Delar av svensk vänster har spårat ur totalt. Håkan Blomqvist skriver i tidningen Internationalen om hur studentförbundet Framtidens vänster-studenterna kräver att Framtidens Vänster ska försvara prästdiktaturen i Iran.

We just passed the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and you might have come across some people saying things like this:

"What began as legitimate frustrations over corruption was hijacked by external forces - NGOs, strategists on the ground, and Western media orchestration.
The same pattern repeated over and over in Serbia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Ukraine and just recently in Iran."

They may also deny that there was any massacre, claiming that was nothing but western propaganda, and siding with China.

They call themselves "anti-imperialists" but the more appropriate name for people like this is "campists". Campists do rightly criticize the US and Israel especially. However, instead of understanding that *all* states are toxic institutions, they play a game of picking sides and will promote states that oppose the US/"The West", even if those states themselves perpetrate heinous horrors. They'll side with states like Russia, Iran, China, even North Korea.

If you'd like to learn more about campism and why it's wrong, here are some very informative links to explore:

For a new internationalism
https://fightbackarchive.blog/2022/12/08/for-a-new-internationalism/

Left analyses of imperialism must stand against ‘campism’
https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/war/left-analyses-of-imperialism-must-stand-against-campism/

The ‘anti-imperialism’ of idiots - Leila Al-Shami
https://libcom.org/article/anti-imperialism-idiots-leila-al-shami

How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/anti-imperialism-syria-progressive/

The Red-Brown-Yellow Alliance: Making Anti-War “Great” Again
https://c4ss.org/content/58547

Earth to Dogmatic Leftists: You Are Making Solidarity Impossible
https://antidotezine.com/2019/12/12/earth-to-leftists/

Palestine and “Xinjiang” under Capitalist Rule: An Analysis from the Chinese Left
https://chuangcn.org/2024/07/palestine-and-xinjiang-under-capitalist-rule/

Internationalism, Anti-Imperialism, And the Origins of Campism
https://newpol.org/issue_post/internationalism-anti-imperialism-and-the-origins-of-campism/

I also have a link to a substantial number of very graphic and horrifying photographs documenting what actually happened to protestors in China around Tiananmen Square, contrary to false narratives from campists. The photos are extremely disturbing so I'm reluctant to share it here, but I will share it privately if you feel it's important for you to evaluate the evidence.

#Tiananmen #Campism #AntiImperialism #MultiPolar #Internationalism

Daily reminder that the German Communist Party called the Nazi Party "Working People's Comrades" in their alliance against the dastardly democratic socialists 😊

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2103710/daily-reminder-that-the-german-communist-party-called-the-nazi-party-working-people-s-c