Neither the anarchist revolutions in Ukraine nor Spain seemed to lack "practical steps"... what they did lack, however, was practical steps for turning into a reactionary elite as soon as they seized power - something the Bolsheviks and their ideological spawn seems to have no problems with.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They absolutely did, their inability to coordinate and make compromises during wartime absolutely led to their failures as revolutions.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh... being (respectively) stabbed in the back by Bolsheviks and being sabotaged by Stalin had absolutely nothing to do with it, eh?

No, tankie... I don't think you've read any anarchist literature at all.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, the Spanish anarchists were unsuccessful because Stalin, and not because they refused to be integrated with the popular front(which even the fucking liberals joined), including militarily until the war was already well lost, which made coordinated actions against the fascists with the popular front impossible

The lessons of the Spanish civil war dont reflect well on the anarchist movement there.

[–] doidera@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, tankie… I don’t think you’ve read any anarchist literature at all.

so now we are gonna start calling names. Cool, very mature.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well, then... what do you think we should call them? Do remember... it was Marxist-Leninists themselves that came up with that term.