An excellent piece about identity and the need to develop a progressive patriotism. The context here is Russia, but it's easily applicable to the US, Europe, Brazil, etc.

Excerpt of the concluding thoughts below.

https://posle.media/language/en/if-there-is-no-people-there-is-no-left-either-progressive-history-and-patriotism-from-below/

“If There Is No People, There Is No Left either”: Progressive History and Patriotism from Below - Posle Media

What could unite society split by war and inequality? What are the alternatives to major post-soviet historical narratives? Poet and activist Kirill Medvedev reflects on anti-imperial solidarity and a new idea of a civic consciousness

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