Thread by @YourAnonCentral: "The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment. Read what the @splcenter & @MaxBlumenthal don't want you to read […]" #Antifa #Fascism #Bannon #Kremlin
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The multipolar spin: how fascists operationalize left-wing resentment. Read what the @splcenter & @MaxBlumenthal don't want you to read here: web.archive.org/web/2018030922…
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Amid the historic resurgence of the Italian far right that returned right-wing populist Silvio Berlusconi to prominence, Bannon fantasized about “the ultimate dream” of unifying the anti-establishment Five Star Movement with the far-right League (formerly the Northern League)- /2
--like the Austrian Freedom Party and League. From #Russia to #Iran to #WesternEurope and #US., this international movement uses conspiracy theories and “gray material” to warp political spectrum into a populist referendum along “geopolitical” terms set by #fascist engagées. /9
As #Duginists infiltrated the Campo, opening a journal called #Eurasia that garnered the influential involvement of Campo participant Costanza Preve, the International Action Center continued their cooperation. #antifa #Fascism /12
Soon, a similar Russian group called the Anti-Globalist Resistance began to repost the #Campo’s dispatches. Sharing support for #Milosevic with the Campo and the International Action Center, the Anti-Globalist Resistance emerged simultaneously-- #Antifa #Fascism /13
They then organized a state-funded conference that drew members of the fascist Italian group #Millenium, Mutti’s associate Antonio #Grego, and a leading member of the far-right #Rodina party, -- #Antifa #Fascism /22
-- as well as representatives of #separatist groups like the #Texas Nationalist Movement and the #Catalan Solidarity for Independence party. #Antifa #Fascism /23
Before a report revealed her associations with Global Research, Ron Paul and the right-wing British Constitution Party, conspiracy theorist @VanessaBeeley held a position on the steering committee as well. #Antifa #Assad #Fascism /27
As editor at the alt-right conspiracy theory site, #21stCenturyWire, #Beeley’s repeated conspiracy articles attempting to link #WhiteHelmets to al Qaeda & @GeorgeSoros earned her a visit with #Assad in Damascus and senior #Russia officials in Moscow;- #Antifa #Assad #Fascism /28
--however, they have been thoroughly debunked. A defender of right-wing Hungarian pres Viktor Orban, #Beeley promotes antisemites like Gilad #Atzmon & #Dieudonné, speaking at a conference hosted by the latter in partnership w notorious Holocaust denier Laurent Louis. #Antifa /29
Showing its commitments and affinities, in January 2016, the #HandsOffSyria Coalition published a “Multipolar World Against War” statement signed by the leader of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia, Alexander #Ionov. #Antifa #Assad #Fascism /32
Multiple “Research Associates” of #GlobalResearch sit on the “scientific committee” of the #Campo-linked #Duginist journal #Geopolitica, and the site lists as its “partner media group” the #VoltaireNetwork. #Antifa #Russia #Assad #Fascism /37
Publishing #LaRouchite and #Duginist articles, the #VoltaireNetwork boasts the Syrian Social Nationalist Party’s Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs as its Vice President. #Antifa #Russia #Assad #Fascism /38
Holocaust denier Kevin #Barrett, and #Duginists like #VoltaireNetwork associate Mateusz #Piskorski, German editor Manuel #Ochsenreiter, Leonid #Savin, and Claudio# Mutti the leading fascist infiltrator of the Campo Antimperialista. /42 #Antifa #Russia #Assad #Fascism
Billing itself as pointing “the way to a multipolar world that respects every country’s national interests, culture, history and traditions,” #Sputnik frequently publishes #Piskorski, #Ochsenreiter, -- /45
#Anitfa #Russia #Fascism
#Anitfa #Russia #Fascism
-the #AmericanUniversity in Moscow appears to be an ideological center in the concerted social media campaign associated with the Internet Research Agency to boost anti-Clinton, pro-Kremlin propaganda in the U.S. /52
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
The program also provides a platform to a variety of explicitly far-right guests, including #OathKeepers founder Stewart #Rhodes, antisemite Alberto #Garcia Watson, alt-right opportunist Cassandra #Fairbanks and militia movement leader Larry #Pratt. /58
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
Aside from marginal guests, Loud & Clear can bring on some heavy hitters. During his two appearances on “Loud & Clear” in late 2017, bestselling author @MaxBlumenthal called the red-brown radio show “the finest public affairs programming. / 59
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism
“I am increasingly turning to RT America for sanity.” - @MaxBlumenthal. No stranger to Sputnik, he also went on “Hard Facts”, claiming that notorious #ISIS militant Mohammed Emwazi was ushered into the Syria conflict by the CIA via a “rat line” from KSA. /60
