Sri Sri Ravishankar has an article explaining how Lord Krishna is the father of communism.
The basic tenets of communism say that all are equal, and exploiters and oppressors should be severely punished. The goal is to create a society free from selfishness, autocracy, aristocracy and oppression of people of any sort. The life and message of Krishna reveals that he imbibed, taught and fought for these principles 5,230 years ago. In fact, an objective analysis of the Bhagvad Gita too would reveal that Krishna was a better communist than Karl Marx. One could go so far as to describe him as the real founder of communism!
But beyond religion is the quest for truth. Where does a man go further? There Krishna leads Arjuna, leads the people into that spiritual realm of experience, which is seriously lacking in communism today. The confidence that builds up in a person who knows the depth and the secrets of creation is something amazing, so beautiful ? without which life is dry. So make the transition from religion to spirituality. It is what was missing in Karl Marx?s principle and which Krishna has very clearly demonstrated and given to the world in the form of Gita.
Communism cannot reject Krishna at any cost because he stands for all its principles in a much more meaningful manner. If we don?t see the reality, the truth, with an open mind, then we have merely replaced an old religion with a new religion called communism. So we have to be aware and wake up to adapt to changing times. Hindustan Times