Solidarity, Not Sides: A Practical Look at Ukraine and Geopolitics
Channel: Echo the Cosmonaut
Date: 2022-03-12

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the media and online discourse around it, it's easy to get caught up in taking sides with one country or another.

I'm here to make the argument that taking the "side" of any major power is counter-productive, because war isn't a team sport, and everyday people suffering the consequences of it need aid and solidarity, not cheerleaders.

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00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Ukraine and Russia
05:47 - The Leading Narratives
11:01 - International Solidarity
16:58 - How Can We Help?

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DONATE TO UKRAINIANS IN NEED:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Q2K9RMBVVJMN4
https://operation-solidarity.org/how-to-help/

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FIND ME ON TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/CosmonautEcho

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CHECK OUT THESE OTHER VIDEOS BY AMAZING PEOPLE:

"Explaining Russia's Refusal To Let Ukraine Go" - LonerBox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6cWSOlPUo

"The Russia/Ukraine Conflict : What Is Putin Thinking?" - Second Thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZv0-0cx96g

"Let's talk about a teachable moment about race from Ukraine...." - Beau of the Fifth Column
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD3XEatgJiw

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RESOURCES:

“Manufacturing Consent” - Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman
https://chomsky.info/consent01/

https://libcom.org/news/if-you-want-peace-prepare-war-russia-ukraine-nato-eu-25022022-0

https://libcom.org/blog/ukraine-neither-nato-nor-putin-no-war-class-war-26022022

https://crimethinc.com/2022/02/22/against-annexations-and-imperial-aggression-a-statement-from-russian-anarchists-against-russian-aggression-in-ukraine

https://crimethinc.com/2022/03/05/the-view-from-ukraine-the-view-from-russia-an-exile-from-donbas-and-a-protester-in-russia-tell-their-stories

https://newrepublic.com/article/165603/carlson-russia-ukraine-imperialism-nato

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/a-letter-to-the-western-left-from-kyiv/

https://leilashami.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/the-anti-imperialism-of-idiots/

https://qz.com/1716173/is-it-zelensky-or-zelenskyy/

https://www.businessinsider.com/african-students-ukrainians-first-policy-preventing-them-leaving-war-zone-2022-2

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/more-than-64-people-detained-anti-war-protests-russia-protest-monitor-2022-03-06/

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/04/1084627201/one-russian-anti-war-protester-on-why-shes-risking-arrest-to-speak-out