cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 8 days agoRussia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prisonwww.idcommunism.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-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 · 8 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squareKrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·8 days agoProbably. However, this jailing is still bad news
minus-squarerainpizza@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up26·8 days 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.
minus-squareRevolutionsPerMinute@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 days 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.