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Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to this if you can, thank you.

Links

Time/Map: https://time.is/Ukraine

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ukraine/@49.1162725,31.7993839,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x40d1d9c154700e8f:0x1068488f64010!8m2!3d48.379433!4d31.1655799?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1B1PLMhbHmG1aJ2-QNxHY1TksI6HlNhqF&ll=48.60777942568106%2C36.4496511633501&z=7

Leftist discussion threads:

https://hexbear.net/post/177324

https://old.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/t03foy/genzedong_russiaukraine_master_discussion_thread/ :kitty-cri-texas:

https://lemmygrad.ml/

Twitter military updaters:

https://nitter.42l.fr/RWApodcast

https://nitter.net/ASBMilitary :kitty-cri:

https://nitter.net/Militarylandnet

https://nitter.net/MihajlovicMike

https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael

https://nitter.net/TadeuszGiczan/status/1498673348183744518

https://www.youtube.com/c/DefensePoliticsAsia/videos

obvious disclaimers about taking all of them with tonnes of salt etc

Global South Perspective: https://nitter.net/kiranopal_/status/1498723206496145413

Better war/propaganda analysis:

https://www.understandingwar.org

https://www.moonofalabama.org/

News updates:

https://www.cgtn.com/special/UkraineCrisis.html

Live: https://www.cgtn.com/special/Live-update-Ukraine-Russia-border-crisis.html

YT/Video in Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/c/PatrickLancasterNewsToday/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/RussellBentleyTe

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  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Factoring the economic warfare taking place, a lot more will have to go right for Putin than a decisive military victory in Ukraine. The jury is definitely still out on this one. The NATO shills and the vulgar anti-imperialists trying to tell you whether Putin is winning or losing based on day to day skirmishes in Ukraine are missing the forest for the trees.

    My issue is trying to figure out what the end game here was supposed to be. What is an outcome, considering current geopolitical realities, that would be satisfactory to the left?

    I'm in the same boat. While it's clear that accepting relentless NATO expansion was a dead end for Russia, it is not clear to me what they stand to gain. The only clear thing this war has accomplished is tossing the status quo out the window for good. This opens a lot of opportunities which were not open a mere two months ago, but that's all they are. Opportunities. Not guarantees or assurances. Not a solidified gain in position.

    On the left we are practically helpless observers. We can hope for US hegemony to be knocked down a level or two. We can celebrate the occasion here and there of Nazis getting what they have coming to them, but in the end we are truly powerless to direct or capitalize on this crisis. At best we can hope for fractures in the global "free market" system, but there is no workers vanguard in place in any of the states directly involved. While we should all be working towards the defeat of our national bourgeoisie, their defeat in itself is not enough to bring about the revolution.

    • Multihedra [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      I don’t want to come across as hostile, but I do find the term “vulgar anti-imperialist” to be a strange one. I imagine it’s supposed to be related to “vulgar marxism” which I can’t personally define but have seen used by people I respect.

      But vulgar anti-imperialism? I think I’ve only seen it crop up after this invasion. The use of the term personally makes me think of the “we want X good thing, but now isn’t the time/this isn’t the way” chorus of voices that get amplified whenever powerful groups of people face the threat of not exerting near-total control over a situation

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
        ·
        3 years ago

        I don’t want to come across as hostile

        no problem

        I do find the term “vulgar anti-imperialist” to be a strange one. I imagine it’s supposed to be related to “vulgar marxism” which I can’t personally define but have seen used by people I respect.

        It is the same vibe. Basically anti-imperialism that takes shortcuts in analysis - even if it arrives at the right conclusion. It is not something I have seen much of (aside from Twitter and Reddit, where every take is a market niche and you encounter every conceivable brainworm).

        The use of the term personally makes me think of the “we want X good thing, but now isn’t the time/this isn’t the way”

        I'm sure the liberals will start doing this right away once they learn a new vocabulary word, but there is a key difference. The liberals say shit like this to get everybody to shut their brains off, but actually, now is the time for everybody to turn their brains on and be very thoughtful about what's happening. There is a lot which is in flux at the moment. We're talking about the potential winding down of the petrodollar and unipolar US hegemony on one hand, the potential disposition of a significant counterhegemonic state on the other, or anything in-between depending on how events shake out. A lot of unprecedented events are taking place politically and economically, and now is no time for lazy thinking. That's all I'm trying to stress personally. All of the bourgeois think tanks are working overtime throughout this crisis. We cannot let our guard down.

        • Multihedra [he/him]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Yeah that’s fair. I still can’t say I love the term, but that’s all reasonable