Rgr Historian
@rgrhistorian.bsky.social
Airborne Ranger (2001-6), 2 combat tours
PhD History: LatAm, decolonization & Cold War
Independent, #NAFO, pro-working class, 🚫 identity politics
My book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/juan-per%C3%B3ns-antiimperialist-geopolitics-9781350460942/
PhD History: LatAm, decolonization & Cold War
Independent, #NAFO, pro-working class, 🚫 identity politics
My book: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/juan-per%C3%B3ns-antiimperialist-geopolitics-9781350460942/
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Rgr Historian
@rgrhistorian.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Russia is fascist according to historic examples.
1) "charismatic leader" promises to revive past glories
2) military-oligarchy alliance
3) criminal leaders
4) ethnonationalism
5) glorification of violence
6) land-grab foreign policy
7) no dissenting opinions, anti-democratic
8) 24h state propaganda
1) "charismatic leader" promises to revive past glories
2) military-oligarchy alliance
3) criminal leaders
4) ethnonationalism
5) glorification of violence
6) land-grab foreign policy
7) no dissenting opinions, anti-democratic
8) 24h state propaganda
Leaving Bsky
Why? B-sky "labels" are 1 reason
&, I see many so deeply lost in jingoistic American bashing that they even post Chinese propaganda (China funds Russia) to laugh at our working class
Incl NAFO & other Americans
I came to support Ukraine & always will
Slava Ukraini
Ciao
Why? B-sky "labels" are 1 reason
&, I see many so deeply lost in jingoistic American bashing that they even post Chinese propaganda (China funds Russia) to laugh at our working class
Incl NAFO & other Americans
I came to support Ukraine & always will
Slava Ukraini
Ciao
April 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Leaving Bsky
Why? B-sky "labels" are 1 reason
&, I see many so deeply lost in jingoistic American bashing that they even post Chinese propaganda (China funds Russia) to laugh at our working class
Incl NAFO & other Americans
I came to support Ukraine & always will
Slava Ukraini
Ciao
Why? B-sky "labels" are 1 reason
&, I see many so deeply lost in jingoistic American bashing that they even post Chinese propaganda (China funds Russia) to laugh at our working class
Incl NAFO & other Americans
I came to support Ukraine & always will
Slava Ukraini
Ciao
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Due to sanctions, these planes have not been getting required services. Services. They are death traps, crashes waiting to happen.
If Trump had any decency, he would say no way until they agree to a complete ceasefire.
If Trump had any decency, he would say no way until they agree to a complete ceasefire.
⚡️ Russia asks US to lift sanctions on its largest airline.
Aeroflot has been banned from U.S. and EU airspace and cut off from critical aviation supplies since 2022.
Aeroflot has been banned from U.S. and EU airspace and cut off from critical aviation supplies since 2022.
Russia asks US to lift sanctions on its largest airline
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov linked the potential resumption of direct air service between the U.S. and Russia to Washington's decision on Aeroflot.
kyivindependent.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Due to sanctions, these planes have not been getting required services. Services. They are death traps, crashes waiting to happen.
If Trump had any decency, he would say no way until they agree to a complete ceasefire.
If Trump had any decency, he would say no way until they agree to a complete ceasefire.
China is China's friend. Beijing smiles when it wants something & is a genocidal regime funding Russia's war.
As bad as Trump is, China is not our friend. Their support for Russia's military and economy has kept them from losing to Ukraine.
🇨🇳 #China warned parties in the #Ukraine war on Thursday against making "irresponsible remarks" after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Beijing knows its citizens are being recruited by #Russia to fight in the war 🇷🇺 🇺🇦
www.barrons.com/news/beijing...
www.barrons.com/news/beijing...
April 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
China is China's friend. Beijing smiles when it wants something & is a genocidal regime funding Russia's war.
As it is impossible for Ukraine to hit all the Russian "archers," they must also strike the Russian "arrows" & need our help.
Air defense saves civilian lives & infrastructure.
Talk to your elected representatives to help them more, wherever you live!
Air defense saves civilian lives & infrastructure.
Talk to your elected representatives to help them more, wherever you live!
It was about this time last year that NATO countries promised significant air defenses for Ukraine.
They are still waiting for some of those promises to be fulfilled
They are still waiting for some of those promises to be fulfilled
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Today, a new Ramstein meeting is taking place in Brussels. Our priority is air defense, and it is very important that our partners hear us.
Ukrainians know how to be precise. We have already learned to shoot down a significant amount of Russia’s weapons of terror.
Ukrainians know how to be precise. We have already learned to shoot down a significant amount of Russia’s weapons of terror.
April 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
As it is impossible for Ukraine to hit all the Russian "archers," they must also strike the Russian "arrows" & need our help.
Air defense saves civilian lives & infrastructure.
Talk to your elected representatives to help them more, wherever you live!
Air defense saves civilian lives & infrastructure.
