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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.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.

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.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
    ·
    3 years ago

    The most extreme of this new generation of American leftists have found a home on sites like Twitter and Reddit, where Maduro’s “wokewashing” is designed to earn their retweets and upvotes. Colloquially known as “tankies,” a term originally used disparagingly to denote pro-Soviet British leftists, the members of these online communities of leftists who support foreign authoritarian regimes — many of whom decorate their profiles with a hammer and sickle or emoji flags of countries like Cuba, Venezuela and China — range from the niche to the verified, with hundreds of thousands of followers.

    For Smith, the politics and economics blogger, “the new tankies have no personal connection with the old tankies” and would more appropriately be called “campists,” a term he uses to denote leftists who support certain countries only for their mere opposition to the U.S. and its allies, while disregarding the actual political situation of these countries.

    Lmao you're all campists

      • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
        ·
        3 years ago

        campism is more to do with like, supporting Iran, Syria, ect because they oppose the US than Venezuela and co who do have leftward policy and do need solidarity. not that I agree with the term

          • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
            ·
            3 years ago

            it's one of those things that got used so much it kinda just slid into 'bad thing I disagree with' honestly. leftist infighting has and remains dumb and petty af

    • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Gee i wonder why they are supporting countries who are against the US, it must be the kids who are wrong.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      What the fuck do you call our regime that has brutally held down wages for my entire life, controls millions of slaves, murders and pillages abroad, and where five geriatrics are about to unilaterally end all civil rights if not fucking authoritarian!

      All authoritarian means to them is that there exist literally any limitations on business exploitation, I swear.

    • ShareThatBread [he/him, comrade/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Venezuelan-Lebanese journalist and polisci (BU 21). Now at @Politico. I've written for @Business, @theEconomist, @CaracasChron and others.

      Looks like Politico have their new yellow, blue and red striped worm

    • CTHlurker [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Took me a second to realize this is infact a quote by certified big boy Noah Smith, and not just a random white guy named John Smith, who was grown in the BUTTIGIEG tubes at the CIA.