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** The left flank of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) consists of various leftist groups with multiple ideological disagreements ranging from libertarian socialists to orthodox Marxists to outright Marxist-Leninists. However they are all united against the moderate and social democratic wing of the DSA and criticize its supposed unwillingness to hold left-leaning progressives, some of which are in the DSA, to account, as well as the suppression of its pro-Palestine chapters for being critical of representative Jamaal Bowman's voting record regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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** The left flank of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) consists of various leftist groups with multiple ideological disagreements ranging from libertarian socialists to orthodox Marxists to outright Marxist-Leninists. However they are all united against the moderate and social democratic wing of the DSA and criticize its supposed unwillingness to hold left-leaning progressives, some of which are in the DSA, to account, as well as the suppression of its pro-Palestine chapters for being critical of representative Jamaal Bowman's voting record regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[[labelnote:Postscript]]Ultimately, the 2023 convention would result in significant gains for the left flank of the DSA, and many moderate leftist and social democratic members of the DSA(including Jamaal Bowman himself) would start to distance themselves following the escalation of the Israeli-Palestine conflict on October 7th, 2023 due to a sizable chunk of DSA members both viewing the escalation of the conflict to be solely Israel's responsibility and advocating for a total ceasefire even if it allows Hamas to remain in power in the Gaza strip.[[/labelnote]]
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** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group(primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents) that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas would supposedly oppose a secular constitution that providing rights to all faiths in the region. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about the proportionality of Israel's response.
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** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group(primarily group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents) currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas would supposedly oppose a secular constitution that providing rights to all faiths in the region. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about the proportionality of Israel's response.
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** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group(primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents) that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas would supposedly oppose a secular constitution that providing rights to all faiths in the region. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about the proportionality of Israel's response.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, not going far enough in taking a pro-Russian stance during the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=](and by extension other anti-Patsoc Marxist-Leninists) for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, having a toxic organizing culture, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations protests and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, not going far enough in taking a pro-Russian stance during the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist conservative and far-right circles make the far-right American right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=](and by extension other anti-Patsoc Marxist-Leninists) for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Conversely, the one far-left group that dosen't view American [=PatSocs=] in a negative light is the Black Nationalist Uhuru Movement/African People's Socialist Party. Despite the [=APSP=] viewing American history through the lens of settler colonialism(a stance that [=PatSocs=] claim to have been entirely manufactured by the Democratic Party and the CIA to supposedly manipulate the left into counterproductive anti-nationalist rhetoric), [=PatSocs=] find common ground with the Uhuru movement due to the latter's open support for Russia and willingness to back more right-wing movements that also support Russia in contrast to other Marxist-Leninist organizations opposed to US involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war. A common allegation shared by both [=PatSocs=] and the [=APSP=] was that the rest of the American Marxist-Leninist left are deliberately obfuscating awareness of efforts by the American government to shut down the Uhuru movement seemingly on the basis of their pro-Russian outlook.
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** Many leftists and social liberals support Palestine despite the fact that Palestine is very much socially conservative, especially in comparison to Israel. This especially applies for LGBT activists who support Palestine despite the fact that they're much less accepting of LGBT rights than Israel. However, this is justified to an extent since there are many innocent Palestinian victims caught in the crossfire.
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** Many leftists and social liberals progressives support Palestine despite the fact that Palestine is very much socially conservative, especially in comparison to Israel. This especially applies for LGBT activists who support Palestine despite the fact that they're much less accepting of LGBT rights than Israel. However, this is justified to an extent since there are many innocent Palestinian victims caught in the crossfire.
