• buttwater [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    23 hours ago

    Must be an unwritten rule out there that western socialists don’t want in any way to have to defend any Latin American socialism. I guess I get that he doesn’t want to be a “red boogey man” so he disavows, but it would be nice to see a little more respect or deference.

    Do European left parties recognize Venezuela or Cuba as comrades?

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      9 hours ago

      No. Partially because EU left was heavily destroyed by USian propaganda and secret services (see e.g. Operarion Gladio that stopped in 1990 because it was exposed; we have no idea what is still hiding in the shadows).

      Partially because EU left is not really left, but only slightly less right than actual right.