I read that the early Communist Party of China received some CIA support (namely money and guns) to finish off Chiang-Kai Shek's fascist/nationalist movement during the later periods of the armed struggle.

I'm still not quite sure what to think of the Khmer Rouge, but I read that they did collectivize agriculture.

[–] Jefferu_Nintendomoto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Perfect time for BlowBack season 5

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 44 points 1 month ago

Khmer Rouge seems the obvious answer

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shining Path

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SP: "Wait, communism isn't when you kill peasants, boil their babies and execute socdem community organizers? I distinctly remember reading Lenin say to do this!"

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"We didn't boil any babies! That's slander! We just killed them and boiled villagers alive!"

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is factual, Gonzalo actually took ownership of the event. I don't wanna say responsibility because he still defended it, but SP did claim the massacre.

[–] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I'm aware. And I like that phrase you used.

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

Is a party calling itself a communist party enough to qualify even if it's clearly not communist?

[–] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Mine are these CPRF (Homophobic and Reactionary) KKE (KKE Model) CPGB-ML (TERF and somewhat MAGA) ACP (Patsoc) JCP (Reformist Succdem and hates China and DPRK) KPÖ (Similar to JCP) CPUSA and CPB (The first is somewhat dem and the other is TERF like the CPGB-ML) Defunct examples CPK (Pol Pot) Shining Path (Ultra) PCI (Adopted Euro"Communism" and became social democratic later on)

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't even put Shining path and Khmer Rouge in the same league as the rest of these parties. Like sure, all the others listed are crappy and have bad positions. SP and Pol Pot were committing literal Genocides and pogroms, it's disingenuous to lump them together like this.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I was in CPGB for about a year. Although I never saw any of that terf stuff and met lots of lovely people in my branch, it was bitterly disappointing to see parts of the party subscribe to that. I discovered all of this after I had left.