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* The fragmented nature of the American far left, arguably an extension of the prevelence of infighting between leftist tendencies in general, leads to various organizations and tendencies opposed to each other often having shared enemies in other leftist tendencies:
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** Conversely, the one far-left group that dosen't view American [=PatSocs=] in a negative light is the Black Nationalist Uhuru Movement/African People's Socialist Party. Despite the [=APSP=] viewing American history through the lens of settler colonialism(a stance that [=PatSocs=] claim to have been entirely manufactured by the Democratic Party and the CIA to supposedly manipulate the left into counterproductive anti-nationalist rhetoric), [=PatSocs=] find common ground with the Uhuru movement due to the latter's open support for Russia and willingness to back more right-wing movements that also support Russia in contrast to other Marxist-Leninist organizations opposed to US involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war. A common allegation shared by both [=PatSocs=] and the [=APSP=] was that the rest of the American Marxist-Leninist left are deliberately obfuscating awareness of efforts by the American government to shut down the Uhuru movement seemingly on the basis of their pro-Russian outlook.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=] for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, not going far enough in taking a pro-Russian stance during the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist isolationist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=] [=PSL=](and by extension other anti-Patsoc Marxist-Leninists) for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** In addition to the CPUSA, another far-left party that gets the ire of the vast majority of the American Left is the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party, whom run the World Socialist Web Site. On top of Trotskyists being treated as a punching bag for the rest of the left due to the opposition to Trotskyism by both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, the tendency of Trots to split into multiple infighting factions, perception that Trots only sell newspapers and do nothing else, and alleged links between some Trotskyists(albeit ones coming from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_camp Schatmanite]] tendency over the orthodox Trotskyist tendency that the SEP hails from) with the Neoconservative movement, the SEP gets extra flak from the entirety of the left for reactionary social positions, anti-union worldviews, and their tendency to defend celebrities outed as sexual abusers and outright pedophiles.
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** In addition to the CPUSA, another far-left party that gets the ire of the vast majority of the American Left is the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party, whom run the World Socialist Web Site. On top of Trotskyists being treated as a punching bag for the rest of the left due to the opposition to Trotskyism by both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, the tendency of Trots to split into multiple infighting factions, perception that Trots only sell newspapers and do nothing else, and alleged links between some Trotskyists(albeit ones coming from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_camp Schatmanite]] tendency over the orthodox Trotskyist tendency that the SEP hails from) with the Neoconservative movement, the SEP gets extra flak from the entirety of the left for reactionary social positions, anti-union worldviews, stances, and their tendency to defend celebrities outed as sexual abusers and outright pedophiles.
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** In addition to the CPUSA, another far-left party that gets the ire of the vast majority of the American Left is the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party, whom run the World Socialist Web Site. On top of Trotskyists being treated as a punching bag for the rest of the left due to the opposition to Trotskyism by both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, the tendency of Trots to split into multiple infighting factions, perception that Trots only sell newspapers and do nothing else, and alleged links between some Trotskyists(albeit ones coming from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_camp Schatmanite]] tendency over the orthodox Trotskyist tendency that the SEP hails from) with the Neoconservative movement, the SEP gets extra flak from the entirety of the left for reactionary social positions, anti-union worldviews, and their tendency to defend celebrities outed as sexual abusers and outright pedophiles.
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* Progressive International, a left-wing international organization that purports to unify socialists in a united front, brings together both democratic socialists and Marxist-Leninists. The democratic socialist side is represented by figures like Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis and Cornel West. The tankie side is represented by figures like Vijay Prashad, Pawel Wargan, and the entire Qiao Collective (along with many other figures of the Chinese new left with either neutral or positive opinions of the CCP). This international alliance has been criticized extensively by anti-authoritarian leftists and Eastern European leftists as leading to the adaptation of excessive anti-Americanism over genuine internationalism by democratic socialists due to Marxist-Leninist influence. This culminated in Polish and Ukrainian left parties affiliated with Progressive International to cut ties with it due to its refusal to fully condemn Russia on the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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* Progressive International, a left-wing international organization that purports to unify socialists in a united front, brings together both democratic socialists and Marxist-Leninists. The democratic socialist side is represented by figures like Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis and Varoufakis, Cornel West.West, and the Democratic Socialists of America[[note]]who themselves have of Marxist-Leninists in their ranks coalescing around its' International Committee and its' San Francisco Chapter[[/note]]. The tankie side is represented by figures like Vijay Prashad, Pawel Wargan, and the entire Qiao Collective (along with many other figures of the Chinese new left with either neutral or positive opinions of the CCP). This international alliance has been criticized extensively by anti-authoritarian leftists and Eastern European leftists as leading to the adaptation of excessive anti-Americanism over genuine internationalism by democratic socialists due to Marxist-Leninist influence. This influence, which culminated in Polish and Ukrainian left parties affiliated with Progressive International to cut cutting ties with it due to its refusal to fully condemn Russia on the onset of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
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* Following the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, both [[https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/white-supremacist-leaders-applaud-hamas-and-violence-against-israelis white supremacist Neo-Nazi groups]] and [[https://twitter.com/dblcapcrimpin/status/1712173951143571611 a BLM chapter]] endorsed the attack.
