Tankism: the uncritical, unwavering support for any state aligned against the US, typically imperialist, anti-worker, authoritarian (former) socialist states.

Yep, that’s totally what happens: critical support is indeed uncritical. I hoped to see a fresh take in this article and/or the pieces it writes upon, but I’ll have to revisit my expectations. I am sure the author could have made amazing use of the time they spent arguing a strawman.

I especially dislike how they dismiss the concerns of MLs about the motivations of the protests as misplaced and then provide absolutely no reason to support the protests. If the article was meant to change minds, then it failed very hard by not providing actual arguments.

Sometimes I really feel like some of today’s particularly unprincipled leftists would’ve supported the 1973 Chilean coup or other reactionary movements, especially after seeing their reaction to the recent attempted Venezuelan coup.

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This is a very important article that every ML should read, especially the ones who tarnish foreign revolutionaries.