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Me personally, I find the EZLN fascinating. (if there is anything bad about them, let me know because I do not know much bad things about them)

They are one of the few movements that anarchists praise that I actually think are based, although the Zapatistas have told westerners to stop calling them anarchists, communists, or anything else.

They also fight against drug cartels and seem to have created one of the most stable territories in the Chiapas region.

However, they are too small to do anything big like overthrowing the Mexican government. They would be crushed quickly.

Give me your thoughts on the EZLN and/or, as the title suggests, any non-ML movements that you support.

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[-] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Hezbollah and other Palestinian liberation groups

[-] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't support Hamas or Hezbollah. I only support PFLP.

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Figures, you've never really given any thought to critical support.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did someone legitimately downvote the abolishment movement??? lenin facepalm deng stare

Dang didn’t know Lemmygrad was pro-slavery /s

[-] Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I blame Wisconcom

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Probably one of those wandering libs.

Or mistook it for the anti-alcohol one. I know I did, until I read your comment

[-] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I remember right prohibition was actually pretty based. Alcohol was a tool of oppression whether in sedating factory proletarians or getting indigenous people drunk to make it easier to steal their land. ~~Manhattan for example means “the place where we all became intoxicated.”~~ Source I vaguely remember:

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Same with coca in the Latin American gold mines in the 16th and 17th centuries

[-] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Lula's worker's party in Brazil, they've done incredible work helping the most impoverished people of the country, and are the most progressive in South America in my book.

[-] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

even more than the PSUV? Also, what's the beef between the PSUV and the PCV about?

[-] Lemmywontallowme@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Something Something, Socdem PSUV gives an inch to the U.S, and the PCV is mad at that... https://www.blackagendareport.com/fight-between-psuv-and-pcv-unnecessary-untimely-and-alien

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The PSUV does unfortunately take influence from Trotsky, but its explained they take more influence from Venezuelan culture and history, and they limit their use of violence if they deem it unecessary.

I've also spent an hour reading PCV's accusations and their history, and I'm extremely skeptical of them. They seem to be annoying contrarian naive tools for U.S. imperialism.

[-] cass@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

PSUV is not a force for socialism, and as such they seek to destroy those who actually fight for it. In fact the PSUV is actively trying to dismantle the PCV https://pcb.org.br/portal2/30320

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm extremely skeptical of the PCV's accusations. After doing like an hour's worth of reading, they seem to likely be a lapdog and trojan horse for CIA regime change, while they accuse the PSUV of being traitors despite the PSUV having little options.

[-] Nimux@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Lukashenko's administration is pretty good imo, even though it's not a party or organization.

[-] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From a Belarussian person, Lukashenko's administration has been a disaster for the people of Belarus.

His only saving grace is preventing Belarus from becoming a US vassal state like Ukraine or Poland. Other then that I'm very certain that a chimpanzee could run Belarus better then Lukashenko.

He's basically a if you tried to copy Kim Ill Sung and horrifically failed and copied the inverse of all of Kim’s traits. Lukashenko is extremely reactionary, capitalist, and just a terrible leader.

[-] Valbrandur@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

However, they are too small to do anything big like overthrowing the Mexican government. They would be crushed quickly.

I do not think the EZLN has the wish to do so anyway. Staying relatively under the radar is the main reason why they have survived until now like they have.

[-] Hyperlich@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 year ago

I hope I don't come off as stupid and naive, but I support the antiwork/workreform movements on Reddit. Yes, most of them are American redditor neoliberal reactionaries, however as a whole I think they have some small material effect on destabilizing the system. America is like a collapsing building with a few crumbly pillars holding the whole thing up and antiwork/workreform types are at least wacking at those pillars and I feel like a ton of them are voicing M and ML ideals without knowing it. I think a ton of them could eventually be brought to the left with some guidance.

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