[imbokodo]

> riseup is a communist organization

The Communist Manifesto ends with the words "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare..."

Thus, to be a communist means to openly declare that you are a communist. Marx made this point elsewhere, as did subsequent communists.

Of course, under state repression (like this) this convention is not expected to be followed blindly. If communists are being arrested in a country, communists are not expected to put up their hands and say "come get me too". But to be a communist means to openly be one when legally possible (with few exceptions - a handful of self-described communists like Ted Grant thought otherwise).

Riseup.net does not describe itself as communist. In fact its about page says it stands against vanguardism, which in the milieu in which it sits means it is against Leninism. Which means they are not communist in any form modern people would understand.