The issue is that historically the authoritarian leftists (marxist-leninist groups) turn on every other leftist group the minute they gain power, rounding up anarchists or regular Marxists to either imprison or execute them.
It has happened very consistently, such as during the Russian Revolution, Chinese Revolution, Spanish Civil War, etc.
Without that historical context it makes it seem like the infighting is over pointless squabbles, when in actuality it’s Anarchists and Marxists trying to prevent people from being tricked into supporting an ideology that would result in yet another lethal purge and dictatorship were they to gain traction and political power.
Which, ya know, I think is a pretty reasonable concern.
Exactly. Tankies always assume left unity to mean everyone rolls over and submit to their authoritarianism. They are blocking left unity by betraying the other leftist groups as soon as they get power. Critical support for antifascism, but other than that I don’t want tankies near me
Forgive me if I am mistaken, but wasn’t the betrayal, so to speak, of anarchists in China early during the united front against Japan? The communists weren’t exactly the powerbrokers yet. I don’t know a great deal about anarchism in China, so there could easily be another phase when the KMT and CPC were at war that anarchists were burned that I don’t know about.
The CCP was hostile to Anarchists before 1949, but there is limited information on that period. Most Anarchists fled China when Mao took power, and the CCP later cracked down on anarchist-like egalitarian communes that began to form.
There was also a split within Maoism in the 60’s that pointed out the revolution had just created a new elite bureaucratic class, and called for China to be remodeled on the Paris Commune. That group was violently suppressed by the state with the charge of ‘Anarchism’.
The issue is that historically the authoritarian leftists (marxist-leninist groups) turn on every other leftist group the minute they gain power, rounding up anarchists or regular Marxists to either imprison or execute them.
It has happened very consistently, such as during the Russian Revolution, Chinese Revolution, Spanish Civil War, etc. Without that historical context it makes it seem like the infighting is over pointless squabbles, when in actuality it’s Anarchists and Marxists trying to prevent people from being tricked into supporting an ideology that would result in yet another lethal purge and dictatorship were they to gain traction and political power.
Which, ya know, I think is a pretty reasonable concern.
Exactly. Tankies always assume left unity to mean everyone rolls over and submit to their authoritarianism. They are blocking left unity by betraying the other leftist groups as soon as they get power. Critical support for antifascism, but other than that I don’t want tankies near me
Authoritarian communists are why “tankie” is still a valid insult.
Forgive me if I am mistaken, but wasn’t the betrayal, so to speak, of anarchists in China early during the united front against Japan? The communists weren’t exactly the powerbrokers yet. I don’t know a great deal about anarchism in China, so there could easily be another phase when the KMT and CPC were at war that anarchists were burned that I don’t know about.
The CCP was hostile to Anarchists before 1949, but there is limited information on that period. Most Anarchists fled China when Mao took power, and the CCP later cracked down on anarchist-like egalitarian communes that began to form.
There was also a split within Maoism in the 60’s that pointed out the revolution had just created a new elite bureaucratic class, and called for China to be remodeled on the Paris Commune. That group was violently suppressed by the state with the charge of ‘Anarchism’.
Aka tankies