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'''Tankie Bunker''' is a [[Discord]] community and the largest internet chatroom made exclusively for [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]], with over 2,600 active uses as of March 2023. The server was originally created in May 2020 by two users, RedVulture and Bailsafe as a hangout for the users of r/InformedTankie, but has since expanded widely to become one of the most prominent leftist servers on all of Discord. In this server, users can discuss a wide variety of topics including history, current events, theory, and praxis, all from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.
'''Tankie Bunker''' is a [[Discord]] server, among the largest that proclaim a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] line, with over 2,600 users as of May 2023. Originally created in May 2020, the server's stated intentions are to facilitate a safe space for Marxist-Leninists from all corners of the internet, free from debates and arguments with counterrevolutionary ideologies. As per their rules, only MLs can join the server.


Officially, Tankie Bunker supports all [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]], including and especially the [[People's Republic of China]]. The server is moderated by a number of well-known [[Communism|communist]] content creators, including [[BayArea415]] of [[The Comrade Report]] and Iskender of [[ProleWiki|ProleWiki.]]
Officially, Tankie Bunker supports all [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]], including and especially the [[People's Republic of China]]; many users are Chinese and members of the CPC. Maoists, Hoxhaists, patriotic socialists and other revisionist MLs are all prohibited from joining.  


In September 2020 the server faced some internal strife when a group of users were banned for continually disrupting the regular chats with [[reactionary]] memes, launching a days-long unsuccessful campaign by said users to attempt to hack the server and get it taken down. The server's former moderator also used to be RedVulture, a known child predator who was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Canada]] for harassing teenage boys online. All of this issues have since been resolved, and the community has remained largely at peace ever since.
A majority of TB users are members of communist parties, as previously stated with the Chinese comrades that are member of the CPC, but at the same time there are many members in the server that are also members of revisionist and opportunists parties, such as the [[Communist Party of the United States of America|Communist Party of the USA]], though the server itself is completely independent and not affiliated with any other group or entity. The server has a strong affinity with the [[Monthly Review]] school of thought, with many of the mods recommending [[Paul A. Baran|Baran]] and [[Paul Sweezy|Sweezy's]] ''[[Monopoly Capitalism]]'' or [[Michał Kalecki|Michał Kalecki's]] work for economic analysis.  


== Invite link ==
==Invite link==


* https://discord.com/invite/pxdvFnvaaP
*https://discord.com/invite/pxdvFnvaaP


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Latest revision as of 04:51, 6 July 2023

Tankie Bunker is a Discord server, among the largest that proclaim a Marxist-Leninist line, with over 2,600 users as of May 2023. Originally created in May 2020, the server's stated intentions are to facilitate a safe space for Marxist-Leninists from all corners of the internet, free from debates and arguments with counterrevolutionary ideologies. As per their rules, only MLs can join the server.

Officially, Tankie Bunker supports all AES, including and especially the People's Republic of China; many users are Chinese and members of the CPC. Maoists, Hoxhaists, patriotic socialists and other revisionist MLs are all prohibited from joining.

A majority of TB users are members of communist parties, as previously stated with the Chinese comrades that are member of the CPC, but at the same time there are many members in the server that are also members of revisionist and opportunists parties, such as the Communist Party of the USA, though the server itself is completely independent and not affiliated with any other group or entity. The server has a strong affinity with the Monthly Review school of thought, with many of the mods recommending Baran and Sweezy's Monopoly Capitalism or Michał Kalecki's work for economic analysis.

Invite link