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.
Serious question: how is Russia anti-imperialist while India gets branded as imperialist in online leftist discourse? Is it just racism?
I personally haven’t seen India get branded as imperialist and that’s even factoring in super racist Chinese and Pakistani accounts who do nothing but shit on Indians for asinine racist reasons. At best, people hate India for being soft Zionist and for Islamophobia.
i havent heard of India being considered imperialist, it is just more neutral towards the west (than Russia) + has fascist tendencies. so it wouldnt be fair to call it imperialist nor anti imperialist imho.
I agree with your assessment completely, but it really doesn’t seem to be shared by other people
if i see anyone call India imperialist I will definitely call them out
Is the west in direct opposition to the Indian geopolitical stance to the degree it is against Russia?
Read my comment again, and yes, the west has historically been in direct oppostition to India, and they definitely were from 2000 to 2016. And India is closer to Russia than it is to the west.
It was an honest question, I’m super ignorant to politics of India unfortunately
That’s fair