Congratulation Address on the Founding of the Soviet International (Sovintern)

21 May 2026.

My dear comrades, there has been yet another cause for celebration of late. For on the twenty-seventh of April, comrades of many parties, a plural width, gathered together in this new body of the true International. This is a wondrous event in the history of the Left, in Thoughts of a Comrade's estimation. The so-called ,,Socialist International'' has failed to maintain even a reputation so akin to the Second International's at its end. That is how depraved modern social democracy is. As for the Fourth International, aside from being too narrowly Bolshevik-Leninist, it is also too far removed from consistent life. The Hoxhaist ICMLPO is far more narrow, likely in part because it is too dogmatic. The IMCWP, under the recently controversial Communist Party of Greece (KKE), has long ago begun to exhibit the problems which have finally manifested into said controversy. It must be hoped that the Soviet International does not fall into these problems.

But let us prove downright in Thoughts of a Comrade's actual view. As we have made known in the past, Thoughts of a Comrade's view of internationals directing parties has been apathetic or indeed sceptical. We are much more supportive of a Cominform method of international co-operation betwixt parties, through the providing of information and comradely discussion. In fact, I do not remember if we ever publicly proposed this, but we had the idea of a 'Cominforum', or Communist Investigation Forum, where parties could interrogate affairs and support or join initiatives together, without forcing any positions on the parties. The proper communist party must by definition have the national sovereignty necessary to serve its Workfolk (within the national boundaries, of course). In accordance with the findings of Reform-Leninism, Thoughts of a Comrade believes that the International Right Opposition was bascially correct in emphasising the importance of party autonomy, now made most clear by the obvious failure of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which culminated in the Universal Proletarian Catastrophe of 1989-1991. The Party, even the Party of Lenin, is not always right, and could do immense damage without fellow parties having the requisite guaranteed autonomy to critique an erroneous ruling flagship before it sinks.

Something might also be said regarding sovereignty being required for the cultivation of a regime. A gemeanship is a particularist and traditionalist (in the sense of being formally established from principles and practises) way of life, exemplary of the pre-liberal world, especially feudalism. Liberal nationalism-turned-globalism and a centralised international(ism) both produce the same perverse homogenisation, completely alien to the material and social conditions which inform the organic development of a locally coherent gemeanship, which is then refined into a full realisation by a regime of state and society. Socialism is the highest, most expansive form of regime, where degeneracy, hedonism, and anti-social and self-hating behaviour, id est liberal individualism, homogenised and alienating, is lifted off society's shoulders as nothing more than the shadow of a nightmare at last gone by. And the lily of Lenin will blossom with the Crimson dawn's illuminating the world for a hopeful future. When liberal decay is toppled from its putrid dictatorship over the sociality ('culture') of society, being forced into the very competition it loves to say it is so fond of. What should win in such a competition: a cohesive gemeanship with a disciplined, organic, sociality and a high culture outlook or a soulless global individualism which seems to constantly degenerate into vapid base-line identitarianisms? Sociality and high culture are the secret tools of man, those which enable the accumulation of knowledge, but they are equally the secret (or perhaps sacred) foundations of virtue and communism, which is, prior to this stage, the socialist regime.

Why, then, does Thoughts of a Comrade extend its glad wishes of congratulation to a project it may appear to be somewhat opposed to? Firstly, it is a comradely gesture, and comradeship is a fundamental concern of Gladsnost, id est Cordialness. There are many comradely parties partaking in a venture which has yet been given the chance to demonstrate its worth. This brings us to the less than comradely atmosphere in the outside 'Leftist' (ultra-Leftist?) reception to the Soviet International. Firstly, the Soviet International is treated by these ultra-Left critics as if it were solely comprised by the American Communist Party and a Rightwise Russia Party. Not to accuse these comrades, but such conspiratorial cancellation by association resembles the Yezhovite mind-set. This madness does nay one any favours, obscuring the debate as it so does. As it has historically, comrades the victims of nay crime are being hit in the crossfire of this unsavoury, uncomradely rhetoric. Secondly, the various strategies of the multifarious tendencies and sub-factions of the Left, including my own in local Leftist organising, have failed to yeild any remotely significant gains. Who am I to tell the American Communist Party, or the whole Soviet International, or every single chapter of every single caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America even, that its views and works are hopelessly erroneous, therefore worthy of being castigated in the most spiteful of terms? A bit of comradeship in decorum, please!

