So has everyone here leaned right at some point in their lives?

All of those are aims are achievable without emulating or rehabilitating Mao and Stalin, in fact I'd argue to bring either into the fold would be entirely counter productive in achieving those goals.

I don't know if that's the case. Maoist concepts like the mass line and peoples war are integral to naxal strategy. The PRC was a key sponsor of the naxals and Charu Majumdar's 8 documents were profoundly influenced by Mao. Bear in mind that most Marxist writing at the time was geared towards industrialised nations, with many thinking that countries like Germany and the UK would be the vanguard of the revolution because of their strong industrial base. There was little Marxist theory about rural agragarian societies, until Mao. From a historical perspective, the most successful national liberation and anti-imperialist movements have been marxist-leninist (although not necessarily Marxist-leninist-maoist) but it is undeniable that national liberation movements have benefited immensely from the USSR and PRC, through funding and theory.

Historically the anarchists and libertarian communists have been quite poor at anti-imperialism, aside from the Zapatistas who themselves refuse to be called anarchists. The Kurds in Syria is one counterexample and I am hopeful that their success will carry on for many years. The YPG/YPJ excite me because I am keen on anarcho-communism myself, it's just it's effectiveness is doubtful. Hopefully they will prove me wrong.

It's perfectly possible to support movements, peoples and aims without blind allegiance you know.

Yes and I agree. Most Marxist-Leninist-Maoist theory developed long after Mao's death. I am not an MLM myself, but I did work with some in the Awami Workers Party in Pakistan in the past. They weren't MLM because they thought Mao was epic and great, but because they found his writings immensely useful. That's where I'm at with MLMs and non-trot Marxists. I think some of their strategies are flawed, but on the whole they are surviving in immensely difficult circumstances in the global south and have achieved a lot for the dalits.

But are you critically supporting them when you call them scum and inherently fascist? This is what I found privileged about your comment. No one can cast judgement on the movements in global south until they actually read about it. How can you dismiss the ideology of these struggles when, and my apologies for singling you out here, you didn't even know they existed? Funnily enough, Mao has a quote on this: "No investigation, no right to speak."

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