Communist Party of Burma

[Karl Marx's Camel]

What kind of party are they?

[Wanted Man]

Communist would be my guess.

[Karl Marx's Camel]

Would you also "guess" North Korea is democratic since the nation has "democratic" in DPRK? :)

[redarmyfaction38]

Originally posted by Karl Marx's [email protected] 06, 2007 08:36 pm
Would you also "guess" North Korea is democratic since the nation has "democratic" in DPRK? :)
this isn't criticism, one way or the other, but, before the intervention of the generals, the burmese state, was the nearest thing to "democratic socialism", the world had seen since 1917.
a peculiar almagamation of bhuddist theology with marxist materialism.
which, imo, are not necassarily contradictive, in the real world.

[dez]

Originally posted by redarmyfaction38+October 06, 2007 11:07 pm--> (redarmyfaction38 @ October 06, 2007 11:07 pm)
Karl Marx's [email protected] 06, 2007 08:36 pm
Would you also "guess" North Korea is democratic since the nation has "democratic" in DPRK? :)
this isn't criticism, one way or the other, but, before the intervention of the generals, the burmese state, was the nearest thing to "democratic socialism", the world had seen since 1917.
a peculiar almagamation of bhuddist theology with marxist materialism.
which, imo, are not necassarily contradictive, in the real world. [/b]
and what was made of burmese marxists?
none resisted?

[Goatse]

Originally posted by Dick [email protected] 06, 2007 08:26 pm
Communist would be my guess.
How did I see that coming?

[Zurdito]

Some kind of Stalinist would be my guess

[ComradeR]

What kind of party are they?
If i remember right it's Maoist but I'm not sure.
I have no idea what their current status is but if I remember correctly they fought an armed resistance against the state from 1948 to 1989. They still operate in clandestine political activities and associates with insurgent armies along the border of China.

[redarmyfaction38]

Originally posted by in_motion+October 07, 2007 12:45 am--> (in_motion @ October 07, 2007 12:45 am)
Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 11:07 pm

Karl Marx's [email protected] 06, 2007 08:36 pm
Would you also "guess" North Korea is democratic since the nation has "democratic" in DPRK? :)
this isn't criticism, one way or the other, but, before the intervention of the generals, the burmese state, was the nearest thing to "democratic socialism", the world had seen since 1917.
a peculiar almagamation of bhuddist theology with marxist materialism.
which, imo, are not necassarily contradictive, in the real world.
and what was made of burmese marxists?
none resisted? [/b]
yes they did, but the resistance was passive rather than active, the bhuddist influence of course.
we, "enlightened marxists and western theologists" can spout as much as we like about how much "better" we understand how to defeat capitalism and "stalinism", but out there in the real world, people look at bhudda and his teachings, see the way bhuddist monks live their lives and the morality they practice, and place their opinion of how to resist oppression above ours.
and when you really take a look at us clever "socialist revolutionaries", how many actually practice what they preach? how many actually live in working class areas are paid the average wage or less, how many actually "walk the walk" rather than just "talk the talk".
in my experience not many.
a good comrade is hard to find.

[RedStarOverChina]

Geez, don't people remember wikipedia any more?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Burma

[Red Rebel]

Thank you RedStarOverChina. Seriously before asking a question, check wikipedia or google.

Anyway, here (http://www.cpburma.org/NatlIntrsteng.htm) is the only english statement I could find from the party.

[Comrade Rage]

I may be broad-brushing it here, but anything leftist would probably be better than what the Burmese have had to suffer with for 45 years.