<Li> Greece--The Organisation of Marxist - Leninist Communists of Greece was dissolved in 1993 and merged into the Movement for a United Communist Party of Greece . Greek Left was dissolved in 1992 . </Li> <Li> Ireland--The Communist Party of Ireland declined significantly . Democratic Socialist Party was dissolved . </Li> <Li> Italy--The collapse caused the Italian Communist Party to reform itself, creating two new groups, the larger Democratic Party of the Left and the smaller Communist Refoundation Party . The disappearance of the Communist party in part led to profound changes within the Italian political party system in 1992--1994 and collapse of the Radical Party in 1989 and the Italian Socialist Party in 1994 . Disintegration of the Red Brigades in 1988 . </Li> <Li> Japan--The Japanese Communist Party issued a statement titled "We welcome the end of a great historical evil of imperialism and hegemonism". </Li>

Who coined the term for one country falling to communism and causing others to fall with it