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** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden to social democrats like AOC and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its UsefulNotes/{{Soviet|Russia Ukraine And So On}} past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an populaces (since most Eastern European countries dread a return of Soviet-like/Russian domination), and certain white nationalist and/or far-right elements both inside and outside Ukraine.
** The side supporting Russia however is a crazy hodgepodge of different groups. The most notable part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-"Multipolarity" Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against "American Imperialism", support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish. In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}, and Western foreign policy in general, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}ns, UsefulNotes/{{Palestin|e}}ians, and UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}is) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government UsefulNotes/{{Iran}}ians and UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}is with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
** The side supporting Russia however is a crazy hodgepodge of different groups. The most notable part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-"Multipolarity" Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against "American Imperialism", support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish. In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}, and Western foreign policy in general, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}ns, UsefulNotes/{{Palestin|e}}ians, and UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}is) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government UsefulNotes/{{Iran}}ians and UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}is with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
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** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden to social democrats like AOC and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its UsefulNotes/{{Soviet|Russia Ukraine And So On}} past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an populaces (since most Eastern European countries dread a return of Soviet-like/Russian domination), and certain white nationalist Neo-Nazi and/or far-right elements both inside and outside Ukraine.Ukraine, who support Ukraine because of the vocal presence of Neo-Nazis within the country and endorsement of Nazi collaborators like Stepan Bandera.
** The side supporting Russia (or at the very least, calling for de-escalation and peace talks instead of continued funding) however is a crazy hodgepodge of differentgroups. groups, including anti-war progressives and libertarians, far-left socialists and non-interventionist/isolationist conservatives. The most notable bizarre part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-"Multipolarity" Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against "American Imperialism", support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie narrative about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish.UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish (though that hasn't stopped plenty of Neo-Nazis from supporting the country). In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}, and Western foreign policy in general, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}ns, UsefulNotes/{{Palestin|e}}ians, and UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}is) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government UsefulNotes/{{Iran}}ians and UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}is with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
** The side supporting Russia (or at the very least, calling for de-escalation and peace talks instead of continued funding) however is a crazy hodgepodge of different
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war rally (very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally) brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and UsefulNotes/{{China}} and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russia stance.
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** One of the groups that has been significantly bolstered by support of Ukraine from the West in the conflict is the infamous [[https://time.com/5926750/azov-far-right-movement-facebook/ Azov Brigade (formerly Battalion and then Regiment)]], a Neo-Nazi militia that has inspired and endorsed terrorist attacks in western countries like the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand, of which Azov also played a role in radicalizing the shooter and spreading his manifesto across the Internet.
* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war rally(very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally) brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist Class-focused leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right anti-war libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, liberals and progressives and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. rally, labeling it "far-right." On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position presence of the far-right elements in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and UsefulNotes/{{China}} and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russia stance.
* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war rally
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* The 2014 Ukrainian crisis is chock-full of this. Before Yanukovich stepped down, Euromaidan protesters ranged from pro-Western liberals & human rights activists to far-right ultranationalists not averse to [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi symbolism]] and forming "national guard" battalions. Opposing them were pro-Russian insurgents consisting of [[FormerRegimePersonnel Ukrainian army/police deserters]], Communists, Tsarist nationalists, pro-Russian far-rightists, Cossacks, and even Western and (non-radical) Muslim volunteers, among others.
** Speaking of Ukraine, the ongoing war (as of 2020) with Russian Separatists has united usually-hateful rival football clubs in nationalist fervor. They now often join together in the streets to chant ''"Putin khuylo!"'' ("Putin is a dickhead!")
* After the major escalation of this war in 2022, global politics and alliances supporting both sides have reached some pretty confusing and complicated depths.
** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like Biden to social democrats like AOC and Bernie Sanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its Soviet past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern European populaces, and certain white nationalist and/or far-right elements both inside and outside Ukraine.
** The side supporting Russia however is a crazy hodgepodge of different groups. The most notable part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-Multipolarity Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against American Imperialism, support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being Jewish. In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, NATO, and Western foreign policy, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including Syrians, Palestinians, and Iraqis) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government Iranians and Israelis with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
** Though not explicitly on Russia's side, some pacifists along with hardline Western democratic socialists like Jeremy Corbyn, Mick Wallace, Claire Daly, Alex Tyrell, Yanis Varoufakis, Noam Chomsky, Music/RogerWaters, and the far-left wing of the Democratic Socialists of America have opposed Ukraine for defending themselves and prolonging the war, instead of just capitulating, as they view a Ukrainian victory to be unlikely and a folly which will just get people killed unnecessarily and possibly bring about the end of the world if the conflict escalates to NATO nations. They also perceive the Western world's foreign policy towards Ukraine to be extremely hypocritical. They blame the West for creating the conflict by "provoking" Russia with NATO's expansion into Russia's neighbors. To complicate things, former Secretary of State UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger supports their views, as do various political theorists of the "Realism" theory of international relations such as John Mearsheimer.
* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and China and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russia stance.
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* The 2014 Ukrainian crisis is chock-full of this. Before Yanukovich stepped down, Euromaidan protesters ranged from pro-Western liberals & human rights activists to far-right ultranationalists not averse to [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi symbolism]] and forming "national guard" battalions. Opposing them were pro-Russian insurgents consisting of [[FormerRegimePersonnel Ukrainian army/police deserters]], Communists, Tsarist nationalists, pro-Russian far-rightists, Cossacks, and even Western and (non-radical) Muslim volunteers, among others.
** Speaking of Ukraine, the ongoing war (as of 2020) with Russian Separatists has united usually-hateful rival football clubs in nationalist fervor. They now often join together in the streets to chant ''"Putin khuylo!"'' ("Putin is a dickhead!")
* After the major escalation of this war in 2022, global politics and alliances supporting both sides have reached some pretty confusing and complicated depths.
** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like Biden to social democrats like AOC and Bernie Sanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its Soviet past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern European populaces, and certain white nationalist and/or far-right elements both inside and outside Ukraine.
** The side supporting Russia however is a crazy hodgepodge of different groups. The most notable part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-Multipolarity Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against American Imperialism, support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being Jewish. In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, NATO, and Western foreign policy, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including Syrians, Palestinians, and Iraqis) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government Iranians and Israelis with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
** Though not explicitly on Russia's side, some pacifists along with hardline Western democratic socialists like Jeremy Corbyn, Mick Wallace, Claire Daly, Alex Tyrell, Yanis Varoufakis, Noam Chomsky, Music/RogerWaters, and the far-left wing of the Democratic Socialists of America have opposed Ukraine for defending themselves and prolonging the war, instead of just capitulating, as they view a Ukrainian victory to be unlikely and a folly which will just get people killed unnecessarily and possibly bring about the end of the world if the conflict escalates to NATO nations. They also perceive the Western world's foreign policy towards Ukraine to be extremely hypocritical. They blame the West for creating the conflict by "provoking" Russia with NATO's expansion into Russia's neighbors. To complicate things, former Secretary of State UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger supports their views, as do various political theorists of the "Realism" theory of international relations such as John Mearsheimer.
* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and China and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russia stance.
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* The 2014 UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian crisis is chock-full of this. Before Viktor Yanukovich stepped down, Euromaidan protesters against UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}'s meddling in the country ranged from pro-Western liberals & human rights activists to far-right ultranationalists not averse to [[PuttingOnTheReich Nazi symbolism]] and forming "national guard" battalions. Opposing them were pro-Russian insurgents consisting of [[FormerRegimePersonnel Ukrainian army/police deserters]], Communists, Tsarist nationalists, pro-Russian far-rightists (some not averse to Nazi symbolism either), UsefulNotes/{{Cossacks}}, and even Western and (non-radical) Muslim volunteers, among others.
