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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.

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
    ·
    3 years ago

    I love you.

    But also hexbear has completely ruined my ability to have a conversation about ukraine with any of my RL friends. Fortunately, it doesn't get brought up much, libs are bored of it. My more anarchist friends are a bit gleeful about the imminent collapse of the "second bloc" (Russia/China), so there's that.

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

      I generally just don't engage anymore. To even start to explain my position I'd have to go back over seventy years and give a crash course on the role of Ukrainian nationalists in the Holocaust and work forward and it's just too much.

    • voice_of_hermes [he/him,any]
      ·
      3 years ago

      My more anarchist friends are a bit gleeful about the imminent collapse of the “second bloc” (Russia/China), so there’s that.

      Do these anarchists live in the U.S. (or some other NATO country, I suppose)? If so, you might just remind them where they have the potential influence to change things.

      As an anarchist myself, I couldn't give a shit about Russia and China, and it'd be great if they "collapsed". However:

      1. The U.S.'s proxy (and sanction) war ain't the way to make it happen.
      2. It's unlikely to succeed, and it would just be a fucking expansion of empire if it did anyway. Like, WTF do they think the actual outcome is going to be if that collapse doesn't take place due to a liberation movement? It's like wanting Walmart to be "destroyed"...due to a takeover by Amazon. Yeehaw!
      3. I'm more interested in "my own" country and its empire collapsing, and it's where I have the ability to actually strike.

      If those anarchists actually live and act in Russia and/or China, that's another matter. But it doesn't sound like it.

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Australia. The one that I'm close to who is most gleeful about it doesn't watch the news and usually just exhausted after work to really talk about anything. Ah well

        • voice_of_hermes [he/him,any]
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          3 years ago

          Oof. Gotcha. Well, at the risk of sounding like I'm making excuses for them—which is not really my intent—I suppose it's difficult to put much effort into research and analysis when your own local circumstances are exhausting and difficult. One thing I can say is that anarchists tend to respond well in a mutual aid scenario. Perhaps offer to share meals and talk about workplace organizing (a little emotional labor) and the like. Just a thought.

          • keepcarrot [she/her]
            ·
            3 years ago

            They mean well, they're just uh... Sometimes still infested with lib brainworms. Real "no two countries with a McDonalds have gone to war" hours. When we have time.

            The war euphoria here is real though. Holy shit :(