500 communists marching in Philadelphia yesterday - r/socialism
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  • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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    2 months ago

    Trots this and Trots that - sure, whatever, IMT has some cringe takes, but normalizing communist imagery and exposing people to even some of the most basic concepts is far superior to nothing. That the IMT can get 500 people out to an event proudly self-identifying as communists (whether you agree with their theory or not) is pretty impressive, and I think a hopeful development.

    • HelltakerHomosexual [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      im only hopefuly if politically competent people go out and do it. Trotskyism is destined to crash and burn over its fucking obsession of hating stalinism

      • Antiwork [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        Honestly, it's not even about Stalin. Hate Stalin. Personally I like the guy the killed the Nazis, but their constant book licking for imperialists is fucking gross and makes me hate them with a passion.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      You say trots are reactionary but they've been living in a commune inside Marxist-Leninists's heads for 100 years

    • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]
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      2 months ago

      smuglord you say this now but wait until the US falls into a trotskyist regime and then China has to intervene.

  • thelastaxolotl [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I think its the trots of the IMT, i read they recently started forming new communist parties, they go by Revolutionary Communist Internacional now

    • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Saw someone else on twitter positing that they're trots, but with nothing to back it up and I'm too tired to check into it myself.

      • fart_the_peehole [he/him,any]
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        2 months ago

        their local branch announced their formation with a post hashtagged #marx #engels #lenin #trotsky and had a ton of Alan Woods books for sale. they're trots.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    2 months ago

    I ran with the IMT for a hot minute. I can't divulge details but they have made a trans comrade of mine, who was a member for a long time, feel unsafe with the group. There is also some sex pest shit being covered up in their Canadian chapters.

    Sorry to make it sound like I'm digging up drama, but these are things that happened a few years ago, to a friend whom I trust - I didn't ask for details then out of respect. That being the case, because of it, I literally have nothing else to say about it.

  • Barx [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    As others have said, IMT, ie Trots.

    Particularly cultish Trots according to the ex-members I know.

  • Snackuleata [any]
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    2 months ago

    I don't think I can join them after I mistook them for the RCP, asked them about Chairman Bob, and stole one of their newspapers at a local event. Sorry trots.