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Honestly its rude to be invited by a country to meet their president who decided to respond to your criticisms of their administration only to not show up and go meet the opposition.

Being invided and then no showing shows complete disregard to basic diplomatic Etiquette since it was a mission to show solidarity against the embargo

Bonus socdems being cringe part 4.5: about another member that didnt show up to the presidential meeting

Deeply unserious people

        • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          The way they respond to sexual abuse allegations, I’ve also heard they have a very non-leninist idea of what democratic centralism entails.

          Also the ones in my area seem more interested in recruiting than doing literally anything at all outside of recruiting

            • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              2 months ago

              Honestly how is that? This is always so vague. There was one high profile case that the organization was slow to respond

              Are you referring to the Steven Powers case? Because the issues there go further than failing to respond, they straight up used disciplinary measures to protect an abuser. And the Steven powers case isn’t the only one.

              I will admit my bias on this issue though, I’ve had several encounters with PSL members where they’ve disrespected my bodily autonomy in mild-moderate ways to the point that I feel it is a pattern and am more inclined to believe specific reports of abuse.

              Then we established a national-level body composed entirely of survivors to investigate and adjudicate these cases.

              Can you give me any details on this?

              Please elaborate.

              From what I’ve heard they use the idea of democratic centralism to shut down debate during the democratic process instead of after a decision has been reached democratically.

                • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  The result of the internal process around Steven Powers is that it was poorly handled at all levels and structures needed to be put in place to ensure that never happened again. The body I referred to above has final authority on any cases related to sexual impropriety, harassment, and abuse. Comrades are able to directly contact this body if they feel the need to go around intermediate leadership bodies for any reason.

                  What other changes happened beyond being able to go to this body directly and skip intermediate leadership? Because that sounds like a good idea but also completely inadequate on its own.

                  I’ve been in the party for two years and never seen anything like this. Our practice of democratic centralism is extremely democratic, and even candidates who don’t get a formal vote are given significant say in the process. I don’t know how else to repudiate something so vague.

                  https://fashbusters.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/psl-stalked-doxxed-harassed-steven-powers-accuser/

                  this goes into some misuse of democratic centralism in the Steven case. Not sure about the politics of the site but the evidence provided seems pretty damning. You’ll note that the issue with the case wasn’t a delayed reaction, the response by women in national leadership was pretty overtly anti-feminist.