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.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.
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.
when do you guys reckon things are gonna get really real in the global north, as in middle class people facing physical shortages of goods? given everything we're hearing about crop failures and crops not even being planted due to market conditions, i'm thinking autumn this year will be when the shit truly hits the fan. idk what exactly will happen but widespread hunger and fuel shortages combined with constant political strife (roe v wade in the US for example, or the neverending tirade of tory scandals in the UK) are a hell of a combo
Climate change is definitely going to cause an increase in crime for parts of the global north that have been traditionally colder.
I would imagine there will be killer heatwaves and fires in Europe this summer and with record energy prices and inflation things might pop off by August.
it's already been waay warmer than usual for the time of year where I am. it's like, as hot as you'd expect the hottest days of May to be, but every day. feels like it'll be baking by july
"crimes of poverty"