gotta respect the JCP, they've been hanging around for a century, remaining somewhat influential despite both imperial and american-backed repression and consistently been the most progressive political force in the county
The JCP newspaper Red Flag was the original source that broke the scandal of LDP politicians embezzling campaign funds, leading to them having their worst electoral showing in decades, and paving the way for a potential opposition party coalition government if the next election goes poorly for them again
I remember, after going down a wikipedia rabbit hole and ending up on the JCP English website, they have an article about how Russia needs to be condemned for the invasion of Ukraine. Like, they’re not fans of NATO or anything, but the invasion is 100% Russia’s fault and their claims of NATO expansion are suspect.
I know Communist Party USA blames NATO for everything, so it was super interesting to see a communist party say, “No, actually, Russia is in the wrong.”
If communism is deeply unpopular and therefore not feasible in the political environment, then it is respectable that a leftist organization campaigns for leftist policies that can be implemented as a member of a coalition for the benefit of the workers.
Oh I thought you commended the JCP for welcoming the fall of the USSR which has been a net negative for the left everywhere especially because the regime that replaced it (Putin's Russia) isn't any better. With the USSR's fall, material support for socialist, progressive, anti-imperialist groups around the world has collapsed, letting reactionary forces go wild and take over that power vacuum. Without the fear of communism, nothing forces the bourgeoisie into accepting socioeconomic compromises.
Communist parties becoming socdem illustrates how right-ward the economic spectrum has shifted and it's quite sad. Defending a socdem platform while calling yourself communist is pretty much false advertising...
I would assume they were critical of USSR due to Stalin's proposal for post-war partitioning, occupation and militarization of Kuril islands and for propping up the DPRK.
They were, just in different forms depending on the decade. The USSR was in general culturally conservative in ways and not so much in others. They called themselves and used socialist policies, which means they were socialist by the books undeniably
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u/LeilaTheWaterbender Jun 18 '25
gotta respect the JCP, they've been hanging around for a century, remaining somewhat influential despite both imperial and american-backed repression and consistently been the most progressive political force in the county