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

Add to the above list if you can, thank you.


Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins


Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.


Yesterday's discussion post.


  • SoyViking [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Sometimes pure evil manifests in history and there’s nothing else to say about it, there is nothing to argue about.

    How the fuck can you be a fucking Marxist and know about an analytical tool as powerful as historical materialism and then go "I dunno sometimes pure evil just happen for no reason I guess"?

    • Kieselguhr [none/use name]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Exactly what makes me so confused. He usually has much more nuanced takes. I had to read it twice, because this kind of shitlib take is completely out of character.

      He teaches Althusser and Badiou btw

        • Kieselguhr [none/use name]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Nah. Week 2 of the war I decided not to engage in debates about the conflict, especially with people who see this as some kind of Good vs Evil war like we are living in Narnia. Maybe after the war some people will be more willing to take an historical perspective, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

          I am just flabbergasted that even Marxist professors are prone to this.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Old age and propoganda get even the best of us. Especially if there is no material incentive not to believe it, and every material incentive to.