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Anyone against the SMO is endorsing the NATO siege of Russia and the world and if they are “leftist” they are a Munafiq. I have no patience for this kind of “Russia is sooo reactionary, Putin Bad Man, but I’m definitely not a liberal I’m just repeating US state department talking points 😇”.

Anti-imperialism means being pro-resistance. Maybe those people whose governments have been trying to exterminate Russians for almost a century should shut their mouths about how Russian nation has responded to genocide (following USSR destruction) & imperialist siege? Russian Federation has been helping Syria defeat NATO terrorists since 2015 meanwhile “western left” was joining Rojava Kurdish separatist NATO puppets… Decolonization is necessary to develop socialism so maybe it’s not the КПРФ who are “fake communist”?

From the first cited article:

“Putin became the head of Russia in the beginning of 2000s. The country was dealing with its problems and dealing with the debts incurred by the received imperialist credits. At the time when Putin came to power, Russia’s population was 140 million. Its GDP was $259 billion. During the decade following the collapse of the USSR, the resources of the former USSR countries had been plundered by imperialists. When Putin was in power this imperialist plunder was ended. During the times when Gorbachev and Yeltsin were in charge, Russia was in a position as if the USA was running the country’s affairs. The USA’s direct agents like CIA and indirect agents resembling Fethullah and organisations of civil society infiltrated into every area in Russia and also in former USSR countries. When Putin became the leader, he cleared Russia of these agents. He tried to bring Russia to stand on its feet by using its own resources. By 2009 the GDP had increased to $1.164 trillion. Even though it reached $1.710 trillion in 2021, it is behind the level of the USSR in 1990.”

*edit this is not directed at you my friend but at the mentioned people

liberals nazi lurkers downvoting?

So the question becomes, at what point do Westerners finally acknowledge that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is fundamentally irrational, unproductive, and deterimental even for their own self-interest?

I disagree with this. Important article on this: Making sense of a self-induced recession in Europe *note I did not downvote

"Knowing well the consequences that bear upon its economy, namely the decoupling from Russian gas and Russian investments, it is instinctive to assume that the EU has beaten a new record for the most irrational decision-making. But arithmetic imposed on processes is misleading and considering the dynamic picture, more power garnered by Europe will resituate it at the helm of the international order. Once in power, Europe dictates to the world its terms of trade. When we consider the social aspects involved in the price formation of commodities – which in this particular context involves the sale of Russian gas for cheap prices, a decapitated Russia will sell its future gas for prices even lower than they were prior to the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict.

This is important to consider because price formation is relative to the structures of power, which emanates from the resultant of social or power relations. Market powers provide the social context in which people come to relate to one another, and thus, how the terms of exchange are legitimized. As a matter of fact, the reason why Russian gas became so cheap after the Soviet Union collapsed is owed to the ideological defeat of the Soviet ideology. The establishment of the petrodollar system in 1973 was a turning point in history which saw the US consolidate the dollar as the dominant global reserve currency, causing a severe drop in the Soviet Union’s income and affecting the bloc’s ability to sustain itself as a autonomous economy.

The history of Europe provides context to how the European working class relates to the capitalists of Europe. To a large extent, the working class of Europe has always been the soldiers of the Empire. By committing crimes against humanity, colonizing peoples, pillaging their resources, and carrying out genocides and ethnocides of immeasurable scale, the European working class reproduces itself by war just as capital does.

The EU has done well at washing the blood off its hands from centuries of looting and pillaging the South as it continues to vaunt its image of moral and cultural superiority and has done so by masterfully subjugating the discourse on human rights to serve its own ends. So much of Europe’s wealth was in fact generated by the relation of looting the South. The European working class makes a living out of killing by increasing its power and partnership with capital. But the presence of a strong Russia has always posed a threat to Western interests, especially as it holds sway over Eurasia.

With the ideological defeat of the Soviet Union and the ongoing expansion of NATO, this pattern continues to take hold in the 21st century. But with the US bearing a leadership role within the alliance, many come to view the EU as being dragged into a war that is not theirs. Whether the US is exerting pressure on the EU or not, it is a certainty that whatever decisions being made are meant to safeguard the rules-based order – an order characterized by the primacy of Western culture and civilization over that of the South, which in turn pays dividends to the European working class itself.

