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Luna Oi is a Vietnamese nationalist, self-proclaimed "Marxist-Leninist" content creator who is prominent on YouTube. She promotes socialist education from a Vietnamese perspective in the English language.
She's covered the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam[1], the Indian farmers' protest movement,[2] among many other topics. She has also appeared on the Deprogram podcast.[3]
Controversies
Anti-Stalin rhetoric
Luna Oi claims that Joseph Stalin never synthesised Marxism-Leninism, and that Marxism-Leninism existed within Ho Chi Minh as well.[4] Luna Oi also claims that Stalin despised Ho Chi Minh[5] and that Stalin thought that Ho Chi Minh was working for the CIA.[6]
Anarchist rhetoric
Luna Oi claims that the division between anarchism and Marxism is miscommunication, and claims that it is there to divide the left.[7] Luna Oi also claims that what she really wants is anarchism, and that flat hierarchies will fix everything.[8]
Vietnamese nationalism
Luna Oi has constantly defended accusations against Vietnam. One of these include defending the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, calling it necessary.[9] Luna Oi also called Deng Xiaoping a monster, for supposedly causing the 1989 Tian'anmen Square riots.[10]
Lack of ability to take in criticism
Luna Oi has several times denounced anyone critiquing her as either a Western Leftist and an Ultra, despite if the criticism is valid or not.[citation needed]
Social Media
References
- ↑ Luna Oi. "Vietnam is Defeating COVID, why can't the West? | MOONCAST". YouTube.
- ↑ "Here's how Farmers DEFEATED Neoliberalism in India!".
- ↑ The Deprogram (2022-04-22). "The Deprogram Episode 25:Viet Minh? More like Viet Win (Vietnamese Socialism Ft. Luna Oi)" Patreon. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ Luna Oi claiming that Ho Chi Minh adopted Marxism-Leninism since 1917.
- ↑ Luna Oi claiming that Stalin had a distrustful relationship.
- ↑ Luna Oi claiming that Stalin thought Ho Chi Minh was working for the CIA.
- ↑ Template:Url=https://twitter.com/LunaOi VN/status/1397723694789664768
- ↑ Luna Oi. "Luna Oi claiming that she wants Anarchism" Archived from the original on 2021-10-09T22:23:19.
- ↑ Luna Oi. "Luna Oi defending the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia." Archived from the original on 2023-01-13T00:38:48.
- ↑ “My high school history teacher told us about Tiananmen. We're shocked and shivered listening to what actually happened.
All the "justification" for it is just quibble. I hope everyone, even the Dengists, have to admit that. Deng was monster and he knew it, he chose to do it.”
Luna Oi. "Luna Oi calling Deng a monster" Archived from the original on 2019-10-25T22:57:05.