Which nations do you critically support (Besides AES)
Which nations do you critically support (Besides AES)
Obviously we support AES countries as well as Palestine. Which other countries are worth supporting? (critically, of course)
Belarus as it is a bulwark against neoliberalism and privatisation in eastern europe
❤️🇧🇾❤️Моя Бабушка согласна с тобой
Translation: My grandmother agrees with you
Pardon my ignorance but isn't modern Belarus very reactionary?
Culturally yes, economically no
Depends on what you mean?
Against cultural progressivism? Sure
Against U.S and its reactionary regimes (eg. Poland)? Not so much, but more as a balancing force against them
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/350784
I liked this article a lot, found it rather enlightening.
Part of me thinks Belarus is an example of AES, but I'm not sure if it's "actually" socialist.
https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.11.4.0428 Admittedly I haven’t read this whole thing, but I’ve been meaning to get around to reading the rest. From what I remember these Chinese economists said Belarus is mostly a type of Market Socialism
Critical support for the US for contributing so much to the destruction of the US 🫡
Iran
All of the indigenous nations that have been crushed by colonialism, that the West calls 'First Nations.'
Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua
Russia
Sealand. I will not elaborate
Nicaragua. Ortega gets too much hate from the same people who can't get enough of Bukele.
russia, belarus, syria, iran, venezula, bolivia, burkina faso and Nicaragua
Russia (more so I support the progressive character of self-determination in Donbass), Nicaragua, Belarus, Venezuela, Bolivia, currently Honduras because of Xiomara Castro, Burkina Faso, Iran, the resistance in Artsakh, Yemen, but also recently I stopped supporting Brazil because Lula decided to again support the oppression of the Haitian people.
Lula in power is a lot different from what his supporters say he is.
Yeah...initially I had a lot of hope, I thought maybe he had changed from the last time he made the mistake with Haiti, but I was wrong. Strange that he'd jump on this opportunity twice. Also, a lot of indigenous people still are left without justice against multinationals and abuse of their lands, it's really disheartening how much inaction is taking place. I know that MST critically supported Lula, but I wonder what their stance is nowadays..
Good take on Russia, they themselves can be quite cringe at times, but I respect some of their partnering with Anti-Imperialist countries and especially their support for Donetsk and Luhansk.
I will never stray from the fact that Russia has been instrumental in supporting people around the world, but also recognizing that Russia is a reactionary state, which if given the same status as the United States would engage in all the very same tactics. I know people are quick to dismiss the KPRF as "controlled opposition" that is "joined at the hip" with United Russia, but in my opinion it's a counter balance that appeals to Soviet era demographics, and it does its job well, and by no means are they "non-radical" in the sense they absolutely risk strikes and organizing people even if it gets them thrown in jail. Yet despite all this, the KPRF recognizes too, the self-determination of Donbass, and has written very good analysis on the subject over the years, recognizing the absolute need of the military operation in the region. I do not personally believe that United Russia wholeheartedly supports this operation from a ground of moral conscience, but I do not also believe that they are innately engaging for economic reasons as one would for a capitalist state. I also hold the belief that out of all post-soviet countries, Russia holds one of the highest potentials for another mass communist movement organized from below, which would almost certainly reform many of the "bad" elements found within the KPRF (some of the more chauvinist points in their programme for example), especially with Russia weakening the chains of the neoliberal crisis, the revival of productive forces due to self reliance from sanctions and pressure, and finally, from the aggression by Kiev's fascist regime against history and peoples of the USSR, will ultimately only drive people further in to finding the historical links between anti-fascism and communism.
Hello, Belarus is quite literally a fascist state? Supporting that over Lula, the most progressive thing to happen to the Brazilian proletariat and indigenous people since his last presidency?
any anti-imperialist country, even if it's only in practice
I critically support Western Sahara (and so should you).
Armenia and Palestine
To name only ones that others haven’t already (because they’re all so numerous and agreeable), Zapatistas, Niger, Lebanon, Yemen, Eritrea, Afghanistan (Taliban’s not great but the people far prefer it to the US occupation), Mexico, and South Africa.
I agree, very heavy criticism towards Afghanistan tho, like no offense but they are bottom of the barrel for Anti-Imperialist outcomes rn, better than US control but damn it kinda sucks what’s going on
Agreed, emphasize the “critical.” Here’s a good essay on the Taliban: https://annebonnypirate.org/2021/08/17/afghanistan-the-end-of-the-occupation/