this article is more of a critique of ML organizations in the west rather than a general critique of ML movements.
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Winning probsbly
Searching through, I found this on their facebook
Syrian-American and Ukrainian-American activists talking history, connection, solidarity,
Def color revolution anarchists…
Defending and Glorifying Authoritarian Leaders and Governments: For ideological reasons, vanguards in the “Western world” (our experience is from the “US”) often uncritically support authoritarian governments and leaders in the name of “anti-imperialism.” In extreme cases, this ends up being a sort of conservative patriotism. The actual practices and values of the nation-states they defend don’t matter, only their geopolitical relation with the US. This comes from the history of authoritarianism in leftwing politics, and specifically the influence of a tendency called “Marcyist” or “Campist,” which encourages uncritically supporting governments the “US” opposes. The result can be ugly. During uprisings, they’ll callously attack dissidents under a regime the vanguard supports, calling them CIA spooks and calling their autonomous revolts “Color Revolutions”—if those same dissidents were in the US, ironically, the vanguard group would try to recruit them.
Almost as if the evil vanguardists don’t care about morality, but want to win. The horror!111 Also the complete ignorance regarding color revolutions and CIA actions is hilarious.
Ignorance or deliberate downplaying?
If I had to steelman it: Ignorance
Realistically: Downplaying, these kinds of people always have prefered the rule of the bourgeoisie over that of the workers.
