yea, that's the primary criticism they get from other anarchist groups, that they're really just leninist in practice, while ML/M groups regard them as an oddity as they don't pursue an explicitly Marxist line (though again, in practice it's hard to tell the difference as their actual praxis looks a hell of a lot like a Maoist mass line). my suspicion is that they'll end up a weird splinter group of some larger Maoist formation, but who knows. for the time being, they don't work with anyone but themselves, much like the Maoist groups they most closely resemble, so it will be interesting to see how it shakes out.

but yes, I agree with you that it's likely the space between anarchist and leninist lines won't hold through an actual crisis. and the people occupying this middle space will gravitate towards those two poles.