Be very of these false narratives which seek to bend the framework of reality towards a position in accord with the US Empire.
This is not “a conflict between two bourgeois countries”. This is an abstract, undialectical analysis.
It is adapting the framework of Western Imperialists.
This is a complex conflict decades in the making, at it’s core, it is a war between Russia and the Blood Empire.
The Ukrainian people are being used as a weapon by their bloodthirsty American masters.
I hope people here see how deceptive and devious this “both sides bad capitalists” narrative is.
It is poisonous to us communist communities, and it shows that western propaganda is very much able to spread on GenZedong.
Do not allow them to infiltrate our minds.
Godspeed comrades. o7
I agree that the JCP is basically succdem, but they are the largest none ruling communist party in the world. Revisionist yes, but still technically a communist party.
The party of Lenin and the Bolsheviks? We all know the USSR went extremely revisionist. The same party that let Gorby into power? The party of Breznhev and Kruschev? They are closer to the modern day than Lenin is. I’m not saying the party can’t change mind you, maybe they fixed their revisionism, in fact I find it likely they did. However empty phrases on how its the party of Lenin is ridiculous and not a real argument.
I agree Japan is imperial core. You’re right that Russia is not imperial core, but there can be more than 1 imperialist power at a time. That is what caused WW1. This is why I specify Russia as a small imperialist.
You are also correct that not all nationalism is equal. I never said anything about Russian nationalism as I don’t know enough about it in particular to have an opinion.
You are right that its their choice how they use (or not) their military. However to just ignore their actions instead of analyzing what it means is important. Each action made has a purpose, including the choice to be inactive. They chose to be inactive. They only took action when it became a threat to them, this is reasonable, you cannot expect anything more, however it also shows that their reasons are out of self interest. Out of securing resources for themselves.
CPRF is a bourgeoisie party. A decent number of low-ranking/local area members are active when it comes to social issues, but they’re being repressed by police and boomers at top like Zuyganov are happy to purge members who don’t subscribe to only voting in parliament where United Russia has 3/4 of places anyway.
What made RSDLP a revolutionary force was that they’ve represented the working class and peasantry which has already started self organizing and building dual power. Bolsheviks (but also other parties like mensheviks and SRs) have acted as a vanguard of a revolutionary mass movement, but not made it happen on their own. There can’t be new RSDLP until class consciousness gets high enough to fuel the revolutionary wave, meaning that CPRF can’t be a revolutionary party of a working class just because there are no material conditions for it to exist. But also it’s not acting to spread class consciousness or organize the working masses like Bolsheviks did, nor really organizing theory study groups to build up revolutionary vanguard. I would classify it as left-populist or maybe even USSR-populist (using vague Soviet nostalgia and themes without any class character), and they’re only allowed to exist because they’re no threat to the bourgeoisie class.
That sucks, I’ve only heard good things about the CPRF. In this case it is basically equivalent to the JCP in terms of being communist in name but succdem/bourgeois in practice.