism, that shows you've just limited your sources on the US government idea of communism, not a single one of those states u considered communist had ever claimed that they are communist, they considered them self as socialist. The usage of the term communist country was coined by the CIA and USA to discredit the idea for equal society. If you would go to any communist and say to him/her "lets build a communist state" he/she would laugh in your face, because communism is stateless society, there can't be state and communism at the same time.
When it comes to what is left wing... the first idea of left wing or right wing appeared in the Franch Revolution, in Parlament those who set on the left side were for change of the system, those who set on the right were supporters of the system... man the history of the left up till the 50s is history of socialist movements, starting from anarchist, social democrats to communist... most of the feminist in the 60s and 70s in US were Marxist, the Black Panter Party was communist party, Angela Davis, Fred Hampton and many others were Marxist, the whole New Left was based on Marxism... Liberalism has never been left wing, only in US people consider liberalism as left wing. Liberal economic policies are right wing policies. All of your rights on you workplace were won by the struggle and lives of communists from the Second International, which Engels and Marx formed on the bases of Marxism. Don't need to trust me, do your research...
I actually have friend whos grandfather was on Goli Otok. He died as communist. You think liberals or conservatives were in Goli Otok? Liberals and conservatives together with all the nationalist ran away with the Nazis because they collaborated with them, there was no liberals, people during the WWII become communist. In Goli Otok were sent communists who were on Stalin side in the conflict Tito-Stalin. You know why my friends grandfather went to Goli Otok? Because he fought with arms against Tito because he thought Tito betrayed the communist ideals...