Simply put, it would be far off the mark to assume that the US bears full responsibility for a conflict that the EU has supposedly nothing to do with. Not only the Western alliance is all one and the same, but the imperialism-based order renders war as the only viable option against an autonomous Russia. Rivaling the primacy of the rules-based order is rivaling the terms of exchange as defined by the West, and rivaling the terms of exchange is rivaling US-EU military superiority.

The same applies in the context of waging a trade war with China. Reports have claimed that the US has been pressuring the EU to decouple from China. But neither the EU nor the US has thus far dared to initiate such a move. It is an indisputable certainty that doing so would wreak havoc on Western businesses that rely on Chinese supply chains and manufacturing power. But it is precisely this overreliance on China that the West is aiming to overturn."

I believe the same could be said for US-ians. We are foolish if we think people whose interests align with imperialism would overwhelmingly do anything meaningful to stop it. “Westerners” are overwhelmingly class enemies of the global majority.

Amer Jubran Arab Palestinian political prisoner wrote an article about American Left and this.

"At this point, it is a waste of time to discuss the perfidy of the US government. It is established beyond doubt that Bush, like presidents before him, represents the interests of a prosperous war industry. What is worth researching, though, is the methods by which the US managed to achieve its vast criminal empire. Such research needs not focus on the well-known economic and military machinery and its political consequences, but rather on the unconventional and secret strategies employed by the US to encircle and strangle its prospective targets. These strategies include client regimes, large-scale media propaganda, and co-opting opponents of the system. One such opponent is the United States “antiwar movement.” As one administration after another wages war with impunity, culminating with Bush ignoring 10 million antiwar protesters on February 15, 2003, any hope one might have that this movement could bring change has become wishful thinking. In order to bring the US war machine to a halt, insights are needed into why the antiwar movement has not been effective. This must include an examination of the leadership, culture, theoretical and practical goals, mission, and strategies of the movement as it stands today. During the Vietnam era, the US government spent a great deal of resources on researching the movement and its impact. It responded to the movement with imprisonment, harassment, and assassination of leaders. An entire system of social rewards was developed to buy people off. The government’s most effective strategy, however, was its choosing to contain the opposition rather than attempt to eradicate it. It was by this means that a “loyal opposition” was created - an opposition which the government could manipulate and control, allowing it enough power to reach a large segment of the population, and to disseminate a message of change, but withholding the power necessary for such change to be in any way implemented. In the Vietnam era many realized the government could not be trusted. The pretense of a democracy in which two parties struggled against each other to keep the USA honest would no longer work. Elite planners understood that non-governmental organizations could do what the Democrats had formerly done. That is, they could push for reform of policies set by Republicans, and their free expression of political frustration could be promoted and used as a sign of a healthy, confident democracy. Such organizations could thus continue work vital to the government’s longevity, absorbing the opposition in the name of reform, and the Democrats and Republicans could more openly merge forces. After thirty years under this system the movement has established its right to freedom of expression, and not much else. The focus has changed from demands for changes in government policy to just having the right to express those demands. Unlike the 60’s, when antiwar protesters were attacked by dogs, sticks, and water hoses, protesters today are accompanied by police motorcades. The government issues rally permits, marching permits, sound permits, and vending permits. Some consider it a victory just to obtain a permit to protest. This reflects how demoralized the antiwar movement has become. Of course, once a protest is permitted, it will then be subjected to massive police supervision, as we have all seen.

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Shocked! Eurocentrism in the communist movements!? 🙈

Edit: purity fetishist communists are nothing new. Maybe we can learn from the past? 🤔

A Russian-based analyst Andrew Korybko who I generally really don’t like has published calling it a manufactured conspiracy.

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👀 Is it a tabloid?

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One thing to remember is the Brazilian government that currently exists came from a imperialist approved “democratic transition” from a US-backed fascist regime and many of those elements of that regime were integrated into the new government. So Brazil is very limited in actual sovereignty. Here was a good interview Pepe Escobar explained.