** Speaking of Ukraine, the war with Russian Separatists has united usually-hateful rival football clubs in nationalist fervor. They now often join together in the streets to chant ''"[[UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin Putin]] khuylo!"'' ("Putin is a dickhead!")
* After the major escalation of this war into a mass scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, global politics and alliances supporting both sides have reached some pretty confusing and complicated depths.
** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like President UsefulNotes/JoeBiden to social democrats like AOC and UsefulNotes/BernieSanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its UsefulNotes/{{Soviet|Russia Ukraine And So On}} past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an populaces (since most Eastern European countries dread a return of Soviet-like/Russian domination), and certain white nationalist and/or far-right elements both inside and outside Ukraine.
** The side supporting Russia however is a crazy hodgepodge of different groups. The most notable part of this side however is that significant elements of far-left communists and far-right fascists have united under the banner of Russia. Communists, more specifically pro-"Multipolarity" Stalinists and [[CommieNazis "Patriotic" Socialists/National Bolsheviks]], have supported Russia because they either perceive Russia to be a bulwark against "American Imperialism", support the line of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on the war, legitimately believe Russia to be working towards restoring the Soviet Union, or support the Russian lie about "de-Nazifying" Ukraine, highlighting the presence of the aforementioned white nationalists in the country. On the flip side, the far-right has supported Russia because they view it as an ally to the global right (which they're not necessarily wrong about, when Putin's relationships with various right-wing politicians are considered) or due to anti-Semitism over Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky being UsefulNotes/{{J|udaism}}ewish. In addition to the above, another group supporting Russia are those who dislike the American military, UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}, and Western foreign policy in general, viewing them as hypocritical, given their own violent actions in the past. Many of these also feel that other groups being persecuted around the world (including UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}ns, UsefulNotes/{{Palestin|e}}ians, and UsefulNotes/{{Iraq}}is) were not given as much attention by the global community, and so they should not care about Ukraine either. However, to complicate things even further, there are some pro-government UsefulNotes/{{Iran}}ians and UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}is with Russian heritage who both support Russia for the aforementioned reasons.
** Though not explicitly on Russia's side, some pacifists along with hardline Western democratic socialists like Jeremy Corbyn, Mick Wallace, Claire Daly, Alex Tyrell, Yanis Varoufakis, Noam Chomsky, Music/RogerWaters, and the far-left wing of the Democratic Socialists of America have opposed Ukraine for defending themselves and prolonging the war, instead of just capitulating, as they view a Ukrainian victory to be unlikely and a folly which will just get people killed unnecessarily and possibly bring about WorldWarIII or the end of the world if the conflict escalates to NATO nations. They also perceive the Western world's foreign policy towards Ukraine to be extremely hypocritical. They blame the West for creating the conflict by "provoking" Russia with NATO's expansion into Russia's neighbors (despite NATO being a defensive pact, and Russia's meddling in some of these countries since 1991, most dramatically in Ukraine, being painfully obvious). To complicate things, former Secretary of State UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger supports their views, as do various political theorists of the "Realism" theory of international relations such as John Mearsheimer.
* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war rally (very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally) brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and UsefulNotes/{{China}} and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russia stance.
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* The [[RuthlessModernPirates ongoing problem of piracy]] near the coast of Somalia has occasionally forced the naval forces of countries that would otherwise be enemies to invoke this trope by fighting together in skirmishes against the Somali pirates. A notable example of this was seen when the crew of the American USS ''James E. Williams'' fought alongside North Korean sailors to defeat pirates who had captured a North Korean cargo ship in late 2007. In a rare moment of praise for the US, North Korea's government-controlled media expressed gratitude for the help given by the Americans.
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* The [[RuthlessModernPirates ongoing problem of piracy]] near the coast of Somalia has occasionally forced the naval forces of countries that would otherwise be enemies to invoke this trope by fighting together in skirmishes against the Somali pirates. A notable example of this was seen when the crew of the American USS ''James E. Williams'' fought alongside North Korean sailors to defeat pirates who had captured a North Korean cargo ship ''Dai Hong Dan'' in late 2007. In a rare moment of praise for the US, North Korea's government-controlled media expressed gratitude for the help given by the Americans.