Talk to your elected representatives to help them more, wherever you live!
Reposted by Rgr Historian
April 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ukraine still in Kursk & Belgorod Oblasts
These incursions rely on secure supply lines from Ukraine proper
These incursions are an outsized embarrassment to Putin & force his fascist invaders to destroy Russian lands while also demonstrating how inefficient the Russian military is
Slava Ukraini
These incursions rely on secure supply lines from Ukraine proper
These incursions are an outsized embarrassment to Putin & force his fascist invaders to destroy Russian lands while also demonstrating how inefficient the Russian military is
Slava Ukraini
April 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ukraine still in Kursk & Belgorod Oblasts
These incursions rely on secure supply lines from Ukraine proper
These incursions are an outsized embarrassment to Putin & force his fascist invaders to destroy Russian lands while also demonstrating how inefficient the Russian military is
Slava Ukraini
These incursions rely on secure supply lines from Ukraine proper
These incursions are an outsized embarrassment to Putin & force his fascist invaders to destroy Russian lands while also demonstrating how inefficient the Russian military is
Slava Ukraini
Russia was supposed to have taken Pokrovsk months ago...
Yet, Ukraine not only stopped that advance, but has been regaining land recently (blue areas)...
Slava Ukraini & down with the fascist invaders
Source: ISW
Yet, Ukraine not only stopped that advance, but has been regaining land recently (blue areas)...
Slava Ukraini & down with the fascist invaders
Source: ISW
April 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Russia was supposed to have taken Pokrovsk months ago...
Yet, Ukraine not only stopped that advance, but has been regaining land recently (blue areas)...
Slava Ukraini & down with the fascist invaders
Source: ISW
Yet, Ukraine not only stopped that advance, but has been regaining land recently (blue areas)...
Slava Ukraini & down with the fascist invaders
Source: ISW
Who doesn't need some smiles...
April 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Who doesn't need some smiles...
An open invitation to prove a historian wrong, which we accept begrudgingly.
Western (and other) consumers don't NEED any products from China. Nothing. Part production etc can be moved elsewhere.
I ask you all because perhaps someone of the many can point out what we do need from Chinese factories
Western (and other) consumers don't NEED any products from China. Nothing. Part production etc can be moved elsewhere.
I ask you all because perhaps someone of the many can point out what we do need from Chinese factories
April 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
An open invitation to prove a historian wrong, which we accept begrudgingly.
Western (and other) consumers don't NEED any products from China. Nothing. Part production etc can be moved elsewhere.
I ask you all because perhaps someone of the many can point out what we do need from Chinese factories
Western (and other) consumers don't NEED any products from China. Nothing. Part production etc can be moved elsewhere.
I ask you all because perhaps someone of the many can point out what we do need from Chinese factories
Reposted by Rgr Historian
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Love to see all these justice-seeking people singing China's praises & looking to Beijing as if it isn't a genocidal dictatorship that will plot & connive to devour all your national industrial sectors... All why helping ruSSia's war on Ukraine.
Way to show T he is wrong... Really showing him
Way to show T he is wrong... Really showing him
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Love to see all these justice-seeking people singing China's praises & looking to Beijing as if it isn't a genocidal dictatorship that will plot & connive to devour all your national industrial sectors... All why helping ruSSia's war on Ukraine.
Way to show T he is wrong... Really showing him
Way to show T he is wrong... Really showing him
Just a suspicion
T saw China retaliating massively & trying to lead a global group against USA
Tariffs w China now over 100%, while other countries can negotiate
China gets $500B annually exporting to USA
China cannot direct that $500B to other countries
T purposely sunk China's economy???
T saw China retaliating massively & trying to lead a global group against USA
Tariffs w China now over 100%, while other countries can negotiate
China gets $500B annually exporting to USA
China cannot direct that $500B to other countries
T purposely sunk China's economy???
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just a suspicion
T saw China retaliating massively & trying to lead a global group against USA
Tariffs w China now over 100%, while other countries can negotiate
China gets $500B annually exporting to USA
China cannot direct that $500B to other countries
T purposely sunk China's economy???
T saw China retaliating massively & trying to lead a global group against USA
Tariffs w China now over 100%, while other countries can negotiate
China gets $500B annually exporting to USA
China cannot direct that $500B to other countries
T purposely sunk China's economy???
By severing trade with China, T is also severing China's reluctance to engage in warfare with the USA over Taiwan.
Economic interdependence, via massive mutual trade, was always intended to make war between trade partners too expensive
Economic interdependence, via massive mutual trade, was always intended to make war between trade partners too expensive
April 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
By severing trade with China, T is also severing China's reluctance to engage in warfare with the USA over Taiwan.
Economic interdependence, via massive mutual trade, was always intended to make war between trade partners too expensive
Economic interdependence, via massive mutual trade, was always intended to make war between trade partners too expensive
And Senator Schatz doesn't seem to accept corporate donations! Good work, Hawaii
www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c...
www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c...
