“I came to communism because of Stalin”

“Along the way, I had the opportunity to pass through the dominions of the United Fruit, convincing me once again of just how terrible these capitalist octopuses are. I have sworn before a picture of the old and mourned comrade Stalin that I won’t rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated”

“In the so-called mistakes of Stalin lies the difference between a revolutionary attitude and a revisionist attitude. You have to look at Stalin in the historical context in which he moves, you don’t have to look at him as some kind of brute, but in that particular historical context. I have come to communism because of daddy Stalin and nobody can tell me that I mustn’t read Stalin. I read him when it was considered very bad to read him, but that was another time. And because I’m not very bright, and a hard-headed person, I will keep on reading him. Especially in this new period, now that it is worse to read him. Then, as well as now, I still find a series of things that are very good.”

All quotes from Che Guevara at various times in his life

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Also is that Nelson Mandela on the far right of the image? Nelson Mandela was a communist. During his time in prison he handwrote the book "How to be a good communist. The first line of that book reads:

A Communist is a member of the Communist Party who understands and accepts the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism as explained by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin , and who subjects himself to the discipline of the Party. (See notes 1, 2, 3 & 4)

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The Black Panther party, which Angela Davis was a member of, was good friends of the DPRK. Here is a 1969 cover of Black Panther magazine:

and here is some of his writings in the magazine in print:

Did Angela stop liking the dprk? I don’t think so. In 2017 she was part of a group (women cross dmz) calling for “peace with north korea”. This was always framed as anti-trump escalations but given her history it is quite fair to assume she is still involved in activism that would benefit the dprk because she still supports the dprk.