I don’t know if it this is the best way to start a new newsletter but I wanted to jump on a controversy between two writers I follow, Noah Smith and Freddie deBoer. This is about Ukraine. I spent 2 years and half there, from 2012 to 2014 (my wife is originally Ukrainian). I’ve written about the 2014 events (
Is it not simply the last hopes of the extreme left for the recovery of Marxism in Europe are with Russia. So everything that weakens Russia including military support of Ukraine must be opposed. Anecdotal but a person from the far left in the Uk was asked in a TV interview if he agreed the bringing down of the wall was a good thing. He couldn't bring himself to give an answer. He just sat silent in front of the camera.
Is it not simply the last hopes of the extreme left for the recovery of Marxism in Europe are with Russia. So everything that weakens Russia including military support of Ukraine must be opposed. Anecdotal but a person from the far left in the Uk was asked in a TV interview if he agreed the bringing down of the wall was a good thing. He couldn't bring himself to give an answer. He just sat silent in front of the camera.