This reads like a Pentagon press release, mythological generic “Ukrainians this” and “The Ukrainians that.” 1/3 of Ukrainians are in the larger eastern Donbas region. They have been besieged by western, government Ukrainians since 2014. Credible reports say 14,000 have been murdered since then. Besides being a proxy war, this is in some ways a civil war. Pretending there is a unified Ukrainian point of view is shallow, American-centric, and even obscures the extreme poverty America is about to enter thanks to $50 BILLION DOLLARS, so far, moving from helping Americans to enriching the 1% who profit from war (and the media that enables them). Want to read a more informed article? See https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/02/us-state-affiliated-newsguard-targets-consortium-news/
Eeeehhhh, I'm also inclined to give deference to someone who:
a) writes for a Marxist worker-owned collective blog
b) has been to Ukraine a WHOLE LOT MORE than I have (i.e., more than none), and
c) has written about this country and topic for some reputable and high-visibility publications (Cros has also written about Ukraine for Rolling Stone, I think?).
No one, including anyone who writes for Discourse, is unaware of either the complexity of this topic or the money trail associated with it. But there's a human and boots-on-the-ground element that deserves some storytelling as well.
Dammit Crosbie, you just got out, WHY ARE YOU GOING BACK
It’s like Michael Corleone and the mob, they just keep pulling him back in. His contributions to this story is more than greatly appreciated though.
This reads like a Pentagon press release, mythological generic “Ukrainians this” and “The Ukrainians that.” 1/3 of Ukrainians are in the larger eastern Donbas region. They have been besieged by western, government Ukrainians since 2014. Credible reports say 14,000 have been murdered since then. Besides being a proxy war, this is in some ways a civil war. Pretending there is a unified Ukrainian point of view is shallow, American-centric, and even obscures the extreme poverty America is about to enter thanks to $50 BILLION DOLLARS, so far, moving from helping Americans to enriching the 1% who profit from war (and the media that enables them). Want to read a more informed article? See https://consortiumnews.com/2022/06/02/us-state-affiliated-newsguard-targets-consortium-news/
Eeeehhhh, I'm also inclined to give deference to someone who:
a) writes for a Marxist worker-owned collective blog
b) has been to Ukraine a WHOLE LOT MORE than I have (i.e., more than none), and
c) has written about this country and topic for some reputable and high-visibility publications (Cros has also written about Ukraine for Rolling Stone, I think?).
No one, including anyone who writes for Discourse, is unaware of either the complexity of this topic or the money trail associated with it. But there's a human and boots-on-the-ground element that deserves some storytelling as well.
Maybe you’d like Cros to get some hot takes from Russian soldiers too-right before they shoot him-while attempting to canvas the separatists opinions?