• abc [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexbear
    11
    7 months ago

    I'm not a Cuban history expert or anything, but it seems like that quote is misattributed.

    I can't find any info about a June 1961 speech in Algiera - but did find this transcript of a February 1965 speech at the same conference (Second Economic Seminar of Afro-Asian Solidarity, February 24, 1965) which makes me think the date on the meme is purposefully wrong - i.e. it sounds just correct enough. He does not mention fascists or bullets in that whole speech (but it's a pretty good read - highly recommend!)

    It isn't a Lenin quote either iirc - but I believe Sovietknuckles was just saying it sounds similar to "the kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here" like the other commenter said.

      • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        7
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGys0M_qSao

        Q: What would Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] have done in this situation?

        A: The kind Vladimir Ilyich would have shot everybody here.

        it's from a vice documentary on the Donetsk People's Republic. If I remember right, this guy's call sign was Vladimir Ilyich, and he just got out of some beef with a rival group of militia guys. So this is his response after being asked what Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] would do.

          • wheresmysurplusvalue [comrade/them]
            hexbear
            5
            edit-2
            7 months ago

            It's not a quote from Lenin, the words are from the guy in the video. It was more like a dark joke during a difficult time (start of the civil war in Ukraine) where different groups of opportunists try to take control in an unstable situation. More like a play on words that his call sign is Vladimir Ilyich, and the joke was that he was being asked what he will do, yet he answered what Lenin would do