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** Biden's voting base goes beyond the usual moderates and mainstream Democrats you'd expect to support a politician like him. His supporters have included anti-Trump conservatives and Republicans (The Lincoln Project, Bill Kristol, John Kasich, Joe Walsh and Jeff Flake), old-school socialists (Bernie Sanders), progressive politicians (Elizabeth Warren and the Progressive Caucus), leftist academics (Noam Chomsky, Cornel West and Robert Reich) and even former Trump administration officials (Michael Cohen, Anthony Scaramucci and Omarosa Newman). Normally, these different camps wouldn't get along with each other or even support a moderate Democrat like Biden, but they endorsed him as a way to remove Trump, who they despise for his blatant corruption, mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, support for authoritarianism, and overt dog-whistles to racism and nativism.
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** Biden's voting base goes beyond the usual moderates and mainstream Democrats you'd expect to support a politician like him. His supporters have included anti-Trump conservatives and Republicans (The Lincoln Project, Bill Kristol, John Kasich, Joe Walsh and Jeff Flake), old-school socialists (Bernie Sanders), progressive politicians (Elizabeth Warren and the Progressive Caucus), leftist academics (Noam Chomsky, Cornel West and Robert Reich) and even former Trump administration officials (Michael (Miles Taylor, Michael Cohen, Anthony Scaramucci and Omarosa Newman). Normally, these different camps they wouldn't get along with each other or even support a moderate Democrat like Biden, but they endorsed him as a way to remove Trump, who they despise for his blatant corruption, mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, support for authoritarianism, and overt dog-whistles to racism and nativism.
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** For Alaska's at-large House seat, voters chose Mary Peltola over Trump-backed Sarah Palin because they still remembered the latter's [[OpenMouthInsertFoot gaffes]] and political naivety during the 2008 election, something which sank John [=McCain=]'s bid for president. Peltola and many Democrats also cross-endorsed incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski, who was being challenged by Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka as Murkowski voted to have Trump impeached in 2021.
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** For Alaska's at-large House seat, voters chose Mary Peltola over Trump-backed Sarah Palin because they still remembered remember the latter's [[OpenMouthInsertFoot gaffes]] and political naivety during the 2008 election, something latter OpenMouthInsertFoot syndrome, which sank John [=McCain=]'s bid for president. Peltola and many Democrats also cross-endorsed incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski, who was being challenged by Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka as Murkowski voted to have Trump impeached in 2021.
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* In 1980, many Democrats voted against their party and helped elect Republican UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan as President, and voted him in again in 1984. This voting bloc, which came to be known as the "Reagan Democrats", were mostly-white blue-collar people from the Rust Belt, California, Michigan, and the like who believed that their party was being taken over by "bleeding-heart" liberals who cared more about social justice issues than about the needs of the working class, but had no intention of becoming Republicans. And indeed, Reagan Democrats didn't entirely abandon the Democratic Party; despite returning Reagan to office in 1984, voting in UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in 1988 and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in 2000 and 2004, they aso voted in UsefulNotes/BillClinton in 1992, UsefulNotes/BarackObama in 2008 and 2012, and UsefulNotes/JoeBiden in 2020. In 2016, their resentments resurfaced and they ended up turning to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
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* In 1980, many Democrats voted against their party and helped elect Republican UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan as President, and voted him in again in 1984. This voting bloc, which came to be known as the "Reagan Democrats", were mostly-white blue-collar people from the Rust Belt, California, Michigan, and the like who believed that their party was being taken over by "bleeding-heart" liberals who cared more about social justice issues than about the needs of the working class, but had no intention of becoming Republicans. And indeed, Reagan Democrats didn't entirely abandon the Democratic Party; despite returning Reagan to office in 1984, voting in UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in 1988 and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in 2000 and 2004, they aso also voted in UsefulNotes/BillClinton in 1992, UsefulNotes/BarackObama in 2008 and 2012, and UsefulNotes/JoeBiden in 2020. In 2016, their resentments resurfaced and they ended up turning to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
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* Creator/GeorgeTakei attempted to reconcile the feud between ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{Fan Boy}}s by encouraging them to unite against a greater evil -- ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''.
