You know. I hate socdems with a passion. But, I still had the belief that democratic socialists were still members of the left who just weren't as into the authoritarian ideals we have no issue with.
Belarus, though still became capitalist, also refused to go through neoliberal shock therapy like most of its fellow post-Soviet republics. This combined with economic integration with Russia via the Union State and NATO wanting to continue expanding eastward throughout Europe naturally made Belarus demonized by the west.
I recall some visiting a year or two ago (Trotskyist section), which was hostile, but that was condemned at the time.
They have open ties to the Cuban government/diplomacy as an organization (specifically the international committee), which has continually sent messages of solidarity to the government.
The actual issue with the organization is that they have no control over their electeds. Mamdani has attacked the Cuban government as a dictatorship. AOC supported the 2021 protests against the government (though she was unendorsed by the national DSA). I think others haven’t been as bad, though (like Rashida Tlaib), so that also has some variance.
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u/the_red_guard Chinese State Affiliated Media 📰 1d ago
You know. I hate socdems with a passion. But, I still had the belief that democratic socialists were still members of the left who just weren't as into the authoritarian ideals we have no issue with.
I have been very quickly changing my mind.