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Irony in Russia: now it is the Commies being beaten up

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ryanpatgray Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2009 12:29 PM

Another news story from Russia. This one with historical irony.

Via MailOnline (UK):

"The marches, complete with Soviet-style red flags and banners, pose a challenge to a government which has faced little threat from the fragmented opposition and politically apathetic population during the boom years fuelled by oil."

The guy in the picture is a member of the Bolshevik Party.

Police drag away a member of the National Bolshevik Party during a rally in central Moscow

I am an eklektarchist not an anarchist.

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Well, the Bolshevik and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (the actual successor to the old CPSU) are two different parties. The Bolshevik Party are pseudo communist/fascist in nature.  They celebrate the rule of Nicholas AND Josef Stalin, which would seem strange to an orthodox communist. 

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Marko replied on Sun, Feb 1 2009 12:43 PM

ryanpatgray:
now it is the Commies being beaten up


Not quite mate. The protest by the Communists were left undisturbed. 

Arrests were made only on the protests by the Western supported groups of whom the National Bolsheviks are one. And no, the NatBols are not Communists. They are not anything. They are a clown party.



PS, recognise this flag?



It is the flag of Western sponsored mercenary agents. The attempts at colour "revolutions" continue...

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The NatsBols are anarchists in the grand punk tradition of the term.

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Marko replied on Sun, Feb 1 2009 1:39 PM

I`m half expecting Limonov to come out one day to say he did not found the party because he had an interest in politics, but as an experiment in living art theatrics or something. It would be far saner than the alternative - that he is serious.

I`d describe them as "Yippies meet Dr.Mengele".

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