#the ussr was not communist

[lord-of-snrland]

Listening to Eastern Europeans shit talk communism is understandable but so disappointing. The image of communism in Eastern Europe is ruined forever. Because Stalin and his puppets in the "communist" block used communist talking points and symbolism to get into power then killed all real communists, closed the borders and destroyed everyone's lives for decades, killed everyone who disagreed with them, had secret police to terrorise population into silence, all of this while screeching that they are in fact communists at every given fucking occasion.

Now everyone believes capitalism is the only freedom we get and it's fucking depressing. "Sure, starving in the streets is bad, but at least we don't have propaganda, bread queues, secret police and tanks rolling over protesters anymore."

Thanks, USSR. Burn in Hell.

#the ussr was not communist #china is not communist #red fascism is not communism #all queer stalin supporters would be dead rotting during his rule #I should refrain from getting political on Tumblr #romaniaposting

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

1930s reporting on Stalin's Holodomor genocide in Ukraine. 1 2

#ukrainian history #ukraine #communism #soviet union #genocide #ussr #stalin #communists #20th century #russia #eastern europe #1930s

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

From United Communist Party of Russia:

"Today, January 21, activists of the United Communist Party (OKP), Russian Communist Workers Party (RKRP) and other communist organizations laid flowers at the mausoleum of the founder of the world's first socialist state, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, on the centenary of his death.

"Unfortunately, government officials once again prohibited the unfurling of flags in Red Square. But a ban on flags is not a ban on speech, which will inevitably be ours."

#Lenin100 #Lenin #anniversary #Moscow #Russia #memorial #OKP #RKRP #socialism #communist #soviet #USSR

[telogreika]

Soviet M1919 uniform (Kalmyk formations)

#Ostwind Projekt #USSR #Small Arms #Mosin Nagant #I wish i could find more information on the Kalmyk formations #the pre-nazi folkloric swastika in a communist context is very interesting iconography in retrospect

[degeneratedworker]

"It would seem that a peaceful shift is imminent, And put your signature, But at the last moment, No overseas hand was raised: Alas, the hand is in the hands of the military-industrial complex." Soviet Union 1986

#propaganda #poster #vintage #soviet union #america #united states #usa #ussr #russia #socialism #socialist #communism #communist #military

[workersolidarity]

#communism #socialism #marxism leninism #socialist politics #socialist worker #socialist #communist #marxism #marxist leninist #progressive politics #politics #socialist news #soviet union #ussr #soviet communism #stalinism #stalin #lenin

[txttletale]

hey, quick check because I am very confused on your beliefs about USSR.

You do believe that USSR was like an awful state?_? right?

#ask #the USSR was arguably the most successful socialist project in history #it had great successes and great failures #if you cannot learn from both then you are not a serious Communist #my phone autocapitalised communist. presumably a cia plot to make me look like more of a dweeb

[canberramaidan]

Operation Zapad: the forced deportation of up to 150000 Ukrainians to Siberia in October 1947.

#ukrainian history #ukraine #genocide #communism #communist #ethnic cleansing #eastern europe #20th century #soviet union #ussr #1940s #1947

[happyvalkyrieofdoom]

tankies on here will act like they’re the most oppressed group on earth but the moment someone says that hey, maybe we shouldn’t worship stalin/lenin/mao etc. they literally start sending death threats to people istg

#this is about how i saw the comments to this one post that somehow appeared on my dash #where one person said that their great-grandmother got sent to siberia by communists #and that ussr basically ruined the entire country they live in #and the tankies literally started insulting that person #saying that they're sorry their great-grandmother survived so that they could get born?? #like do they even fucking hear themselves?!!! #and also saying stuff like ''well aCtUaLly stalin and lenin did so much good for your country you should be grateful'' #you can't claim to be oh so tolerant and woke and whatever when you act so fucking vile #the whole post also was fucking bullshit because it were those ap*s-95-like bunch laughing at people... for not knowing lenin's works??

[stillunusual]

Meanwhile in tankie clownland

The reality of a butcher's shop with typically empty shelves in communist Poland circa 1982 vs the delusional clown world of mindless 21st century tankies living comfortable lives in western capitalist countries….

#history #soviet union #ussr #october revolution #communism #soviet bloc #poland #communist poland #prl #communism didn't work #but obviously it wasn't real communism #and it's bound to work next time #trust me bro #tankie #tankie clownland #useful idiot #keyboard warrior #ignorance is strength

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukrainian refugees in Sydney, Australia demonstrating to raise awareness about Stalin's crimes. 28th June 1953.

They were attacked by local communists, as reported in The Canberra Times.

#ukrainian history #ukraine #commuism #vintage australia #vintage #communists #stalin #soviet union #ussr #black and white #australian history #1953 #genocide denial #holodomor #1950s

[a-pint-of-j-and-b]

I Am Cuba (Soy Cuba/Я - Куба) | Mikhail Kalatozov | 1964 | USSR

#socialist cinema #communist cinema #soviet cinema #cuban cinema #mikhail kalatozov #cinematography #cinema #film stills #film grab #films #cuba #ussr

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Darya Mitina: Comrades, 100 years ago the heart of the greatest man on the planet stopped beating. Tomorrow, Sunday morning, January 21, 2024, we plan to lay flowers at his mausoleum in Moscow and invite you to join us.

Gathering 9:40 at the monument of G. K. Beetle. We are leaving so early because there is zero chance that they will open the mausoleum longer and you will be able to enter. Those who have not been for a long time or (for sure there are some) who have never been, come.

#lenin100 #moscow #communist #memorial #anniversary #socialism #ussr #Soviet #russia #okp

[troythecatfish]

#black lives matter #blm #political #political posting #politics #united states politics #american politics #usa politics #us politics #world politics #ussr #soviet union #russia #communism #communist #civil rights #civil rights leader #important #social justice #human rights #socialism #socialist #history #history posting #history tumblr #history side of tumblr #soviet russia #black leaders #marxist leninist #marxism leninism

[socialismforall]

The great comrade Lenin, master strategist & theorist of the revolutionary Marxist Bolsheviks & co-founder of the USSR, died 100 years ago today.

We honor his contributions by continuing to wage a correct & determined struggle for the abolition of capitalism & the building of socialism & communism.

"Lenin" by Langston Hughes:

Lenin walks around the world. Frontiers cannot bar him. Neither barracks nor barricades impede. Nor does barbed wire scar him.

Lenin walks around the world. Black, brown, and white receive him. Language is no barrier. The strangest tongues believe him.

Lenin walks around the world. The sun sets like a scar. Between the darkness and the dawn There rises a red star.

#lenin #marxism leninism #communism #marxism #socialist #socialism #communist #marxist #news #politics #marxist leninist #ussr #soviet russia #soviet union #langston hughes #poem #poet #lenin poem #history

[workersolidarity]

A few more photos of actual grocery stores in the Soviet Union during Socialism:

As one can quickly see, there were neither breadlines, nor mass rationing in normal times.

However, once Capitalism began to be re-introduced in 1985, the Soviet system quickly unraveled, leading to the breadlines famous in photos like this one from 1988:

#ussr #ussr history #grocery shopping in the ussr #soviet breadlines #socialism #socialist politics #marxism leninism #communism #communist #socialist #marxist leninist #marxism #progressive politics #soviet union #soviet history