many of these states and their governments are openly hostile to communist elements, but a communist party actively opposing their government would risk destabilising it and then playing themselves directly into the hands of the imperialist states. an indefinite “united front” would be desirable, especially in countries like iran, but it seems all leftist organisations in these states have either decided to fully support the government in everything, becoming controlled opposition (KPRF in Russia) or western puppets like (MEK) or whatever the fuck the “leftist opposition” in russia, belarus is.
Revolutionary defeatism could still be the right strategy for communists in the imperial core though, right? For countries outside the imperial core it’s often still national liberation and the fight against compradors that’s a prerequisite for communist revolution.
Oh yes, absolutely