As Thoughts of a Comrade has affirmed throughout the development of Reform, now is a rare presentation of opportunity for experimentation, with the stakes being sufficiently low to accommodate the otherwise perfidious risk. To demand unrelenting orthodoxy at this moment of total necessary reconstruction is to squander revolutionary cultivation in allegiance to a dying period of dogmatism. The parties and project of the Soviet International are nay worse than our own Reform-Leninism. Per any science, truth may only be established if facts are first allowed to. An investigation which concludes the truth prior to the existence of facts is called dogma, not science. This is, again, a reason why we feel the need to caution against the Yezhovite mind-set, a plague which at differing times has bereaved Marxism-Leninism, social democracy, and most forms of Wokery. It might even be argued that McCarthyism is the liberal formulation of the Yezhovite mind-set, where liberals borrow a page from the fascist infiltrator Yezhov's true master, stabbing their erstwhile Leftist allies, campaigning on the ground, in the back with long knives, or throwing them out of helicopters. Liberals only retroactively denounce the Iraq War, just as they only retroactively lambasted the Economic Department of the University of Chicago. ,,Tolerant liberalism'' always gets shredded in the rotor blades of anti-communism ere a posthumous stand is woven. Chile, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel... the liberal duplicity continues!

Thoughts of a Comrade's early coverage of the American Communist Party, as some comrades may know, was not positive on account of the uncomradely, provocative rhetoric of the American Communist Party aimed against the Communist Party USA, to the point of denying the latter's sovereignty as a communist party, with the former's 'party reconstitution' claim. The American Communist Party is also 'socially' (socialitively) conservative, whereas Thoughts of a Comrade is only culturally conservative, in relation to the promotion of a high cultural outlook. Thoughts of a Comrade, for instance, holds a general distaste for excessive public exhibitions of sexuality or displays of sexuality as a substitute for politic in toto, but otherwise maintains a reserved stance towards particular sexual questions, and advocates for a reserved state in so far as the safety of minors is not concerned, which is an Enlightened rather than a conservative position to hold (we draw stark division betwixt 'Enlightenment thought' and 'liberalism').

All this has been told to say that Thoughts of a Comrade itself harbours many criticisms and concerns about the American Communist Party, but is unwilling to 'execute' its whole membership or the whole collection of parties in the Soviet International in a cancellation purge, based upon some personal misgivings. This vindictive desire to forbid more and more manners of disagreement shall eventually degenerate the Left into an insular, isolationist cultification from a broad gemeanship of a movement like socialism.

Thoughts of a Comrade welcomes the Soviet International as another experiment running to potentially meet the future. But let us explore some of these promising first moves or opening aspects of the Soviet International so far. It appears that Comrade Garrido's explanation of the Soviet International's pluralist approach to membership mirroring that of the First International Workingmen's Association, as opposed to the dogmatic narrowing of those which came after, is quite accurate, which is good. Opposing the most recognised forms of heinous cultural degeneracy is also very good, lest we intend to acquiesce in having a bunch of Epsteins running abound, as Woke Blueshirts smash sculptures and desecrate paintings with tomato soup. The 'regime' liberals seek to change (read: topple by force) is the regime of society's values, culture, and tradition. It must be remembered that policies may lead to wholly unexpected, unsatisfactory outcomes, despite being both sensible and simple on paper. The same applies to theoretical axioms, which is why liberal individualism failed to mount a stronger defence— as through the equally prescriptive and proscriptive tool of virtuous high culture —against not Jefferey Epstein the singular man or in defence of only Thomas Jefferson, William Shakespeare, or Vincent van Gogh, but so much more than all this. A regime in defence of virtuous culture is a worth incalculable, and a credit to all members of its society.

We look forward to monitoring the development of the Soviet International and of the American Communist Party. There have certainly been some intriguing lectures coming from American Communist Party cadres, and articles from the Party organ Red America. I recall a distinct line from Comrade Garrido during one of the first videos announcing the split and founding of this party, 'there is only ACP!'. Of course, that is not true, nor should that be a positive development, in our eyes. The Communist Party USA, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Freedom Road Socialist Organisation, International Communist League (Spartacists), Socialist Alternative, Democratic Socialists of America, even Platypus in its specified purpose, and yours truly with our project of Reform-Leninism, are all contributing to fixing problems and developing innovations.

Perhaps this is heresy on an ultra-vanguardist Left, but until one of these parties proves itself remotely capable of the same magnitude of success and general management characterising the legitimate claim to vanguardship of the Communist Party of China and Workers' Party of Korea. It is not, mark, revolutionary victory which makes these parties legitimate vanguards, but their ability to act as an autonomous gemeanship. In the Communist Party of China's case, this was achieved even prior to the official institution of the Folk's Republic. None of our parties have managed to become such a serious, magisterial institution of sovereign ability to change the world. Most only shout 'god save the King' when, through his throne, cabinet, and kingdom, he has this ability to change affairs. Why should any one chuse to shout 'long live the ACP/CPUSA/PSL/DSA, or whatever you like, as opposed to those conditions which inspire millions to shout 'long live the CPC!'?

With that, Thoughts of a Comrade congratulates the Soviet International on its founding and first meeting. May it be a force for revolutionary change and not one more rhetorical chamber. Glory to the ones who look forward and realise the point is to change it!