Links and Stuff
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Add to the above list if you can, thank you.
Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins
Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)
Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Yesterday's discussion post.
If a political leader in the imperial periphery goes against the west he is autocratic, furious and tirading. His messages are littered with scare quotes to show how deranged he is. The western-funded astroturfs undermining him are "civil society groups".
You've got to love the free press of the west!
You could totally imagine a universe where Australia did a defense pact that China didn't like and Sogavare starts talking about Ughyurs and it's called a "passionate speech" that "is yet one more blow to China's desire to extend their totalitarian government over the planet".