NBP Combat Girlfriends

June 10, 2004 12:36 AM

National Bolshevik Party's Combat Girlfriends. The new, prettier, face of communism. via #mefi, contains communist propaganda and mild nudity.
posted by lazy-ville (36 comments total)

Hello Comrade!
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 12:38 AM on June 10, 2004

Oh, come on now! Who hasn't joined the Communist Party at one time or another on account of a hot girl?
posted by kaibutsu at 12:40 AM on June 10, 2004

Oh, come on now! Who hasn't joined the Communist Party at one time or another on account of a hot girl?

I haven't, but there's always a first time!
posted by TungstenChef at 12:41 AM on June 10, 2004

Comrade, is that The Communist Manifesto in your pocket are you happy to see me?.

Both actually.
posted by Dagobert at 12:43 AM on June 10, 2004

Full marx to them for this recruitment campaign; I'm hot to trotsky.
posted by Pericles at 1:42 AM on June 10, 2004

I only got the the first equivocation fallacy in Capital before I had to stop for a wank.
posted by ed\26h at 1:56 AM on June 10, 2004

Now I'm obviously not the best observer of this, but to me these girls look extremely average, and even slightly reduced by the unflattering lighting in the photographs. If these are the "hot young communist girls", I shudder to think of the ugly old ones!
posted by dagny at 3:37 AM on June 10, 2004

National Bolshevism? Sigh.
posted by vbfg at 3:45 AM on June 10, 2004

These guys are not communist. They are a "nationalist" group that uses communist symbols partly as a reference to Russian glory, partly as irony...
The NBP in their own words...

ARE YOU COMMUNISTS/MARXISTS? Marxism is an interesting Philosophy which, among other things, explain the laws of Economics, and as an interpreting tool of history. As a political dogma, Marxism is an anachronism. No, we are not Marxists or Communists, but we proclaim the rights of the little Man against the plutocrat Elite, and is thereby 100% Socialist.

Check out the cover page of their site.
Their leader is Eduard Limonov, a writer and exile contributor. Here is a brief, admiring, note about him.
posted by talos at 3:59 AM on June 10, 2004

These be more like Nazis than Commies. As it stands, a fringe movement. Although so was the Nazi party in 1920's Germany.

Unless Russia gets its act together, it could become quite an incubator of unsettling political parties.
posted by mygoditsbob at 4:21 AM on June 10, 2004

Unless Russia gets its act together, it could become quite an incubator of unsettling political parties.

No worse than the USA or France.
posted by Dagobert at 4:46 AM on June 10, 2004

ed\26h - My choice and sentiments exactly.

I for one would gladly vote them into power if they could provide mail order brides of her quality in quantity. The Russian communist party has long been quite adept at managing supply and demand.

Comrades
posted by sourbrew at 5:21 AM on June 10, 2004

So do these chicks give to each according to his needs or what?
posted by jonmc at 6:26 AM on June 10, 2004

/fark
posted by mr.marx at 7:16 AM on June 10, 2004

www.AmIRevisionistOrNot.com
posted by Capn at 7:52 AM on June 10, 2004

New? Yes.

Prettier? Um, isn't this the same country that produced Anna Kournikova and these are the best models they could get?

And where's the page where you can order your bride?
posted by fenriq at 8:08 AM on June 10, 2004

Come and keep your comrade warm!
posted by keswick at 8:12 AM on June 10, 2004

fenriq -- these aren't models. They're party members. The National Bolshevik Party has a policy of pornographic realism.
posted by xpermanentx at 8:16 AM on June 10, 2004

Like talos said, it's just Eddie Limonov stirring up shit. Imagine if Howard Stern were a hardass writer rather than a goofball radio host and decided to start a political party. Or something like that; there's not really an American equivalent to Limonov. At any rate, don't take it seriously in terms of the political scene, but feel free to enjoy the page—and keep coming up with those zingers; so far, Pericles is out in front of the pack.
posted by languagehat at 8:49 AM on June 10, 2004

Pericles is out in front of the pack.

but but I posted a pic of hitler. and my name IS marx.
posted by mr.marx at 9:06 AM on June 10, 2004

I call Godwin on mr.marx!!!
posted by Capn at 9:43 AM on June 10, 2004

aw crap
posted by mr.marx at 10:02 AM on June 10, 2004

The rise of the proletariat is at hand!
posted by eddydamascene at 10:19 AM on June 10, 2004

#47

Foreground: Hot chick
Background: Cloud from Final Fantasy VII
posted by Hildago at 10:48 AM on June 10, 2004

Wow, jonmc made a funny!
posted by Hackworth at 11:01 AM on June 10, 2004

These be more like Nazis than Commies. As it stands, a fringe movement. Although so was the Nazi party in 1920's Germany.

Dude, you're missing the point! Hot chicks! Look!!

Also, I recall with fond memories how I used to own a hammer-and-sickle armband like those in the pictures. I wore it to class in high school one day and because of an uptight teacher, I ended up in the principal's office. Good times, good times ...
posted by antifreez_ at 11:57 AM on June 10, 2004

Um, did I do something to upset you, Hackworth?
posted by jonmc at 12:40 PM on June 10, 2004

The women are easy on the eyes, but the effect is spoiled by the armbands .
posted by deadcowdan at 5:54 PM on June 10, 2004

But would any of them be a match for Ilsa - She-Wolf of the SS?
posted by SPrintF at 7:19 PM on June 10, 2004

the red black and white logo thing is so 20th century. they really should update it.
posted by th3ph17 at 7:19 PM on June 10, 2004

Welcome to my communist part-ay.....where beer will be distributed according to need.
posted by jonp72 at 7:42 PM on June 10, 2004

jonmc: no, i am just honestly pleased to see you invoking humor instead of spite in a mefi thread.
posted by Hackworth at 8:00 PM on June 10, 2004

Communist Penguins!! (really.)
posted by milovoo at 8:57 PM on June 10, 2004

catchy title. its called, "penguin"
posted by th3ph17 at 8:42 AM on June 11, 2004

No worse than the USA or France.

Is that meant to be reassuring?
posted by spazzm at 8:42 AM on June 11, 2004

The conclusion is: dangerous imagery is sexy.

And: I'm bad at photoshop
posted by ed\26h at 10:10 AM on June 11, 2004