Since 2021 the Burmese Communist Party has re-armed and re-entered Burma both from across the border of China and by re-activating sympathetic Communists in the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (a process that started in 2017).
With the start of the civil war, they re-activated and are fighting in an alliance with the People's Defence Forces against the Tatmadaw.
The BCP/PLA follows the principles of Maoism. At the start they had ~1,000 soldiers under their command. Now it is said to be 3,000. They have a presence across most of northern Myanmar (Pale Township, Kan Duak, some areas near the capital, Mandalay, Shan State, Sagaing, Magway and Tanintharyi regions).
None of the territory appears to be governed by the BCP, they collect taxes but as of now have not yet formed liberated zones with their own socialist governance.
Please post any discussion or notes about PLA in Burma here.
Image 1 is from last year, 138 elephants were captured and were to be used for military purposes
Image 2 is from last September, in Northern Shan state during Operation 1027 (a lot of PDF ops are named with numbers for some reason)
Image 3 is Niko :)
Is niko a maoist super solider?
>>2579282Oh and apprently the PLA is running a funding campaign on Facebook. I don't know if its true though
>>2579284Niko is a follower of Lin Biao and a servant of the Great Proletarian Culture. Niko is a supproter of the Burmese Communist Party
Are these the ones that uphold Xi Jinping thought or is that another one
>>2579290That's the MNDAA.
PLA isn't hostile to China though (after all, they were hosted on the Chinese border during their exile)
>>2579291> they were hosted on the Chinese border during their exileOfficially? Proofs? That would really shut the "China isn't helping the international left" crowd.
good thread anon
https://t.me/plaburmainforeposting this here for PLA telegram link
>>2579282New information as concerns PLA insurgency in Burma.
https://www.cp-burma.org/english/plas-autumn-victories/Between 11-14 November, the People’s Liberation Army and its allies seized control of Maw Taung, a border town in Tenasserim region.
Most of the Tatmadaw's forces fled, but 15 POWs were captured, alongside the seizure of several small arms and artillery.
PLA's role in the capture of the town was attacking logistics and supply networks for the army.
Hate to be that guy but why would communists ally with the PLA here against the Tatmadaw? The PLA are liberals that want the genocidal Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD back, how is this a better alternative to the Tatmadaw which is at least honest in its Bamar chauvinism? The NLD and the Tatmadaw are about equally friendly to China so it’s not geopolitical
This isn’t even considering all the CIA funded ethnonationalist armies that are looking to balkanize Myanmar, those are the ones who benefit most from the defeat of the Tatmadaw and they’re racist and genocidal, especially the Arakan army
>>2579282>With the start of the civil war, they re-activated and are fighting in an alliance with the People's Defence Forces against the Tatmadaw.Good old times like in Spain.
>>2607424Ethnonationalist meth traffickers, the portrait of Mao means nothing, you should treat it with the same contempt you would a western tern wearing a Che shirt
>>2579282Myanmar is to complex and confusing.
>>2607427You mean the NUG, not PLA.
Anyways, many are critical of the NUG. ASSK's pro-Rohyngua genocide rhetoric and inability to challenge the military when she was in charge is a big part of why the EAOs aren't part of the NUG.
The PLA is part of the NUG because the NUG's armed forces (PDFs) are the largest revolutionary force in Burma. It very much sounds like a case of radicals in the rank and file, with conservative leadership. PLA likely doesn't see any way forward if they don't engage with the PDF
>>2607456The EAOs despite their opposition to the Tatmadaw are not democratic or socialist forces, they are completely ethnonationalist and would end up being subordinated the way Croats and Bosnians did all for what?
According to online Communists there was no difference between Franco and the Republicans because the Republicans refused the right of self-determination for Morocco.
>>2607506And Franco won, making the whole thing useless, if you think balkanization is a good idea I don’t know what to tell you
>>2607528Seems contradictory to be against "balkanization" while supporting all kinds of far right nationalism liberation movements.
>>2607555There’s no positive political force in Myanmar, it’s a racist military fighting racist militias allied with the worst NGO libs
Godspeed to these comrades, I'm pleased to hear they have made progress. What's their relationship with the Wa State? Seems like they should be natural allies.
>>2607528By that logic no struggles are worth waging unless you're guaranteed to win, but that's something that you can never really know at the outset.
>>2607525Pretty ironic considering how many Morroccans fought for Franco.
>>2607528>And Franco won, making the whole thing useless, if you think balkanization is a good idea I don’t know what to tell youSo supporting the Spanish Republicans was a bad thing? Jesus fucking christ what has happened to the western left…
>>2607525No don't you get it if you support the Republicans against Franco the Basque and Catalans will balkanise spain making them all pray to the british empire!!! To uphold multipolarity we should let the nazis support Spain as a bulwark against Franco-Anglo Imperialism.
