I have recently made post about reporting any ACP (American Communist Party) infiltrators. Though in this post I want to provide evidence to you all on the Deprogram-Forum, and the rest of Lemmy-grad on how the ACP is deliberately brigading other leftists reddit-subs. The Attached Image is the evidence that this was a planned and organized brigade.
The call to brigade other leftists’ spaces, came from the chairman of the ACP himself, Haz Al-Din (his reddit username is Infrared Show). He posted this call on r/AskSocialists which is now a completely ACP-compromised subreddit. It was then reposted on r/LeftAgainstACP, and this is also how most of us found out.
Current situation Summary:
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There were many attempts of the ACP trying to brigade leftists’ subs, and also even conservative subs (for rage bait I guess, or spreading more reactionary bs)
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Many actual leftists made posts about it, and a call to ban them if you see them.
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Thus far ACP people have tried to brigade or brigaded: r/AskSocialists (successfully), r/Socialism, r/TankieTheDeprogram (unsuccessfully), r/SocialistGaming (you could mostly find ACP apologist on my anti-ACP post in that sub, which are promptly banned).
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When I searched ACP, in the reddit search bar I even saw that they were posting in r/ConservativeYouth, where the post was immediately removed from.
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They also actively tried to target r/GenZeDong.
If you want to add more subs that have been infiltrated by the ACP, pls leave them below in the comments section.
The ACP
As a brief reminder the ACP is not our friend, nor are they actual leftists. Jackson Hinkle (among others) founded the ACP, and its current chairman is Haz Al Din. Midwestern Marx is also another ACP affiliated figure.
They claim to be Marxist–Leninist, but many critics argue they are not Marxist at all, instead promoting a blend of socially conservative, nationalist, and pro-authoritarian politics. Essentially Strasserims, Nazbolism. They are Nazis who use the USSR as an aesthetic branding.
They oppose much of what communism has stood for historically: they reject liberal-left “woke” politics, express support for nationalist and reactionary stances. In practice, their activities have centred on online propaganda (TikTok, Twitter), political positioning, and alignment with authoritarian regimes. They also call themselves** MAGA-Communists,** and socially conservative and claim that Marxism is historically conservative.
This is not Marxism, so please report them if you see them.
What can we do?
- Support your mods in your favourite online spaces by reporting brigadiers.
- Help inform other leftists , about why the ACP is bad.
- Support and watch r/LeftAgainstACP for more information.
- Share or create actual Marxist social media content, so that the ACP cannot dominate the conversation online. Support those creators who are successfully calling them out.
- Make sure your discord servers have a verification-process
-Get organized in IRL, support unions and actual leftists’ parties.
If you have more solutions pls leave them below
Also this post is not meant to cause mass hysteria, its purpose is to document what the ACP has done yesterday and start a conversation.
Anyway, leave your thoughts, comments, and feedback below.
N.B: I am not going to add links here right now because I am not sure how it works with tracking on this platform, and I do not want to invite the ACP in.
@Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml @King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml
I have read that the ACP appeals to labour aristocrats and petite borugoisie who benefit from imperialism, so their nominal denunciation takes a form that puts blame on a type of elite that excludes them - much like all other USAmerican reactionary groups that would like to dress up as anti-imperialists. And those USAmerican political groups that don't even do this they then sound more anti-imperialist in comparison.
They come from similar material conditions (consider particular set of relations rather than stresses on quality of life) that the likes of the DSA, or democrats or republicans or myriad other political parties come from. I would argue they are to the Republican Party what the DSA or the CPUSA is to the Democratic party.
We are dialectical materialists. The material always comes before the idea. We should vehemently be attacking the political theory that arises to their politics - just like all the other political groups above - rather than have a "conspiratorial" approach because (1) that will be partly how one will be build a solid foundation of a political movement (2) you will be able to spot the feds (those who attempt to steer the political course) from a mile off
We have reactionary politics within lemmygrad itself - artisanal reactionary ideals, Western Marxist conceptions of perusasion, socdem tailism etc etc We attack the politics behind this and to do this we need a good understanding of theory (this is not innate; it is through the material process of engagement). In practice, what we choose to believe in is often filtered by our own personal material conditions; these conditions, however, are not immutable.
https://redsails.org/masses-elites-and-rebels/
Not really sure what you're getting at. I'm not American. I see these clowns online and they are getting more attention than established legitimate groups. F 'em.
If you would like me to clarify certain parts then happy to help. We should be dialectical materialist in our approach.