The liberation of Italy, France, and Germany during WWII were led by communists. This led to the construction of a proletarian state in Germany, and a struggle between dual power in France and Italy for decades following the war.
This is right, but I don't think it says anything about the viability of the ML approach for U.S. leftists in 2021. This isn't a useful comparison unless we're holding out hope for China conquering the U.S. -- which itself would mean U.S. MLs (and every U.S. leftist group) failed to create American socialism.
This is right, but I don't think it says anything about the viability of the ML approach for U.S. leftists in 2021. This isn't a useful comparison unless we're holding out hope for China conquering the U.S. -- which itself would mean U.S. MLs (and every U.S. leftist group) failed to create American socialism.