cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 6 months agoRussia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prisonwww.idcommunism.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up144
arrow-up144external-linkRussia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prisonwww.idcommunism.comcerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareKrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoProbably. However, this jailing is still bad news
minus-squarerainpizza@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 months agoThat’s why it is important to contextualize the news and even more for countries under siege by the imperialist. Otherwise, you might end up making the mistake of feeling sad for a fascist collaborator posing as a marxist or leftist.
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minus-squareRevolutionsPerMinute@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoIt looks to me like the western press is reporting this as bad news because it fits their “Putin = dictator” narrative. Every article I’m seeing goes something like “anti-Putin activist jailed, says charges against him are fabricated,” etc.
Probably. However, this jailing is still bad news
That’s why it is important to contextualize the news and even more for countries under siege by the imperialist.
Otherwise, you might end up making the mistake of feeling sad for a fascist collaborator posing as a marxist or leftist.
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It looks to me like the western press is reporting this as bad news because it fits their “Putin = dictator” narrative. Every article I’m seeing goes something like “anti-Putin activist jailed, says charges against him are fabricated,” etc.