Episode 51: A Russian Marxist's Perspective (ft. Konstantin Syomin / @Константин Сёмин )
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Keeping with the promise of the idea behind this show - we're bringing you local leftist voices to talk about what's going on in their corner of the world. Today we're joined from Moscow by renowned Russian journalist - Konstantin - to talk about the current state of his part of the world and beyond. Straight from the bear's mouth. Check out Konstanin's work on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2qoLqo8RuV4P_88yhHCZIg His Twitter: https://twitter.com/KSyomin Episode 52 - Aww shit, here we go Afghain IS UP EARLY on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Support the show and help us grow and stay as independant as possible while earning plenty of bonuses - Discord community, early episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, QnAs and plenty more. Link: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram

I don’t know about you, but saying that Marxists should prioritize dismantling their own country’s bourgeoisie over global imperialism seems a bit ultra-leftist

Also a bit weird that they didn’t talk about Donbass

  • GloriousDoubleK
    22·
    2 years ago

    This is like… The third time I’ve seen them strafe around in the issues of the Donbas war.

    Im gonna be honest. I dont think ANY medium to big leftist commentators currently can be honest about this war.

    Other than RBN or Breakthrough News the only people who seem to be able to afford being honest are “nonleft but not really right wing” commentators and independant right wingers; The New Atlas, Nathan Rich, The Duran…

    Well… There is Richard Medhurst who is absolutely left wing.

      • GloriousDoubleK
        8·
        2 years ago

        Revolutionary Blackout Network. And I guess I dont know EVERYONE. It’s just strange to see those you KNOW they know better go along with this stuff.

        It The Deprogram knows talking about this war is bad for their brand to the point of telling lies through omission and both sidesing; they should just not cover it.

      • sudojonz
        4·
        2 years ago

        RBN (Revolutionary Blackout Network) is based as fuck. Danny too. Ben Norton depends on the topic. Last night he had on someone who was talking about the war as “Russia doing imperialism” and so on without any pushback or qualification. Always am taking Ben with a grain of salt but I do think he means well.

    • SpaceDogs
      11·
      2 years ago

      I’m probably just way to charitable and naive but I usually give the benefit of the doubt to leftist creators not directly tackling an issue considering how hostile mainstream platforms are to explicitly communist content.

      They could, in theory, move to a site/app that is more tolerant but they’d never be able to reach the masses and combat disinformation effectively.

      Living in a western country, especially the US and even Canada, one has to tread carefully.