What does the world "traveler" mean in the Communist ideology?

Question

What's the politcal/social background of the word; how did the Communists start to use it to define themelves?

Answer 1

A fellow traveller is a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization. The phrase must be understood as referring to people who "walk part of the way" with an organization, without committing themselves to it. The term is most often applied to a sympathizer of Communism, or particular Communist states such as the Soviet Union, who is nonetheless not a "card-carrying member" of a Communist Party.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the term "fellow traveller" was sometimes applied to Russian writers who accepted the revolution's ends but were not active participants.

Answer 2

Two word answer. Jane Fonda.

Another two word answer. John Kerry.

Another two word answer. Michael Moore.

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