#Antifa #Fascism
#Antifa #Fascism
Two months later, @MaxBlumenthal offered up a staunch defense of “#Russia’s position in the world” to author Robert #Wright in an interview on #bloggingheads. / 63
#Antifa #Assad #Russa #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Antifa #Assad #Russa #Fascism #Blumenthal
Admitting that #Putin’s Russia remains far from left-wing, @MaxBlumenthal justified support for the country’s authoritarian conservative government as “part of the multipolar world.” / 64
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
“If you believe in a multipolar world,” @MaxBlumenthal told #Wright, “you believe in détente, you believe in diplomacy.” / 65
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
.@MaxBlumenthal was not as clear of a spokesperson for #Kremlin geopolitics before he appeared at the same #RT gala as disgraced former National Security advisor Michael #Flynn and the Green Party’s Jill #Stein in December 2015. / 67
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
A month later, @MaxBlumenthal’s pro-#Kremlin position crystalized with the founding of the #Grayzone Project. / 69
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal
#Grayzone is a collaborative project also featuring journalist @BenjaminNorton , who cosigned the #HandsOffSyria Coalition’s points of unity statement along with #Beeley and others. /70
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
After going on “Loud & Clear” with #Duginist Mark #Sleboda and #Infowars regular, Ray #McGovern, @BenjaminNorton plugged the Party for Socialism and Liberation on a podcast episode titled “#HandsoffSyria.” / 71
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
With other #Grayzone contributors, @BenjaminNorton has been criticized for downplaying war crimes and helping publicize false theories about rebels contaminating #Damascus’s water supply. /72
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism #Blumenthal #Norton
When reached for comment, @BenjaminNorton retorted, “I know your goal is to outlandishly smear anyone who opposes US imperialism and is to the left of the Clintons as a ‘crypto-fascist,’ while NATO supports actual fascists whom you care little about.” /73
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
#Antifa #Russia #Fascism
#Anonymous also tried to reach out to @MaxBlumenthal's fellow #Grayzone Assad/ Russia propagandist @BenjaminNorton for comment however that conversation was promptly shut down. /74
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism

Grayzone is perhaps best known for @MaxBlumenthal’s controversial two-part article attacking and defaming the #WhiteHelmets, which brought accusations of plagiarism from #Beeley. / 75
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Grayzone contributor and RT employee @RaniaKhalek had, #Beeley insisted, “pumped me for information on the [#WhiteHelmets] and then @MaxBlumenthal wrote the article.”/ 76
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Anonymous also reached out to @MaxBlumenthal's fellow #Grayzone Assad/ Russia propagandist @RaniaKhalek for comment however that conversation was promptly shut down. / 77
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Blumenthal #Norton #Fascism

While #Blumenthal may have repeated some of #Beeley’s theories, Beeley cannot be seen as a credible source. Regardless, #Khalek has since used a questionable interview sourced from Beeley as evidence that the #WhiteHelmets “were deeply embedded in al Qaeda.” / 77
#Antifa #Fascism
#Antifa #Fascism
#Grayzone recently announced their move from independent news site @AlterNet to @TheRealNews Network, a left-wing site with a penchant for 9/11 truther inquiries. Neither #Blumenthal nor #Khalek responded to efforts to reach them for comment. / 78
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism
#Antifa #Assad #Russia #Fascism
Right uses left: Through its amplification of an interlinked, multi-centered network organized around institutions like #Lozansky’s American University in Moscow & #VoltaireNetwork & conferences like Moscow’s “Multi-Polar World” & $Tehran’s “New Horizons,”- /79
#Antifa #Fascism
#Antifa #Fascism
--syncretic networks associated with #Dugin’s #Eurasianist ideology have combined distortions and ambiguities into a geopolitical narrative meant to confuse audiences and promote authoritarian populist opposition to liberalism. /80
#Antifa #Fascism
#Antifa #Fascism
Recent study from Data & Society called Media Manipulation & Disinformation Online:“Online communities are increasingly turning to conspiracy-driven news sources, whose sensationalist claims are covered by the mainstream media, which exposes more of the public to these ideas"/83
Although anti-imperialists may believe that these measures land them on the right side of history, taking stock of the fascist movement suggests that the strategy of opposing a liberal order through red-brown populist collaboration makes the left a willing accomplice. /87 #Antifa