I don’t believe that people protesting in Belarus are part of a manufactured op and do represent some dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs. I also believe that neoliberals can and currently are trying to co-opt protests. Mass movements aren’t a uniform entity, anyways, and to think that one can right them all off as pawns of capital is stupid. The US and Imperial Core are the current hegemons of capital, but that doesn’t mean everyone they oppose is our guy. I think what’s often the case is that no one is our guy or that our guy is a group that hasn’t much visibility.
I think it’s better to say “Ukraine.” Because “The Ukraine” has some implications of it being a Russian territory. In Russian, a similar kerfuffle occurs when saying “v Ukrainye” or “na Ukrainye.”
I don’t believe that people protesting in Belarus are part of a manufactured op and do represent some dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs. I also believe that neoliberals can and currently are trying to co-opt protests. Mass movements aren’t a uniform entity, anyways, and to think that one can right them all off as pawns of capital is stupid. The US and Imperial Core are the current hegemons of capital, but that doesn’t mean everyone they oppose is our guy. I think what’s often the case is that no one is our guy or that our guy is a group that hasn’t much visibility.