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RUSSIA , TURKEY, and JAPAN
not exactly lightweights in the racism department
(or am I just too mired in the early 20th century)
or
ARGENTINA and BRAZIL
well ok Brazil has a pic of some protester with a clown nose about quotas or something, nevermind a few hundred years of African slavery
this is just my synthesis, but most of the whole "anti-racist" far-left philosophy has less to with about opposing racism and more to do with a deep seated hatred for america. russia was for quite awhile the polar opposite of the US in almost every fashion. that's why many of the old left were gushing supporters of the regime or sympathizers of the various proxies inserted by the soviet union throughout the world.
most muslim countries are painted as victims of the united states and its allies, so they get a pass.
the real puzzler is south africa vs. australia. south africa was hit with international sanctions, but australia was the original apartheid state and south africa's apartheid government was inspired by australia.
australia never ended its apartheid policies until the late 1970s, and today the difference is felt. white australians live to be 80, natives live to be 50 - if they're lucky. i guess south africa fought a few wars during the cold era while australia was mostly passive i guess.
turkey gets a pass because it successfully positions itself as a bulwark of the united states and israel, even though the US has 3,000 troops in turkey and what - 50 nuclear silos?
notice how noam chomsky - the holy cult leader of new left philosophy - has a raging boner for turkey yet totally opposes israel's existence? turkey's colonization of cyprus, turkey's invasion of iraq, turkey's war with the kurds, etc...doesn't matter.
i'm surprised israel only has a few mentions in the article. it is not surprising its mention is not supported by sources:
none of the three refs even mention israel/australia
link.
whatever you read in the article i wouldnt take it too seriously. im sure half of its original research/opinion of editors.
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