Ghost of a flea

Annexia no! Sovereignia yes!

The Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada is the electoral name of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist).* Moonbatologists may be fascinated by the MLPC English and French language campaign ads. The latter is a straight-forward bid by a chap in a tie for Liberal votes in Quebec while party leader, Sandra Smith features in the first; speaking in what I take to be an East European accent of unspecified watched-too-many-B-movies provenience.

So, what do these people want, exactly? For one thing, to study the works of Sandra Smith's deceased husband, party founder Hardial Bains. Some have called the man a charlatan over some inscrutible point of Communist difference, going so far as to impose a midi file of "California Dreaming" over his image. If Wikipedia may be trusted, it turns out the basis of Bains' Marxism, and later founding of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), is his "anti-revisionism". That is to say, Bains rejected Khrushchev's criticism of Stalin and supported Mao Zedong in the mainland Chinese split with the Soviet Union. This commitment to a purportedly authentic Marxism-Leninism continued with the later rejection of Maoism in the Sino-Albanian split following Mao's death. Pro-Stalin and at times pro-Mao, pro-Enver Hoxha and now reportedly pro-North Korea and pro-Cuba**: what charming people.

*Not to be confused with the Communist Party of Canada. Splitters!
**If formerly opposed to Castroism and Che Gueveraism. Splitters!

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 5, 2006 09:53 AM

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Posted by: Alan McLeod at January 5, 2006 10:14 AM

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at January 5, 2006 10:26 AM