If you have any useful resource links please tag me in a comment with the link:
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to this if you can, thank you.
Links
Time/Map: https://time.is/Ukraine
Leftist discussion threads:
https://hexbear.net/post/177324
https://old.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/t03foy/genzedong_russiaukraine_master_discussion_thread/
Twitter military updaters:
https://nitter.42l.fr/RWApodcast
https://nitter.net/ASBMilitary :kitty-cri:
https://nitter.net/Militarylandnet
https://nitter.net/MihajlovicMike
https://nitter.net/KofmanMichael
https://nitter.net/TadeuszGiczan/status/1498673348183744518
https://www.youtube.com/c/DefensePoliticsAsia/videos
obvious disclaimers about taking all of them with tonnes of salt etc
Global South Perspective: https://nitter.net/kiranopal_/status/1498723206496145413
Better war/propaganda analysis:
https://www.understandingwar.org
https://www.moonofalabama.org/
News updates:
https://www.cgtn.com/special/UkraineCrisis.html
Live: https://www.cgtn.com/special/Live-update-Ukraine-Russia-border-crisis.html
YT/Video in Ukraine:
Previous megathreads
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The problem is you didn’t really say “nazis dying is based” you said “invading a country is based (because some are nazis)”. That comes off as uncritical support of invading a country.
For communists this is just a way to separate ourselves from any connection to the masses and that just makes things harder. It’s really important to maintain that distinction, nazis dying is very cool and good. But invading the country? Ehhhh.
A couple of questions, what option did Russia have? You seem to be on the same page that Ukraine was a threat due to involvement with NATO and the US military.
At what point of a country becoming full on out in the open Neo-Nazi do MLs support an invasion and re-structuring of said country? I personally trust what Putin says more than the West in regards to this conflict. There are no good guys in a war between capitalist countries, however taking decisive action Vs. Nazis is based and I stand by that.
You don’t see the distinction between that and “full on support of putin and Russian oligarchs” that you are trying to frame it as?
Russia had no other choice, they were driven down this road by nato and its leaders refusing to solve the problem diplomatically.
The doesn’t mean supporting the war though, it simply means recognising that Russia did in fact try to avoid it and nobody took it seriously or they (nato) wanted it to happen.
At what point of a country becoming full on out in the open Neo-Nazi do MLs support an invasion and re-structuring of said country?
Good question, I think the answer is never. Sovereignty should be held above all and if we don’t uphold it then we can’t undercut american/imperialist interventions, particularly against AES states.
A war of defence against such nazi countries after they demonstrably attempt to attack another sovereign state would be justifiable and remain consistent with this principle.
I will caveat this by saying I’m not too heavily committed to this position though and I’m taking my cues from Chinese marxists on the idea that we should be completely hands off when it comes to the internal matters of foreign states.
Interesting. Even when the Neo-Nazi government that is a militant arm of the most powerful fascist nation to have ever existed is at your doorstep carrying out ethnic cleansing against your ethnicity? I guess the waters are fairly muddy when you consider the Russian claim on Donbas. It’s difficult to come up with examples that would put burgers in the shoes of any of the people involved. If the US was completely Nazi-fied and Washington claimed sovereignty, and received support from Canada while being massacred for years, I think people in Washington would be ready for intervention.
That position also implies that MLs in the US would never accept foreign intervention if things really hit the fan here, whether it meant a drastic improvement of material conditions or driving fascists out of power in favor of capitalist, but less outright fascism. It might come down to accepting hypocrisy if it means generating better material conditions.
That leaves behind the realm of detached analysis, but it’s important to ponder, because my gut tells me some fascist shit is going to happen in the US sooner than people realize.
