Good post! I just want to add something to the following part:

Suddenly China was not the vanguard of the world revolution like it was in 1959, suddenly it was a failed project that needed yet another revolution to set it on the right track

A lot of westerners seem to believe that a revolution is something that begins at a certain time, and then ends after some time, but I dont think thats true. What they are thinking about is the transfer of state power from one group to another, and that can indeed be very fast (like we saw in Afghanistan). But revolution is a continuous process that doesnt really have a start or end. Revolution also doesnt necessarily mean picking up weapons and fighting the police. It can be as simple as organizing with other like-minded people, and analysing the local material conditions.

Now that its rebranded I might try and introduce them to it. So far they are already switching to Telegram and Jitsi (slowly).

I’m just copying my reply from https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/37601

I’m currently in the process of joining my local communist youth. Its really cool, the people are nice and not at all like the stereotype if angry politics nerds. And compared to online leftist spaces, there isnt really any discussion on whether China or Cuba is communist or things like that. Its all about local organising, which is much more useful than arguing about countries on the other side of the world.

Even though I am completely new, they have already asked me to write a proposal about digital security, because I refuse to use things like Whatsapp, Google Hangouts or similar.

The only thing I can complain about is that all of them are quite busy, so they are quite slow at answering my questions, like how the party works or what exactly I am supposed to do during my premilitancy.

If there is a party near you, definitely contact them. If you dont get along with them, you can always decide not to join.