Seattle socialist city councilor Kshama Sawant has been subject to repeated corporate-backed attempts to remove her from office. Last night, she defeated yet another. Despite attacks from some of the world’s most powerful capitalists, Sawant isn’t going anywhere.
Yes I've been to IMT meetings myself! Lovely people. I was still 100% a lib last time I went, so a bunch of old communists coming up to talk to me was slightly terrifying. But in retrospect they were super cool and welcoming.
As for Stalin stuff, I'm not comfortable with that mindset either. As a lib--> commie convert you slowly start to realize everything you've learned is wrong, which makes me take any Stalin criticism with a pinch of salt. That said, I take Stalin worship with the same pinch of salt. I'm just not knowledgable enough to consider it a sticking point and appreciate both perspectives.
yah but you gotta admit the man was haaawt.
Dude could get it