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It was probably NATO/nazi assassination for “Ukrainian Independence Day” and the elimination of leaders of Wagner is a blow to larger liberation efforts in Africa. Read this article to get what I mean:

https://www.indianpunchline.com/whos-afraid-of-prigozhin-and-wagner/

"In the excessive zeal to focus on Prigozhin’s murder to demonise Putin, what is overlooked is that whoever choreographed the crime also ensured that Wagner’s entire command structure has been eliminated. Bye, bye, Africa!

There isn’t going to be anyone in the foreseeable future to challenge the hegemony of the French Legion in the Sahel or match the vast network of 29 bases under Pentagon’s Africa Command spread across the continent from Djibouti in the north to Botswana in the south. Put differently, the long arm of Russia’s “smart power” has been chopped off with one single swing of the blade. Who stands to gain?

Third, Prigozhin’s murder was staged on a special day that in a historical perspective, must be counted as the finest hour of Russian diplomacy ever since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. The reality of “a new starting point for BRICS” — as Chinese President Xi Jinping stated — is yet to sink in fully, but what is beyond doubt is that Russia is walking away as the winner.

Make no mistake that the BRICS unity held firm and rubbished all western prognosis; BRICS expansion means that the issue of a single settlement currency is on the table, and the international financial system is not going to be the same again; de-dollarisation is knocking at the gates; a new global trading system is taking shape which renders obsolete the exploitative 4-century old western regime geared to transfer wealth to the rich countries; BRICS has graduated, finally, from an informal club to an institution that will eclipse the G7.

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Isn’t it plain common sense that of all days, Putin would never have chosen Wednesday to act as spoiler when Russia’s prestige was soaring high in the international community? Again, the question arises: Who stands to gain?

The plain truth is, there could be any number of people who wanted to physically eliminate Prigozhin. Within Russia itself, Prigozhin had recruited hardened criminals undergoing prison sentence to fight in Ukraine and thereby get their sentence commuted. He deployed them without adequate military training, and over 10,000 of them reportedly got killed. There is a deep sense of revulsion within Russia in the matter.

Then there are the external enemies starting from France, which has been virtually evicted from the Sahel region, its playpen where it had a field day as the ex-colonial power until Prigozhin came and spoiled the party. France could barely hide its rancour toward Russia ever since then.

Meanwhile, the brewing crisis in Niger alerted the US that Prigozhin was on the prowl. The redoubtable acting secretary of state Victoria Nuland, who masterminded the 2014 coup in Ukraine, travelled to Niamey to plead with the coup leaders not to have any truck with Wagner.

However, Prigozhin reportedly had sneaked into the neighbouring country, Mali, where Wagner is well established, with a view to establish contact with Niger’s new rulers and offer the services of Wagner. Suffice to say, Prigozhin was threatening to do to the Pentagon what he earlier did to the French Legion in Sahel.

It is entirely conceivable that the Biden administration decided that enough was enough and Wagner must be decapitated. Of course, Prigozhin’s departure along with his core group of senior commanders will incalculably weaken Wagner.

Meanwhile, within Russia, the ruthless Ukranian intelligence operates at different levels. The drone attacks on Moscow are being staged by saboteurs within Russia. And Ukraine too has a score to settle with Wagner, which is establishing itself in Belarus.

Without doubt, there is a congruence of interests between the Ukrainian intelligence and its western mentors to destroy Wagner and eliminate it from the geopolitical chessboard altogether."

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I think the celebratory responses and people immediately saying repeating imperialist media about “Putin Assassination” reveals a deep-seated anti-Russia arrogance endemic to the platform and European / USian dominated spaces generally.

America did it, not Ukraine. German NATO media cannot blame America because they are occupied and fully subservient. Historical revisionism strikes again

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Proving to me again that–when it comes to Russia, China, the Resistance Axis, and Islam among other things–the average European and USian is a full-on nazi enthusiast.

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Now we see exactly what they intend when they say “Decolonize Russia”.

I went looking for more pictures of this and noticed something interesting I had not seen mentioned.