STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Sweden Democrats party was founded by neo-Nazis and skinheads in the 1980s. Today, the rebranded and reformed nationalist party stands on the edge of unprecedented influence.
Success for party of ‘Sweden first’ energizes global right
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The Specter of Germany Is Rising
By Diana Johnstone
The European Union is girding for a long war against Russia that appears clearly contrary to European economic interests and social stability. A war that is apparently irrational – as many are – has deep emotional roots and claims ideological justification. Such wars are hard to end because they extend outside the range of rationality.
The Specter of Germany Is Rising
There’s a Kyle Rittenhouse Cultural Center in Argentina—and It Just Got Raided 🤨
The center is named after the teen who became a right-wing star after shooting three people, two fatally, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
There’s a Kyle Rittenhouse Cultural Center in Argentina—and It Just Got Raided
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US investigating ultra-Orthodox Israeli battalion for abuses: Report
Netzah Yehuda has come under fire from rights groups for violence against Palestinians
US investigating ultra-Orthodox Israeli battalion for abuses: Report
Sadly, it will probably go the same way the investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s assassination has.
Deseret News: Suicide missions, neo-Nazis and life inside Ukraine’s foreign legion
President Zelenskyy’s call for foreign fighters has attracted criminals and extremists, to the dismay of the well-intentioned
Suicide missions, neo-Nazis and life inside Ukraine’s foreign legion (archived)
Previously:
DW: Ukraine foreign fighters accuse commander of abuses
Impressions of Donald Trump
We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the American public believes is false.
William J. Casey, CIA Director
Benjamin Teitelbaum on Aleksander Dugin
Everything surrounding the Russian philosopher, occultist and unofficial diplomat is shrouded in mystery.
Benjamin Teitelbaum on Aleksander Dugin: Why was Alexander Dugin’s daughter assassinated?
I’m posting this more for what he says about Aleksander Dugin as he has “met and interviewed Alexander Dugin many times” for his book. He speculates on who assassinated Darya, and why someone might target her father, most of which I don’t agree with.
NPR Host and NYT Guest Stress That Russia Is Communist While Vilifying Uninformed Republicans, While Most Republicans Wrongly Believe Russia Is a Communist Country: Poll
NPR Host and NYT Guest Stress That Russia Is Communist While Vilifying Uninformed Republicans
Related:
Most Republicans Wrongly Believe Russia Is a Communist Country: Poll
A majority of Republicans erroneously believe that Russia is a Communist country, according to a new poll.
The poll, released Tuesday by The Economist / YouGov, found that 52 percent of Republicans agreed that Russia was operating under Communism, despite the the county not being Communist since the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Among all Americans, 42 percent thought that Russia was Communist, including 44 percent of Democrats.
Geopolitics as anti-Palestinianism
Western support for Israel is explained away by shared interests and realpolitik, but this elides an underlying anti-Palestinianism which motivates pro-Israel bias.
Geopolitics as anti-Palestinianism
“Everyone’s a Little Problematic in Ukraine’s International Legion”
by Lindsey Snell and Cory Popp
“Benjamin Velcro” is former US serviceman and volunteer with the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, the official unit of foreign volunteers under the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In early August, Russian media widely shared voice recordings in which Velcro recounted the torture and murder of a Russian prisoner of war.
“Everyone’s a Little Problematic in Ukraine’s International Legion”
Related:
An exit interview: Benjamin Velcro
I am quite good with languages, one could describe my Russian as a solid B1 (someone said B2 before but that was an ego stroke lol) I would rather understand the language of my enemy than Ukrainian. My convictions against the putin regime were largely solidified when I was part of a task force related to Georgia just prior to their invasion with the US Army. In 2014, maiden inspired me. In 2020, August, I thought the similar conditions could be met in Belarus. I travelled to Belarus. However things did not materialize.
Interesting how this “Benjamin Velcro” seems to be drawn to US-sponsored color revolutions. 👇
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