I live in the UK and nearly every older Communist you meet is a Trot and all the protests that I've been to that have had communists at them were mostly Trot orgs but online everyone just seems to shit on them for no clear reason. Am I missing something? Or is it just regular leftist infighting

  • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
    5·
    4 years ago

    I tracked down the article you're citing from.

    https://www.marxist.com/truth-about-present-revolutionary-uprising-libya.htm

    In fairness, I think the last paragraph addresses at least some of your concerns?

    Without doubt, imperialism in this situation will try to assert their interests. We oppose any imperialist intervention in Libya. The imperialists are the ones who sold weapons to Gaddafi, made business deals with him to plunder the country's oil wealth and used the country as a barrier against illegal migration in Europe. Imperialism is not interested in the fate of the Libyan people, but only the country's natural resources.

    I'm much newer to the movement so I'm not familiar with some of these old disagreements. I guess I lack the necessary context to really develop a strong opinion on this particular issue. I just see so much vitriolic hate for Trots online, and it does not match up to my (again, limited) understanding of them in real life.

    • PhaseFour [he/him]
      1·
      4 years ago

      We oppose any imperialist intervention in Libya.

      That's not true. The operations in Libya in March 2011 was objectively an imperialist intervention. IMT calling it something different does not change reality. History has vindicated this understanding, but it was obvious in the moment as well.