Differences between Western Communist Party and Eastern Communist Parties.

I'm a member of the KPRF (Communist Party of the Russian Federation). We currently have many left-leaning parties within Russia and not too long ago, made an attempt to organize a "united left front" to make a "left turn". However, each party does have it's own unique set of ideologies. The KPRF has been criticized for being "controlled opposition" who are puppets of the ruling class. Young communists like the nascent "Union of Marxists" are taking a more hard-lined economic view, where they stick to traditional dogma of Marxism-Leninism. Despite the differences in ideologies, I've noticed that one thing unites Russia's communist movements; their rejection of Liberalism and Liberalist values.As I understand it, (and correct me if I'm wrong) communists in the West, align themselves with the Black-Lives-Matter ideology of systemic racism, police brutality, gender fluidity, freedom of expression and democracy. However, here in the Russian Federation, Communists take a starkly opposing view. We are "internationals" in the sense that comradery and solidarity should be expressed by all people, but most communists in Russia, and perhaps even Russians in general, do not believe in the idea of a "melting pot" and multi-culturalism. Communist civic leaders from the KPRF make promises to their constituents of curbing the mass migration of Central Asians (Tajik, Kyrgiz, Uzbek) into Russia. In-fact, multiculturalism has dogmatically been seen as an exploitative tool of the bourgeoisie to bring in and exploit cheaper labor from poorer countries. Creating cultural friction between the aboriginals (term we use for locals) and the migrant workers. As I understand it, in the United States or Canada, the Russian Communist would be seen as racist for this kind of thinking. Additionally, gender fluidity is something strongly rejected by my party (KPRF) and other parties. Of course, we've (KPRF) have also been accused of getting in bed with the ROC (Russian Orthodox Church); which I'm sad to say, I also feel. Regardless, 'traditional values" are framed as an ideal framework for raising families and typically are not connected with a belief in God. I myself am an atheist, as are most of my comrades. However, I think our party head (Ginady Zyuganov) believes that there is a cultural aspect to the ROC that needs to be nurtured within Russian society. I'm indifferent, but I would like them to stip building all those goddamned Churches in my city (Yekaterinburg). Freedom of expression as well as "democracy" in the western sense are also rejected by most left leaning people I know. For one, we are indeed attempting to achieve a dictatorship of the proletariat. Our democracy is much more direct and is based off of worker elections, not career politicians.I wrote this because I wanted to see how Western Communists, and American Communists in particular related to their Russian counterparts? For one, I think that perhaps we have the most points of contact (i.e. commonalities) with how we view economics. Means of production should be owned and managed by the state etc. Culturally, I think we differ significantly. While Marx never laid out a framework for the most fruitful cultural practices, I think each organization has been left to fill in the gaps. I find it funny, how the Western Media, such as Fax New (Yes, we have youtube in Russia lol) says that the Left are turning the USA into the USSR because they fight for same-sex marriage equality, but these people don't realize that same-sex couples would have been thrown into the gulag in the Soviet Union; some possibly executed. And the sad reality is, there are a lot (perhaps even a majority) who would make homosexuality illegal again. Personally, I'm indifferent to this because it doesn't necessarily have any economic implications (short of decreasing the birth rate, but I suspect that loss in new human resources is negligible). Anyway, please forgive the long rant, but I'm genuinely curious what comrades in the west think about the differences between Western and Eastern Communist Parties.Spasibo! via /r/communism https://ift.tt/3kwxSms