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.
This person has clearly never had a big mac and therefore cannot understand that permitting the existence of McDonald's is a crime against humanity.
Broke: interpreting the world in terms of idealist notions of freedom, democracy, justice, etc
Woke: interpreting the world in terms of material notions of capital, profit extraction, suppression of labor, etc
Bespoke: interpreting the world in terms of treats
It's extra amusing to see the treat fetish performed by people who probably don't even want the treats themselves. They have to know in their hearts that having ready access to the worst tasting and least healthy burger is definitely not the key to a secure, fulfilling, and happy life, especially when it's more than possible to just ensure ready access to nutritious and good tasting food.