In Episode Nine of the CounterVortex podcast [11], Bill Weinberg rants against "Red-Brown Politics [17]," the dangerous notion of an alliance between the left and fascist right against liberalism and the West—now evidenced in the growing support for the genocidal dictatorship [12] of Bashar Assad on both the "anti-war" (sic) "left" (sic) [18] and the "alt-right [19]." Leading lights of the American "left" have joined pro-Assad delegations [13] to Syria, as have figures on the fascist right [20]. Emerging as the global representative for this sinister trend is Russo-nationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin [21], who is bringing together supposed peaceniks and neo-fascists around supporting despots like Putin and Assad in the name of a "multi-polar" world. Perversely,. representatives of "anti-war" groups in the US recently traveled to a Duginist confab in Moscow [22], where they met with various Euro-fascist leaders and a delegation of white nationalists from the neo-Confederate League of the South [23]. Weinberg urges that leftists utterly reject overtures from the radical right, and adopt a single-standard anti-fascism—which must inlcude solidarity with the Syrian Revolution [24]. Listen on SoundCloud [14], and support our podcast via Patreon [15].
Music: Free Syria New Song [25]
Production by Chris Rywalt [26]
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