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Stop calling warmongers “anti-war activists”
An open letter to the Stop the War coalition
Dear friends,
This is to ask you to think about your organisation’s alliance with
Boris Kagarlitsky, the Russian political commentator who supports war in
Ukraine.
In a statement of 19 October, the Stop the War Coalition (STW) described
Kagarlitsky as an “anti-war activist” and a “leader and organiser” of
anti-government protests. The statement, responding to an inaccurate
article in the Sunday Times, acknowledged that organisations Kagarlitsky
works for are funded by the Kremlin, and claimed that this amounted to
only “one grant for research”.
The statement is wrong. It is full of untruths, half-truths and
obfuscations. In reality, (1) Kagarlitsky is not an “anti-war activist”,
but a supporter of war in eastern Ukraine. (2) Kagarlitsky has been
involved in anti-government protests, but since 2014 has become a
collaborator with leading ultra-nationalists and fascists, and is
reviled by Russian and Ukrainian anti-war activists for that reason. (3)
Kagarlitsky has accepted funds from the Kremlin via various channels
since at least 2009, and probably since 2005 – not “one grant for
research”, but many grants.
I write as a lifelong participant in the labour movement and, for the
last 25 years, a researcher of Russian and Ukrainian history, politics
and economy. I have no interest in supporting the Sunday Times and its
witch-hunts against Jeremy Corbyn. But witch-hunts have to be fought
with the truth, and your organisation is not telling the truth. Here are
some details on the three points mentioned.
full:
https://piraniarchive.wordpress.com/home/investigations-campaigns-and-other-stuff/stop-calling-warmongers-anti-war-activists/
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