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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.

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

    For people looking for replacements Naked Capitalism posts a daily news summary as well, here is Links 5/11/2022

    A few highlights

    Gazprom Doesn’t Understand. Andrei Martyanova. So Ukraine is sanctioning the EU but trying to make it look like Russia. Based on later posts on Russian sites, it appears Ukraine later submitted the force majeure notice, but I’m having trouble finding English language commentary/confirmation. This is as close as I have gotten as of this hour: Ukraine partially halts gas transit to Europe Global Happenings

    Millions of UK homes face no heat this winter, power chief warns RT (Kevin W) :ukkk: :yes-hahaha-yes-l:

    Kevin W re this tweet: “Check the flag on the left and whose portrait is over it.” Link they are not even hiding it lol

    The Greatest Generation Raúl Ilargi Meijer. By Scott Ritter, hoisted from RT. Even linking to Scott Ritter now leads to newbie trolls trying to engage in thought policing.

    Prices Are Going Up So Fast at This Restaurant They’re Using Stickers on the Menu MSN (resilc) :sicko-hexbear: :chefs-kiss:

    BTW for people that still want to keep in touch with the news . And Alexander Mercouris gives his own analysis on YT(watch at 2x on the background its best) and DPA give you 80-90% of what is happening with the war.

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

      Re: The Holocaust and Germany

      I have a suspicion that the outbreak of violence in Germany in the 70s was due to German youth learning about their country's actions in WWII and being appalled that there was no punishment and no reckoning for their parents.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction

      Wikipedia agrees with me.

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

          As an American growing up I was taught that the Nazis were the ultimate evil, and defeating them was the virtuous high-point of American society. Learning that after WWII the US immediately began collaborating with the Nazis, incorporated them in to NATO, and funded and trained them to fight in the USSR has done more to radicalize me than any other single thing.

      • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I took a class on German history and culture back in college, and this was something the professor really hammered on. A large part of the class focused on art movements from the 60s-80s where particularly West Germans were growing up and learning that their parents and their parents' friends were all nazis, and they all got away with it.

        Instead of using that anger and guilt to organize and maybe doing something about that, we got art.

        • Malspoken [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Art is part of organizing. You wouldn't want Andy Worhol organizing when he would be a far better propagandists for the movement. And an actual left wing movement needs all types of people. It needs accountants and janitors and cooks not just soldiers and general.

          "Pitch in however you can" is the slogan of an organizer. I don't organize but I don't a few thousand a year to lefty groups. They need money, they need resources, and they need physical help in equal measures.