April 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
And Senator Schatz doesn't seem to accept corporate donations! Good work, Hawaii
www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c...
www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c...
Harris saying "I told you so" after she lost is a perfect example of how this OUT OF TOUCH elitist was a terrible candidate.
* H lied to Americans for months & months about Biden's condition
* H won 0 delegates in the 2020 presidential primary
* H told potential supporters to "get in line"
* Etc
* H lied to Americans for months & months about Biden's condition
* H won 0 delegates in the 2020 presidential primary
* H told potential supporters to "get in line"
* Etc
April 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Harris saying "I told you so" after she lost is a perfect example of how this OUT OF TOUCH elitist was a terrible candidate.
* H lied to Americans for months & months about Biden's condition
* H won 0 delegates in the 2020 presidential primary
* H told potential supporters to "get in line"
* Etc
* H lied to Americans for months & months about Biden's condition
* H won 0 delegates in the 2020 presidential primary
* H told potential supporters to "get in line"
* Etc
Amid all the problems, this video helped improve my mood today. It is of fascist forces being liquidated faster than you can say 401k.
youtu.be/Ay3ocAvZeQ8?...
youtu.be/Ay3ocAvZeQ8?...
Russia’s Biggest Attack Ends in Total Failure. Hundreds of Russian Tanks Erased in One Brutal Strike
YouTube video by UNITED24
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Amid all the problems, this video helped improve my mood today. It is of fascist forces being liquidated faster than you can say 401k.
youtu.be/Ay3ocAvZeQ8?...
youtu.be/Ay3ocAvZeQ8?...
It would help the typical American consumer understand they pay the tariffs if the media would say:
T put tariffs on any and all products that you buy from these nations
Instead of:
T put tariffs on these nations
T put tariffs on any and all products that you buy from these nations
Instead of:
T put tariffs on these nations
April 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It would help the typical American consumer understand they pay the tariffs if the media would say:
T put tariffs on any and all products that you buy from these nations
Instead of:
T put tariffs on these nations
T put tariffs on any and all products that you buy from these nations
Instead of:
T put tariffs on these nations
Large-scale issue vs small-scale issue
I know which one I, & most Americans, think pertains on more people
I hope Democrats favor of populist economics, unless we want MAGA to win by favoring small
P.S. I'm not saying abandon any minority group, but explore refocusing political PRIORITIES
I know which one I, & most Americans, think pertains on more people
I hope Democrats favor of populist economics, unless we want MAGA to win by favoring small
P.S. I'm not saying abandon any minority group, but explore refocusing political PRIORITIES
April 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Large-scale issue vs small-scale issue
I know which one I, & most Americans, think pertains on more people
I hope Democrats favor of populist economics, unless we want MAGA to win by favoring small
P.S. I'm not saying abandon any minority group, but explore refocusing political PRIORITIES
I know which one I, & most Americans, think pertains on more people
I hope Democrats favor of populist economics, unless we want MAGA to win by favoring small
P.S. I'm not saying abandon any minority group, but explore refocusing political PRIORITIES
@aoc.bsky.social you may want to consider unfollowing accounts that use such language if you have aspirations for a large role in national politics.
April 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@aoc.bsky.social you may want to consider unfollowing accounts that use such language if you have aspirations for a large role in national politics.
Politicians cannot serve corporations & the people
Bernie has shown us the way & we know it is true
Either the DNC bans corporate donations (extremely unlikely) or WE need to, as a COLLECTIVE of AMERICAN VOTERS, disavow ALL candidates who accept corporate donations.
Do not vote for them
Bernie has shown us the way & we know it is true
Either the DNC bans corporate donations (extremely unlikely) or WE need to, as a COLLECTIVE of AMERICAN VOTERS, disavow ALL candidates who accept corporate donations.
Do not vote for them
Last night, every Senate Democrat voted for my amendment calling for a $17 an hour federal minimum wage while every Republican but 1 opposed it. The movement to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is growing.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
In 2025, a job must lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
April 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Politicians cannot serve corporations & the people
Bernie has shown us the way & we know it is true
Either the DNC bans corporate donations (extremely unlikely) or WE need to, as a COLLECTIVE of AMERICAN VOTERS, disavow ALL candidates who accept corporate donations.
Do not vote for them
Bernie has shown us the way & we know it is true
Either the DNC bans corporate donations (extremely unlikely) or WE need to, as a COLLECTIVE of AMERICAN VOTERS, disavow ALL candidates who accept corporate donations.
Do not vote for them
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Congressional Republicans have the power to put an immediate stop to this tariff madness.
That they won't means they care more about Trump than the American people.
FACT.
That they won't means they care more about Trump than the American people.
FACT.
April 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Congressional Republicans have the power to put an immediate stop to this tariff madness.
That they won't means they care more about Trump than the American people.
FACT.
That they won't means they care more about Trump than the American people.
FACT.