Yeah not only is Hezbollah not the right comparison, neither group are close to partisans. They don’t serve a government that is in exile or not in control of the territory they are operating in. They are just militaries of unrecognized or oppressed states.
But the soviet Partisans had a serious structure, both locally and with their organization being run from Moscow by the Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement.
Albania surprised me
So the only period when those in power in France are actually good? Well not till '91 but you get my point
Anyone else go back to the heart breaking Irish song “Only Our Rivers Run Free” when thinking about “From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free”? it just fits so beautifully. I really want to hear an Arabic rendition of it
Straight up what they said after the Vajont Dam disaster
A mysterious act of God’s love
That was a great video, though I then watched his GTA4 vid and the “true communism” brainworms are all over the place. It is funny though the maker hearts comments that call him on it but also those that say even Yugoslavia was “too far” and dictatorial. This is what libertarian communism does to people
Saving Ryan’s privates
Look at that battle, they got all the Israeli electronics intact for the Soviet advisors who extracted a bunch of vital info. Just that casual reminder of when solidarity was strong
Yeah I think this is the truth. I am sure they thought about politics when making it, but not with a real agenda. Just gather every conspiracy without much care, put em in there to some extent and call it a day. Politics are in the game, but there is not a singular political vision they are following. Honestly same could be said about GTA in contrast to RDR. One has political commentary thrown in haphazardly almost as set dressing with no consistent point, the other has a clear driven ideology
The Ustashe getting to effectively decide the history of the war now is one of the biggest travesties of the collapse of the communist bloc. Those fuckers were on a level even most SS units didn’t reach. They preferred knives instead of industrial slaughter in their camps.
It will never cease to amaze me how Yugoslavia’s communism was taken without a fight. No August Coup, no '94 elections, no attempts to put down treason like in the Baltics and Armenia, no mass protests specifically for communism. It is like they didn’t give up, the communists just didn’t exist by the point of collapse beginning.
I know that is not exactly true, Stambolic was sort of an exception, but it feels that way
Well, looks like the Dissident IRA just got a new friend
Yeah so the League of Communists don’t have decent successor parties. Some former Yugoslav states don’t even have proper ML parties, most of the direct successor parties are socdem and have been since the collapse. I would guess Tito probably was kept around more untouched, as a legacy and recruiting tactic. So he could’ve been more left than the party but that doesn’t mean much of anything if he is not pressure within the party.
Joska Tito, grandson of the Marshal himself, passed away weeks ago. I had no clue https://balkaninsight.com/2025/06/04/grandson-of-yugoslav-leader-tito-dies-in-serbia/
Yeah I was so confused. Honestly really dislike the fake alternate name shit. It just makes it hard to search for comments, and can be confusing to read. Plus I get that the joke is that Chihuahuas are small but aggressive dogs, but like, that is literally the name of a state verbatim, so maybe not the best way to insult a fascist country by comparing it to a Mexican polity even if unintentionally.
Very sad news. He was always so happy to engage with fans. One of the guys EVERYONE talks about needing to meet at conventions, always made time for people, just loved being around the fanbase.
it is funny, the table tennis reddit was mostly people saying “fuck Trump”, with confused folks saying “how do you think Trump started enforcing awful embargoes on Cuba?”
I was just looking at an image of this statue the other day when reading on the Great Syrian Revolt. Fuck these monsters
If anyone wants to hear Du Bois speak including about the Niagara Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXglS90qn4
He is such a funny dry witted speaker. " I was criticized as being bitter, as seeking not simply political but social equality for Negroes, for favoring the teachings of Karl Marx, and for joining the Socialist Party… these accusations were true" always kills me. He is so optimistic and hopeful about the 21st century and the future of communism. Amazing thinking about this man born in 1868, the child of slaves, witnessing Sputnik be announced, seeing communism first hand in multiple countries. His life crossed from slavery to witnessing the start of the total emancipation of humanity and he was going to support it however he could
His old New Englander accent is lovely