Yeah and its very unfortunate because the ICP used to be a very strong party, the second strongest in Iraq after the baath party, very popular. However the constant fighting between the baath party and the ICP in the 1980s and 1990s weakened the ICP a lot. That combined with their terrible leadership who were imo very opportunist and selfish completely destroyed the party. After the 2003 US invasion they became a completely reformist party, often straight up proimperialist. They rejected marxism leninism, instead became a marxist reformist party. They dont even have a militia, and this in Iraq, the country with thousands of militias and weapons everywhere. All the ICP does is run in elections and print newspapers. How is this the vanguard of the iraqi working class? Oh, and they also collaborate with imperialism. The current General Secretary was a member of the US puppet government installed after the 2003 invasion. Yes, the leader of the COMMUNIST PARTY, was part of the government that did neoliberal shock therapy and ran the Abu Ghraib torture camp. Thats how fucked the party is, worse than the CPUSA if you ask me. They also often oppose proIran shia militias like Hezbollah who actually challenge US imperialism. I think they have also participated in attempted color revolutions against proIran iraqi governments (not 100% sure tho). So yeah, straight up proimperialists.
Very sad tbh, a bunch of morons crashed a great communist party. Imagine how great Iraq would be if the ICP had stayed in the baath ICP coalition. Truly very sad and disappointing.
Indeed it would, Iraq, Syria and Iran together in the USSR bloc. Frankly it could have been possible, but Khomeini and Hafez Al Assad were dumbasses. Khomeini i already explained, he opposed USSR and Iraq for no reason. Hafez Al Assad was also quite the opportunist. As i said in 1991 he invaded Iraq with the US. Also in 1976 in the Lebanese Civil War he briefly sided with the prozionist fascists against the communists and palestinians because the latter were fighting Israel too much for his taste (simplified ofc). Thankfully he quickly reversed that and supported again the communists and palestinians after getting a lot of backlash from Iraq, Libya and the USSR. So yeah, in 1979 Iraq and Syria were planning to unite in a United Arab Republic (remember panarabism) but Hafez Al Assad the moron tried to do a coup against Saddam Hussein and got caught, so ofc the idea got cancelled. What a dumbass honestly. Thankfully Bashar Al Assad never did this shit and is very based.
Yeah and its very unfortunate because the ICP used to be a very strong party, the second strongest in Iraq after the baath party, very popular. However the constant fighting between the baath party and the ICP in the 1980s and 1990s weakened the ICP a lot. That combined with their terrible leadership who were imo very opportunist and selfish completely destroyed the party. After the 2003 US invasion they became a completely reformist party, often straight up proimperialist. They rejected marxism leninism, instead became a marxist reformist party. They dont even have a militia, and this in Iraq, the country with thousands of militias and weapons everywhere. All the ICP does is run in elections and print newspapers. How is this the vanguard of the iraqi working class? Oh, and they also collaborate with imperialism. The current General Secretary was a member of the US puppet government installed after the 2003 invasion. Yes, the leader of the COMMUNIST PARTY, was part of the government that did neoliberal shock therapy and ran the Abu Ghraib torture camp. Thats how fucked the party is, worse than the CPUSA if you ask me. They also often oppose proIran shia militias like Hezbollah who actually challenge US imperialism. I think they have also participated in attempted color revolutions against proIran iraqi governments (not 100% sure tho). So yeah, straight up proimperialists.
Very sad tbh, a bunch of morons crashed a great communist party. Imagine how great Iraq would be if the ICP had stayed in the baath ICP coalition. Truly very sad and disappointing.
A socialist alliance between Iraq, Iran and Syria would be glorious
Indeed it would, Iraq, Syria and Iran together in the USSR bloc. Frankly it could have been possible, but Khomeini and Hafez Al Assad were dumbasses. Khomeini i already explained, he opposed USSR and Iraq for no reason. Hafez Al Assad was also quite the opportunist. As i said in 1991 he invaded Iraq with the US. Also in 1976 in the Lebanese Civil War he briefly sided with the prozionist fascists against the communists and palestinians because the latter were fighting Israel too much for his taste (simplified ofc). Thankfully he quickly reversed that and supported again the communists and palestinians after getting a lot of backlash from Iraq, Libya and the USSR. So yeah, in 1979 Iraq and Syria were planning to unite in a United Arab Republic (remember panarabism) but Hafez Al Assad the moron tried to do a coup against Saddam Hussein and got caught, so ofc the idea got cancelled. What a dumbass honestly. Thankfully Bashar Al Assad never did this shit and is very based.