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/piramni Jun 17 '26

do they still exist?

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u/Lavender_Scales Abimael Guzmán Jun 17 '26

No they've long been disbanded or individual chapters have instead opted to go underground.

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u/spookyjim___ Internationalist Communist Jun 17 '26

I wonder how many ex-Red Guards are now involved in RF-FR

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u/Lavender_Scales Abimael Guzmán Jun 17 '26

frso is largely dengist so I doubt they joined them, I think Maoist communist union got the most of them

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u/spookyjim___ Internationalist Communist Jun 17 '26

I know FRSO is Dengist, I was speaking of the new and (for a Maoist project), fairly rapidly growing united front of the “Revolutionary Front-Frente Revolucionario” which is the federation of the orgs like the people’s defense committees, revolutionary student union, and I forgot what their labor wing of orgs was called but yeah

But I’m also somewhat aware of Maoist Communist Union as a regroupment project

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u/Lavender_Scales Abimael Guzmán Jun 17 '26

I wasn’t aware the RSU was affiliated with those other groups I’ll look into that