There were many on the Left in the West who lamented the collapse of the Soviet
Union as much as Vladimir Putin. They saw the USSR as the main restraint on
U.S. imperialism; helping to arm and support hostile Third World regimes and
creating a zone of “peace” outside the reach of capitalism. The leftist view of
the world did not change just because the Soviet empire disintegrated. Its
motivation is still “anti-imperialist” and it has embraced every movement that
has declared itself the enemy of Western civilization. The Ukrainian crisis has
sparked a revival of the left-wing love affair with Moscow. What amounts to a
renewal of vows in the ideological marriage of the Cold War is evident in how
events are presented, with Russia again embraced for standing up to the United
States and the European Union……To Read More….
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