I don’t know if this is the community to ask this but i don’t know where to post otherwise. And sorry for my bad english

Ok so, i am new to communism/socialism and have been teaching myself what the principles of the ideology are. But i am really confused, and need help in learning the beliefs of communism/socialism.

For example: What side do you guys stand against the war in Ukraine? Are there any books or documentries that can help me understand communism a bit better? Is religion accepted in a communist nation? What is the AES? Etc.

Any information is usefull.
May God bless you and have a nice day…

Edit: Sorry, but after reading the reasons on why Russia is right in this conflict. I can’t agree with it, i’m sorry but war isn’t the way. And i do not support Ukraine for that matter, Ukraine is very corrupted and fascist. But gotta say, thank you for teaching me what i can do to learn communism a bit better, i am very gratefull…

  • SaddamHussein24@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    3 years ago

    Your quote is meaningless. That quote is about WW1, an interimperialist war with no AES states involved (they didnt exist). The current Ukraine War is much more similar to WW2 than to WW1. In WW2 we supported capitalist and imperialist states (US, UK and France) because they were allied with a socialist state (USSR) against a bigger threat (nazis). Should communists in France, the UK and the US have advocated revolutionary defeatism and let the nazis win? Of course not, same thing here. In our case, its even more straight forward because Russia isnt even imperialist, only capitalist. Russia is allied with several AES states like China, Cuba and DPRK and many more antiimperialist ones like Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Belarus and Syria. Russia is not only our ally, but a key one, without which China and the antiimperialist bloc would have no chance of defeating US imperialism. Supporting Russia in this war isnt “social chauvinism”, its supporting communism against imperialism. China supports Russia in this war, but you smartass western communist wont?

    • TheConquestOfBed
      51·
      3 years ago

      I don’t think wholesale blind support or blind condemnation are correct in this instance. Blind condemnation of the war is an obviously liberal take. In the long term the war is likely to have positive effects on BRI countries and a deservedly negative effect on NATO countries (I took a bit of guilty pleasure in hearing that NATO officers are currently trapped in Mariupol).

      I’m just saying that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation isn’t the same thing as a Communist International and shouldn’t be treated as such. It’s possible to say the war will have a good outcome but be critical of the conservative ideology of the entity leading the charge (essentially asking ‘do ends always justify the means?’). We also can’t assume allies will remain allies after their current goals are achieved. Iran and Saudi Arabia’s allyship is tenuous at best, for example, and the voting out of Imran Khan shows how the SCO and BRI can be unbalanced by outside influences. I would like to believe the SCO can bring the countries in its influence closer to Chinese Communism, but without proletarian revolution that’s not a guarantee.

      I feel the closest historical parallel to the current ideological shift in the global south is the rise of social democracy in Post-WWI Western Europe, which generally sought to improve living conditions and a modicum of labor rights, but wasn’t exactly a success for the Comintern.

      I’m welcome to being proven wrong, however, as time passes and we see how these alliances play out.

    • Dialectical Drip@lemmygrad.ml
      44·
      3 years ago

      Nobody here is anti-Russia / not supporting Russia as the preferable side in this conflict, yet it doesnt change the reality that Russia is in fact an oligarchic shithole. I gladly support Russia in their war effort, I just dont feel a need to celebrate it and pretend like its the USSR reborn.