This recent NLR review of one of Applebaum's books, which includes a bit of a political profile, might be of interest in this discussion:
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii126/articles/susan-watkins-the-fractured-right On Mon, 2 May 2022, 10:32 carl guderian, <ca...@vermilion-sands.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > You can count me among those who used to look askance at Applebaum. Back > in the Noughts, she was a regular and legitimate target of Sadly, No!, a > blog I used to frequent. She’d even received from Orban (I think) the same > far-right Hungarian honor also given to Trump hanger-on Sebastian Gorka, > the one that lets you add “v” to your last name. Her husband is Polish and > had been a cabinet minister in an earlier center-right government there. He > and they were swept out when Poland went further right and, maybe, seeing > where it was leading, she seems to have mellowed somewhat. From her > articles since then, she seems to have stopped moving to the right and > maybe even piulled back a bit, while the right races toward fascism. Or > maybe the world going crazier, she just seems relatively sane and more > liberal now. > > I still don’t entirely trust her, but she appears to be more of an ally > these days, and did warn about neofascism and Putin. Has she learned > anything since the last Cold War? We’ll see... > > Your mileage (kilometrage) may vary, and some settling may occur during > shipping. > > Carl > > > > On 1 mei 2022, at 22:21, Ted Byfield <tedbyfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Allan, WRT Russia/Ukraine one notable feature of the current US > political landscape is that a fair number of ostensible leftists are making > arguments that are remarkably similar to fascist trolls like Tucker > Carlson. I'm no fan of Applebaum's at all, so when I saw her name I was > skeptical; but as I read through her essay, nothing she said jumped out at > me as outrageously skewed. Since your comment didn't offer any specific > criticisms, could you be persuaded to do so? > > > > Cheers, > > Ted > > > > On 1 May 2022, at 15:00, allan siegel A Train wrote: > > > >> Hello Nettimers > >> I find it odd that Anne Applebaum's questionable commentary on the > events - and historical references - in Ukraine are uncritically posted > here. Anne Applebaum is a notorious right-wing ideologue of the > unquestionable neoliberal persuasion who has been lauded for her attacks on > left-leaning politics (to say the least). As the conflict in Ukraine > becomes increasingly enmeshed in the myopic politics of the cold-war and as > America descends into pre-civil rights post war policies it becomes > increasingly important to consider who is describing reality and from what > vantage point. Most people in the U.S. still believe that the atomic bomb > was used to save the lives of U.S. soldiers and to end WW II. A very > questionable assumption. Saber rattling by Biden and others indebted to > military contractors won't bring democracy to Ukraine or necessarily even > peace. > >> Best > >> Allan > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: > > > > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org > # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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