'Cost Of War': Czech President Says Russians In West Should Be 'Monitored'
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Czech President Petr Pavel, a former senior NATO official, expects to hear "strong language" about long-term support for Ukraine during the military alliance's summit next month along with an acknowledgement of the importance of having Ukraine as a member.

Not even from a sus Russian state media source lol. Gotta love how liberals have lost their minds over the last year and a half (and probably a few years more tbh)

But then again, when electing a retired NATO Army general to power, I suspected similar stuff might become de-tabooified.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      for the record there has been a major clamp down on any socialist rhetoric lately in czechia. some guys got arrested for calling the katyn massacre a joke on public radio, saying that the only people that died were pogromist polish military, and potentially due to fighting with nazi germans. this was from a PhD in history that actually investigated the site of the massacre. potential sentence is 8 months to 5 years of probation (e.g. not being able to speak publicly on politics or similar issues), potentially house arrest and prison.

      imo the colonial masters are tightening their reins.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        saying that the only people that died were pogromist polish military

        I'd be very interested in reading their justification for this assessment of it.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          yeah idk what they said, i might look into it. ive lowkey been avoiding news about czechia lately, it makes me depressed how far we've fallen so quickly

        • kristina [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          the KSCM (communist party of czechia) had a little blurb on it in an email they sent to me. all articles are in czech if you dont mind

            • kristina [she/her]
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              1 year ago

              https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/josef-skala-kscm-katyn-goebbels_2306071525_pj

              yes

      • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Have there been moves to ban the KSCM yet? They're probably not really a good party, but that was one of my personal predictions of possible repression when I heard who Petr Pavel was

        • kristina [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          nah i love the KSCM, at least the local cadres are baller. im not a huge fan of konecna, shes basically white czech AOC, though it seems she has gotten a little better over time. my local guy for the KSCM led the push for LGBT rights in the federal government, which of course failed because of liberals

          and yes there are some weirdos that put forward a bill to ban the KSCM each year yet it hasnt happened yet