many of these states and their governments are openly hostile to communist elements, but a communist party actively opposing their government would risk destabilising it and then playing themselves directly into the hands of the imperialist states. an indefinite “united front” would be desirable, especially in countries like iran, but it seems all leftist organisations in these states have either decided to fully support the government in everything, becoming controlled opposition (KPRF in Russia) or western puppets like (MEK) or whatever the fuck the “leftist opposition” in russia, belarus is.
I believe Franz Fanon made the argument that in some developing countries, the domestic class divide is less significant than the international class divide, and that there can be a logic to persuing a class truce. If a country becomes colonized, the domestic bourgeoisie stands to lose their positions (at least potentially) so there’s a greater degree of shared interests. This is in contrast to a more old school perspective, which would argue that a class truce isn’t really possible, that the bourgeoisie will never let up, and that attempting to persue that course is reactionary and opens the door to opportunism.
I don’t have a strong opinion on it because I’m in the imperial core, I think either approach can be valid depending on the circumstances.
Mao argued basically the same thing, and that’s the whole point of “New Democracy” besides the issue of development of relations of production, since China still had heavy feudal elements. That was why Mao supported a temporary alliance with the “patriotic bourgeoisie” against colonial forces, but he was quite clear that you can’t let that circumstance become cemented.
Some section of the domestic bourgeois in colonized countries always has the option to betray their nation by becoming comprador capitalist that represent outside imperialists interests. The working class doesn’t have that option, so there is still a fundamental class divide. But the capitalist class is also devided in that case and there might be temporary alliances with the capitalists who aren’t compradors to fight for national liberation as a prerequisite for revolution.