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** The entire left-wing and far-left spectrum of the United States, regardless of political tendency or ideological disagreements between each other, tend to have a negative view of the Communist Party USA([=CPUSA=]). This is because the [=CPUSA=]'s tendency to support both the Democratic party as well as a peaceful implementation of socialism manages to alienate both hardline Marxist-Leninists and anarchists that believe any shift to the left to be impossible by working in the political structure set up in the [=US=] and see a violent revolution to be the only way forward. At the same time, leftists that tend to support the Democratic party on pragmatic grounds see the [=CPUSA=] as doing nothing to lay the groundwork for a shift to socialism at the grassroots level or displaying bad optics by parading around as Communists in the first place. The party's historical hardline support of the Soviet Union under perennial candidate Gus Hall along with its current support for the [=PRC=] also alienated anti-authoritarian leftists. Even when the [=CPUSA=] does something that is generally applauded by the rest of the American far-left (such as with their role in unionizing Amazon and their purge of Patriotic Socialists from their ranks), they tend to quickly draw animosity as soon as the next election season gets underway.
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** The entire left-wing and far-left spectrum of the United States, regardless of political tendency or ideological disagreements between each other, tend to have a negative view of the Communist Party USA([=CPUSA=]).USA ([=CPUSA=]). This is because the [=CPUSA=]'s tendency to support both the Democratic party as well as a peaceful implementation of socialism manages to alienate both hardline Marxist-Leninists and anarchists that believe any shift to the left to be impossible by working in the political structure set up in the [=US=] and see a violent revolution to be the only way forward. At the same time, leftists that tend to support the Democratic party on pragmatic grounds see the [=CPUSA=] as doing nothing to lay the groundwork for a shift to socialism at the grassroots level or displaying bad optics by parading around as Communists in the first place. The party's historical hardline support of the Soviet Union under perennial candidate Gus Hall along with its current support for the [=PRC=] also alienated anti-authoritarian leftists. Even when the [=CPUSA=] does something that is generally applauded by the rest of the American far-left (such as with their role in unionizing Amazon and their purge of Patriotic Socialists from their ranks), they tend to quickly draw animosity as soon as the next election season gets underway.
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** For Alaska's at-large House seat, independents and moderate Republicans chose Mary Peltola over Trump-backed Sarah Palin because they still remembered the latter's [[OpenMouthInsertFoot gaffes]] and political naivety during the 2008 election, something which sank John [=McCain=]'s bid for president. Peltola and many Democrats also cross-endorsed incumbent GOP senator Lisa Murkowski, who was being challenged by Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka as Murkowski voted to have Trump impeached in 2021.
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** The left frank of the Democratic Socialists of America(DSA) consists of various leftist groups with multiple ideological disagreements from libertarian socialists to orthodox Marxists to outright Marxist-Leninists. However they are all united against the moderate and social democratic wing of the DSA and criticize it's supposed unwillingness to hold left leaning Progressives, some of which are in the [=DSA=], to account, as well as its' supression of its' pro-Palestine chapters for being critical of representative Jamaal Bowman's voting record regarding the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
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** Germany has recently also seen [[https://www.espn.com/soccer/german-bundesliga/story/4029702/why-rb-leipzig-is-the-most-hated-soccer-team-in-the-bundesliga just about everyone joining forces against RB Leipzig]], because by being a fast-rising team created by and even named after Red Bull, it was deemed a very AcceptableTarget.
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* If Ted Cruz is hated by everyone in the political scene, UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain is his polar opposite, to the point where after his death in 2018, many people on both sides of the aisle, including [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama his opponent]] in the 2008 Presidential Election, joined forces to give him a funeral fit for a President.
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* If Ted Cruz is hated by everyone in the political scene, UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain is his polar opposite, to the point where after his death in 2018, many people on both sides of the aisle, including [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama his opponent]] in the 2008 Presidential Election, joined forces to give him a funeral fit for a President.[[note]]Two notable people didn't attend: then-sitting U.S. President Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, [=McCain's=] running mate in the 2012 presidential election. Both were disinvited by [=McCain=] while he was still alive, he also requested that former Presidents UsefulNotes/BarackObama and UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush deliver eulogies (which they did, of course). UsefulNotes/BillClinton and UsefulNotes/JimmyCarter were also in attendance (along with every living former Vice President), however UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush was too ill to make the trip, he would pass away 3 months later at the age of 94. ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' described it as the biggest meeting of anti-Trump figures during his presidency, keep in mind that [=McCain=] was '''the Republican presidential nominee''' 4 years before Trump won.[[/note]]
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and China through their pro-Russian stance.
