• scifu@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Does the word Tankie comes from the tanks in tinnamen square?

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      1 year ago

      The term “tankie” was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.[5][6]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie