The Canary doubles down with a masterpiece of macho equivocation by "Anarchist" Joe Glenton. I really cant be bothered even arguing about "anti-intellectualism" when it comes from a camp promoting anti-factualism. Theres just no equivalence between Russia and the US. The latter has more overseas bases than every other country in the world put together. Russia has about three. Russian politicians and think tanks have never expressed any interest in Balkanising the US. On the other hand US politicians and think tanks not only do repeatedly discuss Balkanising Russia but the US government makes it clear by its actions such as the Newland coup and militarisation of Ukraine that its actually part of US deep state foreign policy. -Anyone ignoring such basic fact are the "anti-intellectuals" and the Canary is up its own arsehole.
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In truth, the pro- and anti-NATO camps are united in a key aspect of their politics: fervent anti-intellectualism. For them, politics seems to be a sort of real-world game of Warhammer or Dungeons and Dragons. In their minds, they push pieces around a tabletop battlefield.
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"In truth, the pro- and anti-NATO camps are united in a key aspect of their politics: fervent anti-intellectualism. For them, politics seems to be a sort of real-world game of Warhammer or Dungeons and Dragons. In their minds, they push pieces around a tabletop battlefield. There’s lots of partisan emotion, as if they’re supporting a football team. It involves little by way of even-handed analysis."
Weird analysis from Glenton, who is usually on the ball. He seems to be playing the 'both sides' game, suggesting that critics of NATO are all stalinists and Assad-lovers etc. and only he is above all of that partisan nonsense. The usual hack smear in other words, albeit with strong criticism of NATO which you wouldn't see from them.
In this otherwise solid article on 'global death firm' BAE talking about them opening a factory in Ukraine he concludes:
'UK arms firms, including BAE, made gigantic profits in the last period. This was due to both general global instability and the Ukraine war specifically. Campaign Against the Arms Trade reported in May that UK firms made £8.5bn in profits in 2022.
This included arms to repressive regimes such as the Gulf states. The UK has been particularly belligerent in its own exports to Ukraine. Its most recent delivery was of long-range missiles which can penetrate deep into Russian territory. There’s no doubt that a BAE facility will be welcomed by many. But it must be borne in mind that arms firms have an active interest in war and warmongering. And BAE’s suggestion that it wants to integrate itself into Ukraine’s future economy should be treated with suspicion. - https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2023/06/02/global-death-firm-bae-systems-to-set-up-factory-in-ukraine/
Welcomed? Why even mention that, as though it could be a legitimate moral position? And 'suspicion' is a cop-out too. No Joe, it should be opposed as part of the neoliberal death cult being imposed on the country by the psychos in the West sacrificing a whole generation of Ukrainian men just to bleed Russia and transfer money to the coffers of the arms industry & the transnational corporations rebuilding (at no doubt extortionate prices) what they caused to be destroyed.
on June 1, 2023, 11:05 pm