• Tachanka [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    tankie

    Do you know the historical origins of the term, tankie, perchance?

      • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        It specifically was a slander against Khruschev for putting down a "revolution" in Hungary. That revolution was a CIA-backed "color revolution." where fascists were doing pogroms against Jews and Communists.

        https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/VRz8Ef9DqP.png

        • JuneFall [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Here is what ziq wrote: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ziq-tankies-and-the-left-unity-scam

          Very different takes. Seems ziq wouldn't and isn't agreeing with anti-sectarian policies.