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Everything to do with the USA's own Imperial Backyard. From hispanics to the originary peoples of the americas to the diasporas, South America to Central America, to the Caribbean to North America (yes, we're also there).

Post memes, art, articles, questions, anything you'd like as long as it's about Latin America. Try to tag your posts with the language used, check the tags used above for reference (and don't forget to put some lime and salt to it).

Here's a handy resource to understand some of the many, many colloquialisms we like to use across the region.

"But what about that latin american kid I've met in college who said that all the left has ever done in latin america has been bad?"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

literally all I’ve ever seen on this site until now is how garbage CPUSA is and how assimilated it’s become.

PSL and FRSO definitely have promise, though PSL specifically has some weird shit going on with SA accusations

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's because much of this website (Hexbear) hails from Reddit.

On Twitter and, I guess, Instagram, it's much more positive and I'm pretty much a regular on "CPUSA twitter" or whatever we call ourselves.

Unfortunately, I'm the only CPUSA member I know here and so I'm the only one giving "the other side of the story," so to speak.

It's kinda lonely, ngl

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hey i justed wanted to let you know that even though I'm not part of CPUSA and through years of lurking I've also noticed you are one of the few, if not the one, who gives the "other side of the story", wrt them, I still always appreciate and enjoy your comments and I am sorry if you feel lonely or isolated from others here. I'm sure I'm not the only one, either, who appreciates your presence here. Party differences aside. Maybe I'm being too sappy, just wanted to send good vibes to you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why would a sentiment of CPUSA being liberal form on Reddit but not on Twitter or Instagram? Reddit trends towards being overly sympathetic to liberalism, not rejecting it too much

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Too white, imho.

Also, it's common for certain subcultures to be bisected or divided depending on the community.

After chapo was destroyed and /r/communisim was taken over by Maoists, lots of people moved to Twitter and that's where lots of CPUSA members set up their social media accounts; communist Reddit hasnt' changed much compared to communist Insta and communist Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

There are also many smaller orgs that do good work and are commie but they're regional or city-specific.

A good question to ask when shopping for an org is to ask who is organizing? Not just attending an action, but doing real world organizing. Focus on those groups in your area.

Also make sure that you're comfortable leaving or disagreeing with your org at all times. If something goes south, you want the option of supporting the right side. The stuff with PSL you mention is what happens when comrades make bad decisions in an attempt to save face and protect each other and would've been avoided if the chapters in question had discipline.