To carry on a war for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie [...] and to renounce in advance any change of tack, [...], or any conciliation or compromise with possible allies (even if they are temporary, unstable, vacillating or conditional allies)—is that not ridiculous in the extreme?

The Black Panther Party in America, for example, had many anarchist comrades within it, a "rainbow coalition," and so on... For COINTELPRO, however, it is known that Feds have used ultra-left newspapers and anti-AES-focused stories in anarchist papers for psy-ops. Feds mainly targeted the leaders and most outspoken members of the Black Panthers (mostly ML or ML oriented), and many major past members that remain alive are anarchists. Take that as you will.

also, I have an account on both Lemmygrad and Hexbear. All this infighting is making me angery

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but does "temporary ally" mean the same thing as "left unity"?

This post is the worst and I hate it but I can't back out now.

[–] CommieGabredabok@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(verb) to ally: combine or unite with (another) for mutual benefit.

"temporary ally" and "left unity" are obviously not synonymous, but it would be disingenuous to ignore any overlap

[–] simply_surprise@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'll accept that there's some overlap, I don't think that detracts from my point.