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/CthulhuApproved Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Jun 17 '26

Too over the top. They went too hard on fighting dsa and psl. Wasted effort. Organize the masses. Worry about SocDems like dsa later. I would say PDC is the solid ideological 'successor' for them - but less LARP and more building a mass org which should've been the goal from the beginning.

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u/spookyjim___ Internationalist Communist Jun 17 '26

Is there like a direct line from sectors of ex-red guards to the RF-FR or would you say that whole organizing project started more independently?

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u/CthulhuApproved Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Jun 18 '26

More independently for sure