In Episode 152 [13] of the CounterVortex podcast [14], Bill Weinberg calls out the relentless propaganda exploitation of the Azov Battalion [15] to tar Ukraine as "Nazi" by the same pseudo-left hucksters (e.g. the inevitable Grayzone [16]) who engage in shameless shilling [17] for the fascist regime of Bashar Assad in Syria—which is beloved of the radical right [18] and which employed fugitive Nazis [19] to train its security forces. These hucksters also (of course) join with far-right figures such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and NickFuentes [20] in openly rooting for Putin and opposing aid to Ukraine [21]. And while hyperventilating about the Azov Battalion (which years ago purged its far-right leadership [22]), they make no note of the Nazis fighting on the Russian side [23] in Ukraine. This is both pseudo-pacifist war propaganda [24] and fascist pseudo-anti-fascism [25].
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Hat tip for providing research fodder for this rant to Bob from Brockley [30]
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