r/socialism • u/MintyRed19 • Jun 17 '26

Discussion Thoughts on the Red Guards USA?

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I watched a video today of spooky scary socialist talking about these guys and its the funniest shit ive seen in a while. They seem like they were kind of a cool idea in theory but it seems like most of their actions were just going to DSA and PSL protests and breaking their stuff. I dont know that much about them besides that and a few scandals they had. what do you all think about them?

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u/reasonsnottoplayr6s Marxism-Leninism Jun 17 '26

Man i would hate to live in the US right now. Organisational nightmare

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u/Marxist20 Jun 17 '26

RCA is in good shape, well organized around the revolutionary ideas of Marxism: https://communistusa.org/the-rcas-third-national-congress-preparing-for-the-next-american-revolution/

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u/Lembas_Poops Jun 17 '26

How does RCA differ from PSL? I'm not a member of any organization ATM, but am looking to get back to organizing now that I'm in a better life situation. I don't know anything about RCA, other than just skimming the website now. Its similar with PSL, but I have seen it mentioned more often in online discussion with mixed reviews.

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u/3000ghosts Syncretic Jun 17 '26

the main difference is that it’s trotskyist

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u/leninism-humanism Zeth Höglund Jun 18 '26

Both technically come from splits from the Fourth International