Mastodawn

I'm assembling a collection of links about campists/"anti-imperialists" (like Caitlin Johnstone, The Grayzone, Mint Press and so on) for future reference and sharing.

Please reply with any good links you're aware of.

Here's what I've got so far:

Against Campism
https://web.archive.org/web/20230207011756/https://fightback.org.nz/2022/12/08/for-a-new-internationalism/

William Gillis - Against Campism and Nationalism on Ukraine
https://c4ss.org/content/59554

The Red-Brown-Yellow Alliance: Making Anti-War “Great” Again
https://c4ss.org/content/58547

The ‘Echo Chamber’ of Syrian Chemical Weapons Conspiracy Theorists
A collection of non-mainstream bloggers has been paid by a murky organization to parrot Assad regime and Kremlin falsehoods
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-echo-chamber-of-syrian-chemical-weapons-conspiracy-theorists/

Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/

RD collection of caitoz links
https://kolektiva.social/@RD4Anarchy/110735469935430823

A Closer Look at the Prose of Caitlin Johnstone
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/11/a-closer-look-at-the-prose-of-caitlin-johnstone/

I Told You So — Caitlin Johnstone is a Con Job
https://medium.com/@yoavlitvin/i-told-you-so-caitlin-johnstone-is-a-con-job-8d67467da809

Please boost, and thanks!

#campism #AntiImperialist #caitoz

For a new internationalism

Existing forms of left internationalism are inadequate, we need a new form.

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RD Jul 22, 2024

Bonus points for anything documenting Max Blumenthal's statement that "covid felt digital".

#campist #AntiImperialist #AntiWar #grifter #covid

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TRANS DAY OF VENGEANCE Jul 22, 2024

@RD4Anarchy i'm working on a similar project. looks like your list already overlaps with mine, but there might be something useful in here: https://breakingpatterns.noblogs.org/projects/on-red-brown-alliances/

on red-brown alliances | breaking patterns

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RD Jul 22, 2024

@trash_witch

Thanks very much, looks like you've compiled an excellent resource there! Looking forward to spending some time with it.

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ophiocephalic 🐍Jul 22, 2024

@RD4Anarchy
A couple more:

An Investigation into Red-Brown Alliances: Third Positionism, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, and the Western Left
https://ravingsofaradicalvagabond.noblogs.org/post/2018/01/15/an-investigation-into-red-brown-alliances/

Internationalism, Anti-Imperialism, And the Origins of Campism
https://newpol.org/issue_post/internationalism-anti-imperialism-and-the-origins-of-campism/

How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/anti-imperialism-syria-progressive/

Ravings Of A Radical Vagabond » Blog Archive » An Investigation into Red-Brown Alliances: Third Positionism, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, and the Western Left

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RD Jul 22, 2024

@ophiocephalic Thanks!

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Scott Campbell Jul 22, 2024

@RD4Anarchy Sounds interesting and important! This site may be of interest: https://peoplenotstates.wordpress.com/

Solidarity with People, Not States.

Normalize calling out genocide denialism.

Solidarity with People, Not States.

@susurros Thanks!

@RD4Anarchy The anti-imperialism of idiots by Leila Al-Shami https://libcom.org/article/anti-imperialism-idiots-leila-al-

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RD Jul 23, 2024

@blackisthelight

Thanks!
fixed link:
https://libcom.org/article/anti-imperialism-idiots-leila-al-shami

The ‘anti-imperialism’ of idiots - Leila Al-Shami

Once more the western ‘anti-war’ movement has awoken to mobilise around Syria. This is the third time since 2011.

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燇空 jyun kong Jul 23, 2024

@RD4Anarchy I just wrote a fairly broad sweeping essay against campism (although my aim in the essay is to actually go beyond attacking just campism and try to get at the problem behind the problem for some of these people, which is vanguardist realism)

https://paper.wf/typhotic-iceberg/amam

Against Multipolarity and Militarism, For the Abolition of Power 反多極體系和軍國主義，為了治權的廢除

I keep seeing some people bring up an argument along the following lines: we should support certain states because they provide critical ...

typhotic iceberg 煙霧冰山

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Phlawless Jul 23, 2024

@RD4Anarchy Hi! Here's a live version of my article https://fightbackarchive.blog/2022/12/08/for-a-new-internationalism/

For a new internationalism

Existing forms of left internationalism are inadequate, we need a new form.

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Phlawless Jul 23, 2024

@RD4Anarchy And you should probably read this, if you haven't already https://buttondown.email/Fightback/archive/the-red-brown-zombie-plague-how-fascist-ideas-are/

The Red-Brown “zombie plague”: how fascist ideas are becoming popular on the Left – Part 1

Image by Rafaela Gaspar. This article by Daphne Lawless was originally published in May 2018. We reprint it now as part of a series of key perspective...

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RD Jul 23, 2024

@daphlawless

I will check it out, thanks!

Cool, thanks!

Antidote Zine Jul 23, 2024

@RD4Anarchy

We've got a decent archive of articles that deal with this phenomenon, some more directly or comprehensively than others: https://antidotezine.com/tag/propaganda-disinformation/

And here's one gem of a 2019 interview with Elia @ayoub on the Arab Tyrant Manual podcast that we especially like.

https://antidotezine.com/2019/12/12/earth-to-leftists/