>>2607424they seem good although pretty limited in their capacity and will to expand, but burma is such a shitshow anyway its prolly for the best
>>2607528The EAOs dont necessarily want balkanisation. They're okay with a federal model for Myanmar but they're supscious of the NUG's ability to do it, since when the NUG's predeccesors were in charge of Myanmar they did fuck all.
And despite the NUG's claims of wanting to represent non-Bamar ethnicities and its appointment of some token minorities, the core of the movement is still Bamar. That's why groups like the KIA, and MNDAA have left the NUG at an arm's length. Not because they're evil reactionaries or whatever
>>2607582If you can’t win, don’t take the fucking fight, Lenin said as much
>>2607893Bullshit, they’re basically a hundred little Irguns and Lehis
>>2607569>Pretty ironic considering how many Morroccans fought for Franco.Its not ironic, one causes the other. Same reason why the Rohingya armies support the Tatmadaw.
>>2607917The Arakan army is categorically worse than the Tatmadaw
>>2607902How? The most reactionary EAOs are onlya llied with the Tatmadaw, and aren't embarking on sectarian attacks
>>2607917>Its not ironic, one causes the other. Shortly before the civil war Franco had waged a bloody campaign against rebels in Morrocco, and then fought another one after the fascists took power.
>>2608075The Rohingya armed groups are about as racist as Hamas
>>2608110You think Hamas is bad too? Lol
>>2608110hamas are religious nutjobs but theyre not racist lol
>>2608112>>2609156It was sarcasm, I’m pro rohingya and pro palestine
Wishing them all the best.
>>2612913
There will never be a conclusion, Myanmar’s countryside will never know peace
Fucking retards here talking as if they know shit about Burma, as if they give a fuck about Burma
And its called MYANMAR you mugs
>>2612925That name is a fake PR stunt, it’s like thinking corporations actively care about sexual minorities during Pride month
>>2612925They were right about Americans treating conflicts like its a sports game.
>>2612929Whatever it is
The people there call it Myanmar, thats that, end of story
>>2612936The ethnic minorities still call it Burma because it’s still effectively a Bamar ethnostate with buddhist nationalism as its ideology
>>2612939And the ethnic minority of Zimbabwe insist of calling it RHODESIA so what
You cretins know jack shit about a far away land but you just side with the poor minority and go "das just like 1930s germany!!!!" Fucking morons
>>2612944I’m not, every faction in this war is racist, I root for the Rohingya because they’re the poorest and most exploited
>>2612948The Chin aren't that racist though
Every single ethnic group in the third world is a raging racist.
You folks just blow with the wind.
In our era, it is convenient to see the poor wholesome muslim as the eternal victim. Even as they are beheading left and right in Syria, they MUST be the victims of the evil suit-wearing BASHAR.
Fuck all of you
>>2579282>communist guerrilla mounted elephant squad Eyo that's sick man, I'll support them just for that
>>2612936Burma is a better name
Bum-ahh hehehehehhehehehehehhehehehehhe
>>2612979They're really fucking cool. They ride horses, Burma is like India but similar to Mongolia. Millions of ethnicities fighting and nothing happens with a gigachad Mongolian-core script. So fucking cool.
>>2612953Which one? There’s a dozen Chin, Kukichin, and Kachin armed groups.
>>2607417Interesting information regarding the PLA and their political strategy in Burma thus far.
Recently, the NUG (National Unity Government, the government that unites the PDF and various other groups) has moved towards implementing dual power and governance structures in its occupied territories. This is seen, as argued by Josh Sheehan, in the formation of the SPring Revolutionary Alliance:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02A6QiVR3t3yrGNUAwcFWhaSBjwETxxF7PnMv6mEi7gkeNZB4AkQ9ymwFD1t5vRrv2l&id=61584965737998It appears the PLA is not part of the SRA. However, this is not because they were rejected by the NUG. I thought it would be likely the NUG would want to keep the PLA at an arm's length, despite their friendliness. However, in reality it appears that the PLA, while congraulating the formation of the SRA, personally argued it was a bad idea.
Here (
https://myanmar-now.org/mm/news/70606/) the PLA states that currently the war is in the fighting stage, that revolutionaries are not secure enough in their occupation of territory to build parallel structures.
This squares with their approach to war, which has thus far stayed away from implementing Maoist policies.
>>2579282What's the relation between Myanmarr rebels and DAANES? I seen some solidarity between in words early on and more recently I've noticed that their are many similarities on political policy, such as for example federalisation, dual leadership between male and female as well as female leadership quotas.
>>2615903Absolutely no clue. PLA I don't think has ever released any statements on it. I intend on writing an interview with the PLA, so I might ask this question as well.
>>2615903 (me)
Forgot pic, sorry.
Def I have more bits and pieces about this at home, but nothing recent iirc.
Here's an interview with a foreign fighter who thought with
People's Defence Force Zoland and the CNDF. Thought some may find it interesting.
https://illwill.com/the-revolution-in-myanmarUnique IPs: 29