This book cover shows the 'Odessa Massacre', a Russian propaganda campaign from 2015 about Ukrainian nazis murdering Russian speakers that they poured a lot of resources into pushing. It is still being pushed to this day.
Local activists who nobody has heard of, supported by Ukrainian NGOs, actually investigated where the corrupt authorities would not and found incompetence as key. None of this even dented the legend.
Young men, and it was always men, were travelling to the People's Republics in E Ukraine on the back of this propaganda about fascist massacres which Murray put on his book cover.
John Pilger amplified documented Russian propaganda about the same event. And it was embassingly obvious.
Eddie Dempsey and his lot believes all this with a passion. As do others. It is now and was always pure Russia propaganda. Only now it is hopefully obvious. khpg.org/en/1608809046
Dempsey and all the others were targeted by Russia and given lies that suited their persuasions. You were mugs for Empire.
It's just 🎉adorable that lefties think Russian disinfo couldnt be aimed at them. Like they're shielded or something. Nawh.
'Odessa massacre' in your circles? That's how this works.
Emily Thornbery has yet to even acknowlegde how she was used by Russia. Because she was. The left were used. The very thought that smart folks might fall for disinfo ..
I am named in this because I tweeted a lot about Ukraine 8 years ago. Me. I know. A bunch of the left took all this bs seriously because they listen to conspiracists and are *wide DF open to propaganda*. I look forward to the folks realising they were had.
The problem here is that @jaketapper has not apologised for referring to "civil war" hours later cos nobody in America understands what he just did. The West *starts off* in any infowar with this bs level of ignorance.
I dunno if @RolandOliphant remembers this but I can recall Ukie Londoners berating him at length for referring to, I dont even think it was 'Russian-backed seperatists' I think it was just 'seperatists'.
Latin American know bravery. And fighting dictators. And the mechanics of sanction policy. And battling disinfo. And living in the shadow of big powers. And cold war fallout politics. And nuckear threats. And the meaning of democratic institutions. And ..
Literally no proposals as to what diplomacy would do. No response to Ukraine left/unions. No call for aid to the Ukrainian left under fire right now. No aming of the TUC. Well at least they've stopped explicitly pushing for Ukraine's subjugation to Russia. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
*amping. TUC call to aid Ukraine trade unions.
The people who explictly called for the UK to NOT send anti-tank weapons to Ukraine because this might provoke Russia - that is what they said - should Sit TheF Down.