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[In] "2014... Kagarlitsky was the emblematic figure of what the Ukrainian Vitalii Kulik calls “pink Putinism”. He denounced the Maidan as “fascist” and told anyone who would listen that hundreds of thousands of workers rose up in the Donbass – a total fabrication – calling for a “capture of Kiev by Donetsk”

#RedBrown #confusionism #querfront #PinkPutinism #Russia #RevolutionOfDignity

https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article8189

Release Boris #Kagarlitsky - despite #RedBrown turn

Anarchist Telegram feed #Netchaievtchina - "deplore the fact that the many activists threatened with death in prison, “ordinary activists” like Yevgeny Karakashev, threatened with dying of brain disease, do not have influential networks..these comrades fear that even less will be said about these now that an ecumenical campaign of the “amnesiac left” in favour of Kagarlitsky could begin"

#confusionism #querfront

"I’ve been active in the British labour movement for more than 40 years and for the first time I am genuinely worried about a spontaneous red-brown politics emerging from the left.

I’m not talking here about the Horseshoe Theory, whereby the actions of the far left are said to mirror those of the far right; or a couple of prominent trade union activists drifting into right-wing populism, or even the problem of left-wing anti-Semitism on its own". https://htsf.substack.com/p/the-british-lefts-red-brown-problem #RedBrown #confusionism

https://htsf.substack.com/p/the-british-lefts-red-brown-problem-db2?r=2sidg #PaulMason on #RedBrown problem. #querfront #confusionism
[In Part 1 I outlined the role of Stalinism, pro-Putin groups and US confusionism in creating a ready-mix ideology for red-brown conspiracy theorists in the UK. In Part 2 I ask: how did we get there and what can be done?]

Really fun piece that I've got to put some thought into. Think about adding rituals (inspired by #Confusionism and #Daoism) to your phone usage to make it more meaningful (vs more 'efficient').

https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-dao-of-using-your-smartphone?ref=thebrowser.com&utm_source=pocket_saves