Akm 1917

[Ocean Seal]

http://www.akm1917.org/
Can't read Russian, they don't have a wikipedia page. So I have a few questions
Who exactly are these guys?
They appear to be against Russia's parliamentary elections and they fight Nazis. So they sound pretty cool. But what tendency are they? How much political support do they have? What are our qualms with them (as leftists not because of a particular tendency)? Do they support the CPRF (I hope not)?

[LeftAtheist]

I just google searched the name and found what appears to the their Facebook page. This was on it:

Our goal - a power of workers, the restoration of fraternal union of peoples - the USSR, and in the future - building a classless communist society free from inequality and exploitation of man by man.
Our mission statement:

organization for young people conscious of combating bourgeois regime, to protect their right to life, free education at all levels, work and choice of profession, freedom of movement, housing;
ideological and educational training for youth;
assistance in solving the social problems of youth
Program of Action:

AkM has been working in schools and vocational schools, students, working youth and military personnel

AkM works with ideologically similar parties and movements in Russia, the republics of the USSR and abroad.

AKM promoting ideological education and training of young people by providing free of theoretical and practical classes on philosophy, history, economics, foreign languages and technical sciences.

AKM assists young people in temporary and permanent employment.

AKM antiburzhuaznoy supports the development of culture: the promotion of young musical artists and groups to organize rehearsals and concerts, music production and distribution of music and printed matter.

AKM has paid great attention to sports and military-patriotic training of young people by providing free classes arts and athletics, pre-preparation and search work.

Membership in the AkM: a member of Avangard Red Youth may be a young man or woman aged 14 to 30 years, dividing the objectives of the organization, to carry out its Charter, actively participate in the organization (regardless of ideologically close to the other party or organization).

Get up to join the RESISTANCE! JOIN AKM! Our Motherland - the USSR!

[Ocean Seal]

Might I ask why the oldest that you can be is 30?

[LeftAtheist]

Well they call themselves a youth organisation, so I assume that'll be why. I don't know why they're just a youth organisation though, they're not my group or anything. I just googled their name.

[Lenina Rosenweg]

http://www.akm1917.org/
Can't read Russian, they don't have a wikipedia page. So I have a few questions
Who exactly are these guys?
They appear to be against Russia's parliamentary elections and they fight Nazis. So they sound pretty cool. But what tendency are they? How much political support do they have? What are our qualms with them (as leftists not because of a particular tendency)? Do they support the CPRF (I hope not)?

The name means "Vanguard of Red Youth". Their paper says they've been around since 2000.They appear to be Marxist-Leninists and they seem to be very sincere communists, if somewhat "old school". They express solidarity with the anti-globalisation movement.I doesn't seem like they would have anything to do with the CPRF. From their Ideology page (via Babelfish)

Ideology [AKM] is Marxism-Leninism, which is not dogma, but by ideological basis and by the creative method of the solution of the vitally important problems of the present. Our great teachers - Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin. Together with us - Mao [Tszedun], by Kim [Ir] of hays, Ho Chi Minh. We are solidary with the states of real socialism, the world working class and national liberation movement, all anti-imperialist forces of peace. We take an example from the young guards and Komsomol heros, Fidel Castro and Che Guervara, the members of " Red [brigad]" and " RAF" , the Parisian students of 1968, contemporary antiglobalists and political prisoner- Communists. [AKM] stands on the positions of class approach to the phenomena of public and political life, proletarian internationalism and Soviet patriotism.

They are big on boycotting the elections.I don't know how big or significant they are.

[LeftAtheist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElNRFlFw4xY

This seems to be them, if it helps.

[Commissar Rykov]

Well I just looked through their list of parties they allie with and the Nazbols are listed alongside the Revolutionary Workers' Party.:confused:

[Bronco]

They do have a Wikipedia page here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_of_Red_Youth), their name in English is the Vanguard of Red Youth, if you have Google Chrome it should automatically translate the language to English on their website?

[Red Commissar]

Looking at some comments that were made about this group ("Vanguard of Red Youth/ Avangard Krasnoi Molodyozhi) on leftist trainspotters earlier, it is described as Marxist-Leninist of some sort.

As far as its electoral positions, it is part of the "Left Front" which includes a variety of socialist groups that do not affiliate with the more 'respectable' outfits like the CPRF. It is also apart of something called "Red Front" by way of its association with Left Front, which includes "RCWP-RPC , Komsomol (b), the Left Front , and APD (some sort of weird populist outfit or something, can't tell, says it leds by one Oleg Shenin, a 'hardline' communist)" being said it is also indicated that they are part of the "Other Russia" grouping that consists of various groups opposed to the Putin government (that the CPRF isn't involved with), but also means they end up in the same protests with liberals and NazBols.

The Russian Wiki page however indicates they do cooperate with the major 'communist' outfits, including the CPRF and the RCWP-RPC. I suppose that would line up with their Marxist-Leninist description on the leftist trainspotters messages. Its first incarnation was originally founded as a youth wing of something called the "Labour Russia" (Трудовая Россия), a group that was involved in the 1993 riots against the Yeltsin government. The current incarnation is from 1999.

I'd guess looking at their tactics they seem to embrace the whole antifa image, despite that association with NazBol.

As for their size and appeal, I have no clue.

[Ocean Seal]

Well I just looked through their list of parties they allie with and the Nazbols are listed alongside the Revolutionary Workers' Party.:confused:
What Nazbols seriously? Even despite the whole antifa thing that they have going? How does that make any sense?

[Red Future]

What Nazbols seriously? Even despite the whole antifa thing that they have going? How does that make any sense?

Its simply a united front thing ..many anti-Putin groups collaborate like this in Russia.I remember reading something of a crossover of membership between AKM and the NBP (Official) though in light of the institutionalisation of the NBP into the Duma , I daresay this action will have largely dropped out of favour.

[mrmikhail]

What Nazbols seriously? Even despite the whole antifa thing that they have going? How does that make any sense?

The National Bolsheviks still exist but changed their name, they are "The Other Russia party" now, and not legally a party. Nationalism is huge in Russia even the CPRF is nationalist.......