Blindness To Russian Colonialism Distorts Westerners’ View Of The Ukraine War

How Russian colonialism took the Western anti-imperialist Left for a ride
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Blindness to Russian colonialism distorts Westerners’ view of the Ukraine war

Blindness to Russian colonialism distorts Westerners’ view of the Ukraine war

Yet, Westerners safe from bombardment like long-shot third-party presidential candidate Cornel West continue to accommodate Russia. In a July 13 interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, West called Russia's invasion "criminal" but insisted it was "provoked by the expansion of NATO" and is a "proxy war between the American Empire and the Russian Federation," adding Neville Chamberlain-esque icing on the appeasement cake by proposing Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia.

The tell in West's remarks was calling the U.S. an empire but referring to Russia by its de jure name, implicitly erasing its imperial, colonial character. It's a common tendency among the segment of the left to which West belongs, one that Kazakhstan-born Pitzer College sociology professor Azamat Junisbai attributes to ignorance and a myopic, know-nothing focus on American imperialism to the exclusion of imperialism by other nations.

"They're kind of imperial about their anti-imperialism," Junisbai said. "There's something very provincial and strange about it where you literally do not know anything about what's happening beyond this one issue you care about."

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пан Адамцевич є автором “Запорозького маршу“, який ви не могли не чути, втім ви могли не чути й не читати й не чуткувати його біографії (зара я у вашому клубі, але до кінця дня (вечора ? та, вже вечір, з добрим ранком мене) я переведусі в клуб дізнавшихся його історію, тож запрошую puppy поглядом взятисі за руці й ноги (чи без тактильного контакту, йор віш) та перевестисі разом 👯). енівейс, якщо ви навіть прочитали перше слово і не дочитали до сюди, се знак, що варто подибати інформейшну по кобзарях, але дочитавши до кінця, ви точно знаєте, що се знак

Old Ukrainian Bandura From The 1st Half Of The 19th Century, Which Belonged To The Real Kobzar, Yevhen

Old Ukrainian bandura from the 1st half of the 19th century, which belonged to the real kobzar, Yevhen O. Adamtsevych (Євген О. Адамцевич, 1903/1904-1972)

Currently stored in the collection of the Kharkiv Historical Museum (Харківський історичний музей), ДР-68

There is a Cossack on horseback depicted on this beautiful musical instrument:

Old Ukrainian Bandura From The 1st Half Of The 19th Century, Which Belonged To The Real Kobzar, Yevhen

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1 year ago

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Donate to Ukraine

United 24: General fundraising

Come Back Alive: Specific projects

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They need all the help they can get.

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1 year ago

Imho the idea of ‘cruelty free’ products or food shouldn’t mean that nothing died to create it, but rather that anything and anyone involved in the creation process hasn’t been exploited or harmed.

Leather is good actually. Veganism isn’t the end all be all to morality and consumption. The issue isn’t that a chicken died for those nuggets, but that while the chicken was alive, it’s life fucking sucked. Vegan chocolate means little if the cocoa that made it was gathered by child slave labor.

Factory farms, abuses of the people who pick the fruit and vegetables we eat, the focus profit and productivity over all else - that’s the fucking issue here. It’s capitalism folks.

2 years ago

man the bravest shit you can do in this world is love indefinitely

1 year ago

*cries in extremely ambitious yet easily confused n therefore always disoriented in their life choices adhd gal*

you don't always need to be working towards big goals or trying to radically change your life.

you're allowed to just take time to exist, learn about yourself, what makes you happy, and enjoy being here.

taking time to rest and recover does not make you any less then people that doing different things.


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1 year ago

On the night of July 23rd, russia attacked Odesa, a Ukrainian port city. The center of Odesa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The enemy is destroying historic buildings and lives. This night 19 people were wounded, 1 person was killed.

6 residential buildings, including apartment buildings, were destroyed. Two architectural monuments, a temple, were damaged. Dozens of cars were mutilated. Many buildings have broken windows, damaged roofs and facades.

Below you can see the photos before and after russian missile attack

On The Night Of July 23rd, Russia Attacked Odesa, A Ukrainian Port City. The Center Of Odesa Is A UNESCO
Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa #Ukraine. City’s main Orthodox temple, protected by UNESCO.

Before and after Russian missile attack. pic.twitter.com/g2tigU63j2

— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) July 23, 2023
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The center of Odesa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The enemy is destroying historic buildings and lives. This night 19 people were wounded, 1 person was killed. My condolences to the families. All of 🇺🇦 is with Odesa in our thoughts.
📷 Kostiantyn Liberov, Vlada Liberova pic.twitter.com/LCYmEhArB7

— Олена Зеленська (@ZelenskaUA) July 23, 2023
https://twitter.com/ZelenskaUA/status/1683019964700061696?s=20
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On The Night Of July 23rd, Russia Attacked Odesa, A Ukrainian Port City. The Center Of Odesa Is A UNESCO
On The Night Of July 23rd, Russia Attacked Odesa, A Ukrainian Port City. The Center Of Odesa Is A UNESCO
On The Night Of July 23rd, Russia Attacked Odesa, A Ukrainian Port City. The Center Of Odesa Is A UNESCO

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2 years ago

i want to take a break from life for at least a millennium;’)

1 year ago

it feels so insane that a lot of people in soviet union had parallel russian names they used instead of their own non-slavic names. we were just living like that

11 months ago

you guys really need to be educated on russia's indigenous people. some of you will rightfully call out isnotreal and usa on being settler colonies dependant on stealing land and killing it's indigenous population but then say that "i don't support russia but they aren't the same". tell that to yakut, buryat, chukchi, chechens, cirkassians, ingush, ossetians, tatars, nenets, tuvans, bashkirs, udmurts, qirimtatar of illegally occupied crimea, and many, many others. their land stolen, their culture on the verge of extinction; they're facing racism and discrimination in their own land, their activists are being thrown to prisons. russia is no different from usa

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