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and China and push the former into a alliance with the US against the latter through their pro-Russian pro-Russia stance.
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes.
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes.attitudes, as well as concerns that the far-right is seeking to drive wedges between Russia and China through their pro-Russian stance.
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* Tragedy in sports tends to unite even the most bitter rivals. An example is the Hillsborough disaster, when a crush during the 1988-89 FA Cup match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, resulted in the deaths of dozens of supporters of Liverpool FC.[[note]]As of 2021, the death toll is 97, as fans who suffered traumatic brain damage and later died as a result have gradually been added to the number. For the longest time, the motto for the movement to hold those responsible for the disaster and its botched response was "Justice for the 96".[[/note]] Making light of the tragedy and its victims is the easiest way to unite the officials and supporters of the two clubs of the Merseyside Derby, Liverpool and Everton.
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* In 1536, French king Francis I and Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent established the Franco-Ottoman Alliance, the first non-ideological alliance between a Christian country and a Muslim one. This alliance led to military collaboration between the two powers during the Italian Wars and proved surprisingly lasting, only ending with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798.
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* In 1536, French king Francis I and Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent established the Franco-Ottoman Alliance, the first non-ideological alliance between a Christian country and a Muslim one. This alliance led to military collaboration between the two powers during the Italian Wars and proved surprisingly lasting, only ending with Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798.
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* The Yemeni Civil War of 1994 that reunified the country saw some odd alliances. North Yemen was backed by America and multiple Arab states (most prominently Egypt and Jordan)... along with Iran, whose ideology and actions were seen as threats to American interests and the stability of these Arab countries. India was also involved on North Yemen's side. South Yemen, meanwhile, received support from many of the Gulf states, Saddam's Iraq (which was now in the bizarre position of being allied with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia only three years after it fought them in the Gulf War), Gaddafi's Libya, China, North Korea and Cuba.
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** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like Biden to social democrats like AOC and Bernie Sanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its Soviet past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern European populaces, and some elements of Ukrainian white nationalists.
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** Supporters of Ukraine include most of the American left, ranging from liberals like Biden to social democrats like AOC and Bernie Sanders to anti-authoritarian anarchists, the traditional branch of anti-communist conservatives who view Russia as still being linked with its Soviet past, significant portions of most Western and Eastern European populaces, and some certain white nationalist and/or far-right elements of Ukrainian white nationalists.both inside and outside Ukraine.
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationalist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right liberitarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukranine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes.
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* The February 19 Rage Against the War Machine anti-war[[note]]Very arguably less of an "anti-war" and more of a "pro-Russia" rally.[[/note]] rally brought together many pro-Russia groups regardless of ideology such as Pro-America Communists, Patriotic Socialists, Class Reductionist leftists and progressives, isolationalist isolationist republicans, pro-Trump republicans, far-right liberitarians, libertarians, open National Bolsheviks, and white nationalists. Opposition to the rally, interestingly enough brought together both pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine organizations. On one end pro-Ukranine pro-Ukraine liberals, progressives, and anti-Trump Republicans opposed what they saw as a pro-Russia and far-right rally. On the other end, the rally was also opposed by openly anti-America Communist parties like the [=PSL=] that have expressed pro-Russia viewpoints as well as Communist parties with vocal pro-Russia and anti-America members like the [=CPUSA=], this being due to both groups expressing concerns about the dominant position of the far-right in the rally and their opposition to pro-America Patriotic Socialists for their socially reactionary attitudes.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=] for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=] for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right.far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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More context re:arguements in tankie circles over nature of US far right, disclaimer that I do not endorse Marcyism
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=].[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=].[=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=] for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANWSER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=].[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
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** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANWSER ANSWER Coalition, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging demonstrations and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationalist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American far-rightist circles make the far-right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=].[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.
